This is gambling on crack cocaine, and the consequences can be just as destructive.
Rochdale is home to the most deprived estate in the country, with four out of five children growing up in poverty. But such hardship did not stop residents of the Lancashire former mill town from gambling £72million on high stakes betting machines last year, chasing jackpots of up to £500. The total, the equivalent of £340 for every man, woman and child in the town, will fuel the claim that casino-style fixed odd betting terminals (FOBTs), described as the ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling, risk causing serious addiction among the poor.
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