Playing the Machines

Playing the Machines (2009)


  • Genre: Documentary
  • Release Date: 2009-03-24
  • Runtime: 1h 0min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Morag Loves Company
  • Production Country: Canada
  • Director: Barbara Doran

Summary

Video lottery addiction is a serious problem in Canada, but does the government's need for revenue mean the enormous social costs are being ignored? This is a story about a society hooked on gambling and the people trying to force lottery corporations to come clean and take responsibility for what's happening to people whose lives are being devastated by Playing Machines. Also at the center of the story, a pugnacious Canadian Actor, John Dunsworth (Trailer Park Boys), who's gambling addictions nearly destroyed his career.

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  • John Dunsworth

    as Self
  • Gordon Pinsent

    as Narrator
Directing Barbara Doran Director
Writing Barbara Doran Writer
Production Rob Blackie Producer
Production Barbara Doran Executive Producer
Production Lynne Wilson Associate Producer
Sound Duane Andrews Music
Editing Chris Darlington Editor
Sound Mark Neary Sound Recordist
Production Elizabeth Klinck Researcher

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