Playing The Machines on CBC Newsworld tonight at 11:30pm (Newfoundland Time).
Playing the Machines features the stories of three people: “Trailer Park Boys” actor and VLT addict, John Dunsworth; Susan Piercey, from Corner Brook, Newfoundland, a young woman who started gambling at 18 and took her life; and the late Garnet Rhyno of Halifax, “a devoted husband and father who loved life” until he became addicted to VLT’s.
Narrated by Gordon Pinsent, Playing the Machines is directed by Barbara Doran and produced by Rob Blackie (Morag Loves Company, St. John’s, NL) in association with CBC Newsworld.