We're still reeling at the inanity of last week's Merlot and Me instalment of Reality Bites. Essentially it did nothing but reinforce the negative. Did the departing shot really have to be of Mrs Johnny Vegas swilling a glass of wine? Tonight we see Ireland in the middle of a gambling explosion. Online betting is leading the way - with the market here worth a staggering €2bn a year. So do the Irish have a gambling gene? Joe O'Shea is not primed with the gambling gene - we've been lead to believe - but he is intrigued, so he takes a jaunt into the heart of a betting nation.