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Gambling Addiction & Me: The Real Hustler

Gambling Addiction & Me: The Real Hustler

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Alexis Conran explores gambling addiction, an affliction that ruined his estranged father, and seeks to understand how and why this compulsion destroys people's lives. A documentary where Alexis Conran of The Real Hustle explores the effects of gambling addiction on his life, and the lives of others. Gambling addiction ruined his father's life, so the documentary seeks to find why gambling addiction is powerful enough to destroy someone's life.

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

57 mins

Rating

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Release Date

03 July 2012

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Alexis Conran

Alexis Conran

Self - Presenter

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