Star of The Real Hustle on the UK's gambling problem

Name: Star of The Real Hustle on the UK's gambling problem
Uploaded: 2012-03-21T11:08:29.000Z
Duration: 5 min 43 s
Description: Whether it is buying a lottery ticket, backing a horse, or even playing bingo, more than half of us take part in some form of gambling every week.

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Whether it is buying a lottery ticket, backing a horse, or even playing bingo, more than half of us take part in some form of gambling every week.

And official figures suggest that gambling is a problem for nearly half a million people in the UK.

Alexis Conran from The Real Hustle examines gambling addiction for a BBC documentary.

21 March 2012