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Gambling and Football - A Complicated Relationship Lewis Finney
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5.0 • 3 Ratings
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An investigation into how gambling and football became intertwined and how that relationship has contributed to contemporary issues in British society in anticipation of a governmental review of the 2005 Gambling Act.
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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
Customer Reviews
In-depth and insightful
An eye opening analysis of how gambling companies have a strangle hold on football in the UK.
Five stars
This is an excellent listen. The conversation about gambling in football always seems to start and stop with the footballers themselves but this podcast goes deeper. Not only does it present the problem, those interviewed offer solutions to that problem and I found this fascinating to hear.