From the archive: football’s relationship with gambling Football Weekly Extra – The Guardian

A few weeks before this episode was recorded in October 2020, we discussed whether it was OK for someone in the media to accept work from a bookmaker. Lots of you got in touch including someone whos overcome a serious addiction and is still dealing with the consequences of it but is helping others who have found themselves in the same situation.

On this pod we speak to him, as well as the Guardians gambling expert and the chair of the Betting and Gaming Council to find out what each of them think is right, and wrong, with the industry.

We talk about the increasing gamblification of football and asked whose responsibility it is to regulate the industry and help people who have become addicted.

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From the archive: football's relationship with gambling Football Weekly Extra - The Guardian