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Business Daily: Regulating online gambling

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05/12/2022 GMT

Regulating online gambling

BBC World Service - Business Daily, Regulating online gambling

Why moving gambling online means regulators are rethinking the rules.

Online gambling has pushed global valuations of the industry to around half a trillion dollars - but easy access digital platforms are forcing regulators into a rethink.

Online gambling’s success has pushed global valuations of the industry to around half a trillion dollars for 2022 - but the accessibility of its digital platforms is forcing regulators around the world into a rethink. 

In this programme, Laura Heighton-Ginns visits Fanduel - the market leader in New York - and gets a tour of its vast Meadowlands Sportsbook complex, where punters blend betting with socialising.

Laura also hears from Indian Poker champion Nikita Luther on the distinctions between playing games of skill for money and those of chance and Chrissy Boyce, who became bankrupt and homeless through using digital slot machines, tells Laura about the links between online gambling and addiction.

Presenter / producer: Laura Heighton-Ginns
Image: Fanduel Meadowlands; Credit: BBC

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