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Every day, nearly two hundred thousand bets are placed at local bookmakers' shops and they are just one part of a multi-million pound gambling industry here.

In a series of reports for BBC Newsline Chris Page looks at gambling in Northern Ireland, the problems with addiction and the sort of help available to people whose lives are affected by it.

First he looks at the law.

Gambling legislation was overhauled in Britain a few years ago. What effect could a change have here?

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Adrian Eastwood, Chairman of the Northern Ireland Turf Guardians Association came to the BBC today to talk to Chris about the legal changes his organisation would like to see.

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last updated: 15/07/2009 at 19:15
created: 15/07/2009

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Would you welcome the chance to place a bet on a Sunday?

william blair
your show last night stated jackpot is 25 pound in any bookmakers in northern ireland are oasis or winners jackpot is 5oo pound and up n n.irealand theres no law to protect players of gaming machines as i put all my holiday money in a poker machine which your ment to belive that its 75 percent payout this is not the case and theres nothing you can do about it i contacted police to get machine checked then weights n measures costums house and reagional devolment stormount in the main land they do checkes but in n.ireland they dont so percentage can be turned down as low as they want and theres nothing you can do about it accept take it on the chin or go to prison for acting violently

gary coghlan
it is time the law should come in line with the uk and eire

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