\n\t\t\t\t\tShaun Micallef has never understood gambling, but a new 3 part doco could change all that.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The ABC and Screen Australia yesterday announced new 3-part documentary series, Shaun Micallef\u2019s Going For Broke.<\/p>\n
Following Shaun Micallef\u2019s On The Sauce, Micallef returns with a new documentary which tackles one of the country\u2019s most entrenched habits: gambling.<\/p>\n
\u201cLife\u2019s a gamble anyway,\u201d says Shaun. \u201cWhy would you go out of your way to risk losing something you already have? Particularly something as important as your money.\u201d<\/p>\n
ABC Head Documentary & Specialist Susie Jones says, \u201cWe\u2019re thrilled Shaun has turned his rapier wit and invitational curiosity to the subject of gambling. This series shines a light on an issue that effects Australians from all walks of life either directly or indirectly. Through Shaun\u2019s journey we\u2019ll come to better understand the ramifications of our national obsession and what it\u2019s really costing us as a nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Screen Australia Head of Documentary Richard Huddleston said, \u201cLike it or not, gambling\u2019s part of who we are \u2014 it\u2019s in our national identity. Today, it\u2019s increasingly complex with so many ways to have a punt, anytime, anywhere. There is no one better suited than Shaun and the CJZ team to take us through the wins, the losses, the highs, the lows and everything in between.\u201d<\/p>\n
Shaun Micallef\u2019s Going For Broke will air on the ABC in 2026.<\/p>\n
Shaun has never understood gambling. He uses cold, hard logic when making decisions and always plays for certainty. But as viewers saw in On The Sauce, even a teetotaller can be swayed \u2013 Shaun spent one episode getting drunk to better understand Australia\u2019s relationship with alcohol.<\/p>\n
Now, he turns a sober eye to our love affair with gambling. Travelling across the country, Shaun meets punters, experts, and those affected by the industry to uncover how Australia became the biggest gambling nation in the world. From pokies in suburban pubs to high-stakes sports betting, Going For Broke asks: are we making a risky bet on our future?<\/p>\n
Can even Shaun\u2019s rational mind resist the lure of a \u201csure thing\u201d?<\/p>\n
Production Credit: A CJZ production for the ABC. Principal production funding from the ABC, in association with Screen Australia. Local distribution by the ABC. Post, digital and visual effects supported by Screen NSW. Supervising Executive Producer: Paula Bycroft. Executive Producer: Andrew Farrell. ABC Executive Producer: Julie Hanna. ABC Head of Documentaries and Specialist: Susie Jones.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shaun Micallef has never understood gambling, but a new 3 part doco could change all that. The ABC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299207,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[64,63,134,427],"class_list":{"0":"post-299206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-entertainment","11":"tag-tv"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}