Gambling, Deprivation and Class: Reflections from a UK Case Study
Gambling, Deprivation and Class: Reflections from a UK Case Study Emma Casey How to cite: Casey, E. (2021). Gambling, Deprivation and Class: Reflections from a UK Case Study. Critical Gambling Studies . https://doi.org/10.29173/cgs105 This non-peer reviewed entry is published as part of the Critical Gambling Studies Blog. Click here to listen to Dr. Emma Casey discussing this research on the BBC Programme Thinking Allowed . In 2013 the British Conservative Member of Parliament John Redwood, denounced gambling as an unappealing affliction of the idle, feckless and work-shy poor remarking that: Poor people believe there’s one shot to get rich. They put getting rich down to luck and think they can take a gamble. They also have time on their hands. My voters are too busy working hard to earn a reasonable income. Redwood’s remarks tap into a long history of social attitudes towards gambling among lower income and working-class people where critiques of gambling are often