Synopsis

Wendy Bendel’s partner took his own life following a protracted battle with a twenty-year-long gambling addiction. In a final confession addressed to Wendy, he specifically identified the high-stakes, rapid-fire fixed-odds betting terminals – ubiquitous in bookmakers across the UK – as the source of his torment. Driven by grief and a need for understanding, Wendy embarks on a quest to unravel the design features of these machines that render them so powerfully addictive, finding compelling evide