Gambling and Football - A Complicated Relationship
This episode aims to answer the questions of why a review is necessary, and what a reviewed Act might mean for football, specifically concentrating on issues around sponsorship and advertising, football’s business model and financial insecurities, the psychology of addiction and the intricacies around legislation and the review. Interviewees include: · Lord Don Foster – former Lib Dem MP and long-time political campaigner on issues related to gambling. · Nick Harris – Mail on Sunday’s Chief Sports News Correspondent and Editor of Sporting Intelligence. · Paul Louis – COO at BetVictor. · Dr Dan Plumley – Senior Lecturer in Sports Finance at Sheffield Hallam University. · James Grimes – Campaigner for Gambling with Lives and The Big Step and recovering gambling addict. · Michael Normanton – Member of The Square Ball – Podcast and Fanzine for Leeds United · Matt Gaskell – Clinical Lead and Consultant Psychologist for the NHS Norther Gambling Service The podcast is presented and produced by Lewis Finney. Music by DreamHeaven from Pixabay