If you didn’t watch a recent BBC series called ‘Broken’ the following clip is one powerful part of it. Brilliant writing and acting. Never forget; whilst people are given the chance to lose everything, if this lady had been a good sports punter she would have been banned from betting online and in shop. It’s…
Betting shop gamblers are offered drinks and free bets to keep them on high stakes machines, staff tell the Victoria Derbyshire programme. Source: Betting machine gamblers ‘offered perks’ – BBC News
This £2.8 million was taken out of this community and similar amounts are being taken from yours. This money could benefit your community and businesses, but it’s going into the pockets of large corporations. Hounslow High Street in London has 11 bookmakers and 44 fixed odds betting machines in a small area – and other cities…
Yesterday, an influential Scottish Parliament committee declared the fiendishly seductive fixed-odds machines to be ‘the crack cocaine of gambling’, Canada Drugstore, Canadian Drug Store viagra 100mg best viagra online Pharmacy Online, when to take viagra Cheapest Pharmacies writes CLARE FOGES. Source: Ban betting machines, David Cameron’s former speech writer CLARE FOGES says | Daily Mail…
Four people discuss their experiences with high-stakes gambling machines and its impact on their lives. Source: ‘I’ve been turned into a hardened gambler’ – BBC News How the hell is this allowed on our high streets without a casino licence and a membership system? ‘Madness’
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
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…
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
Betting shop machines described as the ‘crack cocaine’ of gambling Source: Call to ban ‘addictive’ fixed odds betting terminals from bookmakers | Scotland | 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…
Some of you may not see this as a punter injustice, we do; why? World academic research that is not sponsored by the gambling industry strongly suggests that roulette played on fixed odds betting terminals or online is the most addictive form of gambling, so why should companies be allowed to promote it so strongly? …
Sadly, this is happening more and more, but the bookies are making so much money out of these damn machines that it is unlikely to change. How would you like to be a member of staff working alone? Take a look at the 40 seconds video by clicking here.
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