This week, Lucy Dallas and Alex Clark are joined by Nat Segnit to discuss the long reach of the gambling industry and the music of chance, and Kevin Brazil brings to life a dystopian novel from 1977.
‘Jackpot: How Gambling Conquered Britain’ by Rob Davies
‘Might Bite: The Secret Life of a Gambling Addict’ by Patrick Foster, with Will Macpherson
‘Big Snake Little Snake: An Inquiry into Risk’ by DBC Pierre
’They’ by Kay Dick
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