Was Labour right to bet on gambling?

The liberalisation of gambling laws introduced by the last Labour government have been branded a " mistake " by the party's deputy leader, Harriet Harman. Harman has called for elements of the Gambling Act, which legislated for the expansion of betting shops in deprived areas, to be reversed. Tonight's Channel 4 Dispatches , which investigates the proliferation of gambling since the act, will show how deprived areas have more than double the number of betting shops than prosperous ones – with about 12 shops for every 100,000 in population, compared with just five in richer areas. Do you think there should be a tightening of gambling legislation? Do you ever gamble? What effect has it had on your life? Do you live in an area with a high proportion of betting shops? How has it affected your community?