There are definite parallels there in terms of the ease of access by smart phone, the kind of social element of it. And actually what you're seeing is the national gambling help line getting more and more calls from people who are calling about their crypto currency problem - not about gambling at all. Nwthere's er an adiction clinic in scotland. That i wrote about recently, er, where there's ther ther. Ther's sort of specializing in crypto currency adiction, and theyre seeing parallels with gambling there as well. So, yo, others. There's a lot of parallels. I think it's important to recognize that there are things that are unique about each but there
Rob Davies is an investigative journalist for The Guardian and his new book, Jackpot, tells the story of how Britain came to be one of the largest gambling markets in the world. The book describes how the mainstreaming of gambling advertising in the early 2000s combined with high-tech microtargeting of online gamblers has meant that the industry today is profiting from preying on the most vulnerable in society. Joining Rob to discuss the book is Joey D'Urso, investigations writer at The Athletic UK.
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