Gambling websites are becoming more reluctant to pay out when punters win big. Source: BBC Radio 4 – You and Yours, Online gambling, Fundraising regulator, Amazon reviews
Online bookmakers can include anything virtually within their terms and punters and try to use the unfair ones for all sorts of reasons Source: RORY DELARGY: Hail the real punters’ pal
Source: 10 things bookmakers do (click on link) This is a brilliant article about modern non-bookmaking, i.e. their licence type is inappropriate. If you have any unrestricted online accounts left, by definition you aren’t very good at gambling.
An Israeli man allegedly attempted to sell his three-month-old daughter for almost £18,000 in order to pay off his gambling debts. The man, who has not been named but is believed to be in his 30s, claims he never intended to go through with the 100,000 shekels sale, insisting the offer was a ruse to…
Betwatch scheme in Woolwich where bookies net £50,000 a week from one arm bandits, South London Press Source: Betwatch scheme in Woolwich where bookies net £50,000 a week from one arm bandits | South London Press
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…
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…
Holyrood should be given the power to ban fixed odds betting terminals from high street bookmaker shops, a committee of MSPs has concluded. Source: Call for high street betting machine ban – BBC News
This time it’s BBC News that tells you about promoting legalised addiction: Click here. Only 3.5 minutes minutes of your time needed. Please contact the UK Gambling Commission and the Sports Minister to let them know you disapprove.
Like we keep saying some of you may not see this as a punter injustice, we do, as vast amounts of research says we are allowing the legal promotion of addiction on our high streets: Regulators do your job; government stop thinking about the tax take! Watch Channel 4 News to be informed by clicking…
Have a look at this Twitter feed. Absolute disgrace and loads of bookmakers are at it. Bombard the UK Gambling Commission (info@gamblingcommission.gov.uk) and the Association of British Bookmakers (PeterCraske@abb.uk.com) with the link, including your thoughts and feelings by email. More theft from punters
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