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Victoria Derbyshire: 15/05/2013

15/05/2013

BBC Radio 5 Live - Victoria Derbyshire, 15/05/2013

How addictive are high stakes gaming machines and is tighter regulation needed?

Victoria speaks to listeners who have lost hundreds of thousand of pounds on high stakes gaming machines and asks if they're really as addictive as crack cocaine?

The founder of Gambling Watch UK says gaming machines in betting shops have no place on the high street. Fixed Odds Betting Terminals - which are sometimes described as being "as addictive as crack cocaine - have grown in numbers over the past decade with 35 thousand now in bookies across the country. You can bet a lot of money on the touch screen machines and you can do it frequently. Campaigners want more regulation and scrutiny of the impact on some users. Victoria speaks to listeners who have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds on the machines and speaks to the Chairman of the Association of British Bookmakers.

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