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Different players from countries around the world tend to spend huge variations when it comes to both online and land-based casino, lottery and sports betting spending. From the numbers we can see that Australians top the list. Much of this has to do with attitudes towards gambling in different societies. Many struggle with balancing a negative religious viewpoint with the reality of all those gambling tax dollars being able to help subsidise public spending.

In truth, the whole casino industry is designed to entice new players into spending all their cash, as well as keep existing players coming back to play. The nature of gambling itself causes a dopamine release in exactly the same manner as a drug addict feels when taking a hit. However, the UK government is trying to make UK-licensed casinos take responsibility for the problems they are, to a greater degree, responsible for causing. This includes tools to help problem gamblers take more control.

Released in 2017, the gambling comedy, Win It All is a fairly light addition to the gambling movie genre. The story is about as generic as it gets, with our anti-hero pursuing the dream of winning big at the poker table, whilst at the same time pursuing the girl of his dreams. And yes, he's a total loser, getting further and further into debt to the wrong person. Having said that, it's still an enjoyable romp around the casino poker scene. You'll certainly find the poker gameplay fascinating.

The People's Postcode Lottery sounds like something from 1960s Communist China! But it's actually the UK's favourite lottery. A Dutch company runs the lottery and introduced the Postcode Lottery in 2005. It's a subscription model and will cost you £10 a month. There are 10 draws during each moth and the upper prize is fixed at £50,000. One third of the subscription cost goes towards good causes and charities. You can follow the draws on the company's Twitter account, or online using an app.