When casinos were first launched, they were, unsurprisingly, brick and mortar buildings. Players would have to visit them during opening hours in order to play the games. Fast forward to today, and we now can play online roulette with live dealers from our sofas. The development of the casino is fascinating and has evolved in response to customer preference.

Sometimes when you’re playing video games, you can start to seek a distraction. As fun as it is to hunt zombies or race supercars, it’s tempting to get away from the main story or the missions for a little while and play something else without having to leave the world of the game.

I can feel the earth begin to move, I hear my needle hit the groove and spiral through another day, I hear my song begin to say. Kiss me where the sun doesn’t shine, the past was yours but the future’s mine, You’re all out of time!

Dear Bertie In Prison is a one-hour crime drama play. The performed reading will feature Mark Savage (an actor known to millions as Gripper in Grange Hill) and it’s happening on Saturday the 7th September at 3 pm the Hope Theatre, upstairs at the Hope and Anchor, 207 Upper Street, N1 1RL. A venue with a special place in rock'n'roll history.

‘One armed bandits wink an eye at Piccadilly to greet the Saturday Night results’ – Ian Page – Secret Affair September 1978