Title

Lottery delusions

Genre

Interview

TX Date

14 Jun 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:03:54

Description

Professor Phil Seager from the Royal College of Psychiatrists, on delusions related to current affairs following two cases linked to the National Lottery. A man who committed suicide thinking he’d missed out on a two million pound National Lottery payout had only lost twenty-seven pounds. And two women were treated at a hospital in Harrow for a rare mental illness dubbed Lottomania when they became convinced they’d won millions in the Lottery. Gambling is also a concern. Interviewer not identified.

Contributors

Phil Seager

Keywords

Mental diseases; National lotteries; Gambling

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