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File on 4: Gambling on Justice

Gambling on Justice

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Does the criminal justice system understand crimes driven by gambling addiction?

File on 4 asks why the criminal justice system is failing to recognise gambling addiction and its links to crime?

Gambling is a multi-billion pound industry which is facing change. 
For years there has been mounting concern that in the digital era betting companies have expanded far beyond the reach of the law and the Government is set to table major new rules to transform how the industry is governed.  
But the reforms will not consider whether people who have been drawn into criminality by a gambling addiction are being failed by the criminal justice system. 
File on 4 uncovers significant failings throughout the criminal justice system when it comes to gambling-related crime. 
Reporter Paul Connolly speaks to people who have been jailed for gambling-related frauds, who reveal a lack of awareness among police and the judicial system, an absence of treatment and a prison system unable to offer even the most basic help to people with gambling addictions.

Reporter: Paul Connolly
Producer: Ben Robinson
Technical Producer: Nicky Edwards
Journalism Assistant: Tim Fernley
Production Manager: Sarah Payton
Editor: Carl Johnston

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