Another pretty standard week; more controversy over FOBTs, students being targetted as they have their loans and most damaging an ex-member of staff saying he was asked to ‘throw his ethics out of the window’.
- Australia makes bookies pay their taxes and reduce harm
- Freebets and other potentially harmful promotions to be banned in Australia
- Students hooked on gambling
- I was told to throw ethics out of the window at online bookies
- Treasury comes to its senses over fixed odds betting terminals
- Fixed odds betting terminals; is it going to be a £20 maximum stakes
- Bookmakers: Advert lies continue rule Advertising Standards Authority
- Bookmaker affiliates scrape the ethical barrel to earn commission
- DCMS must do the right thing & not protect bookies profits
The following are all the links to the media coverage proving we’re not making it up.
ps: Does NOT include all the media coverage of violence and robberies in betting shops. From memory there’s been about 7-8 incidents this week, so even higher than normal.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/bookies-banned-from-online-signup-inducements-20170911-gyewup.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-41226348
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/11/inside-the-online-bookies
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/treasury-backs-down-on-fixed-odds-betting-curbs-r599gt36h
https://www.ft.com/content/5b6a3a40-97d0-11e7-a652-cde3f882dd7b
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4878672/Bookmakers-rapped-watchdog-fake-news-adverts.html https://www.theguardian.com/media/2017/sep/13/betting-firms-ads-asa-ladbrokes-888-skybet-casumo?CMP=share_btn_tw
https://www.ft.com/content/dd994666-9936-11e7-b83c-9588e51488a0