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Should high-stakes gambling machines be banned from the high street? Can a company be accused of feeding a gambling addiction, or should a gambler learn when to walk away?
Should high-stakes gambling machines be banned from the high street?
Punters can bet up to 100 pounds every twenty seconds on the casino-style games. MPs have described them as "the crack cocaine of gambling" in the past - and critics say they are addictive...
But who is FINALLY responsible - the betting shop that installs the machine - or the person who uses it?
Can a company be accused of feeding a gambling addiction - or is it down to the gambler to learn when to walk away?
Should high-stakes gambling machines be banned from the high street?
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Fri 11 Jan 201309:00
BBC Radio 5 Live
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High-stakes machines are “worse than drugs”
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