What country allows gambling firms to earn billions, but ignores suffering caused by gambling addiction
What kind of country provides a pay packet of £217 million to its highest paid woman - for running a gambling firm? What kind of country produces five billionaires and 15 multimillionaires from the proceeds of gambling - and increased their wealth last year by nearly 20% to £19 billion? - and then turns a blind eye to the two million people in the UK who are either problem gamblers or at risk of gambling addiction - including young people driven to suicide?
Lord Alton reports from today's debate on Online Gambling in the House of Lords.
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