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Another vulnerability for baseball would be possible government restrictions on sports gambling.

“With the rise of sports gambling, it’s gotten a lot worse,” he said.

And Reeves is gambling that her decisions to shovel massive amounts of money into long term spending helps the economy turn, and translates into political support well before the next general election.

"Everyday across Mid Ulster and across the north, cars speed past school buses, gambling with children's lives," he said.

Earlier this month, MPs in a Treasury Select Committee instead urged the government to regulate cryptocurrency as it does gambling, saying that the assets risked customers losing their entire investment, as gambling does.