High Stakes Casino Games are 'Crack Cocaine Of Gambling'

High stakes gambling establishment video games are 'crack drug of betting'

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Betting shops have actually experienced a surge in people using high stakes gaming devices recently.

As numerous individuals are betting on Fixed-Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) as those wagering on horse racing or football matches nonprescription.

Inside Out meets Roger Radler from High Wycombe who became hooked on the machines before entering into treatment.

He is now trying to help other addicts beat what he calls the "crack drug of the wagering market".

Millionaire Derek Webb, who resides in Derby, made his cash from gambling and the innovation of Three Card Poker.

But he is so worried about fixed chances devices that he has moneyed a nationwide campaign to lobby for a modification in the law.

Inside Out is broadcast on Monday, 30 September on BBC One East Midlands, West Midlands and East at 19:30 BST and across the country thereafter on the iPlayer.

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England

30 September 2013

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