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Gambling becoming too easy

YOUNG men and ethnic minorities are being lured into betting shops by a high-speed gambling machines.

An analyst at Glasgow University has found that advances in technology are opening up the market to people less familiar with the pitfalls of the addiction.

Professor Gerda Reith, one of the country’s academics to have researched the issue, said that though betting itself is not inherently dangerous, some people’s reaction to it is harmful.