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Podcast: The Gambling Files
Episode: Michelle on Germany; Dr Auer on game mechanics; Fintan on MdS - RTFM 29
Description: FINTAN RETURNS! This must be what it was like making Lord of the Rings. Intro chit-chat with a dash of ICE is at the beginning [0:00 - 13:45], then we are joined by Michelle Hembury of German law firm Melchers to discuss just what's gone wrong with the regulatory side of gambling there [13:46 - 38:02]. Dr Michael Auer returns too, discussing his academic paper on the impact of game mechanics on problematic gambling behaviour, in a truly exceptional study using real player data [38:04 - 1:18:14]; finally, Fintan tells us about his adventures while he was off getting a tan in the Sahara [1:18:15 - 2:14:06...