With sportsmen three times more likely to gamble than the general population, why do so many risk so much on the ‘betting buzz’? Source: Gambling in sport: John Hartson on how betting nearly cost his life – BBC Sport We can hear some of you shouting; why should we feel sorry for professional footballers. However,…
Bookmakers are “refusing to take bets” from successful gamblers, the BBC is told. Source: Banned from the bookies – BBC News
How cuts to legal aid are affecting cases in the family courts. Source: BBC Radio 5 live – 5 live Investigates, Legal Aid and Restricted Betting The restricted betting part of the programme begins at 29-minutes, 55-seconds. You can download a mp3 podcast if you like (see light blue box). Everything you hear is reality…
Yesterday, an influential Scottish Parliament committee declared the fiendishly seductive fixed-odds machines to be ‘the crack cocaine of gambling’, writes CLARE FOGES. Source: Ban betting machines, David Cameron’s former speech writer CLARE FOGES says | Daily Mail Online At last a journalist who tells the truth and highlights the dodgy PR and practices that surround…
Almost one incident EVERY DAY leads to concerns over addiction Source: Record surge of violence in Birmingham bookies fuelled by fixed odds machines – Birmingham Mail ps: It is stated in this article that the UK Gambling Commission is ‘not fit for purpose’. What do you think about a regulator that has no plans to…
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