Labour MPs in the UK have failed to convince ministers to restrict stakes and prizes in betting machines installed in bookmakers shops. The fixed-odds terminals - into which Britons pump billions of pounds - have been dubbed 'crack cocaine' on the high street. RT's Sara Firth reports on the high price of addiction.

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