Shaun Micallef's Going For Broke

Shaun Micallef investigates Australia's tumultuous love affair with gambling, tracing how a national pastime became a 32-billion-dollar industry and asking how we became the world's biggest losers.

Shaun Micallef explores the predatory nature of the gambling industry. In this episode he lifts the lid on the industry's playbook and the tactics used to reel people in and keep them betting.

Shaun Micallef tackles gambling reform. He meets a social media influencer, politicians and the head of the gambling industry's peak body, asking how we can stop children falling prey to voracious online betting companies.