Ep 14 - Why Online Gambling is Designed to Hook a Nation

In this second bonus episode of the NO DICE series, we cover the prevalence of online gambling and its design to lure all sections of society into its clutches.

Joining me on the episode is Karen Sharp, who shares her journey from innocently playing betting games with her dad as a child through to emerging from the dark and dangerous days of an online gambling addiction.

Karen warns about the simplicity for under-18s to open online gambling accounts and how free spins and special bonuses kept her playing along with ways to get around time outs and deposit limits, the supposed safety tools embedded on all gambling sites.

In an impassioned shout out for real change to gambling laws, Karen calls for a restriction on the amount of hours gambling is available online, similar to the 10pm-10am curfew put on the off-sales of alcohol in Scotland.

As a content warning this episode does cover themes of addiction and gambling behaviour.

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