Does my head in when occasionally club post on Facebook and a betting parasite tries to tempt folk, do one yer trolling basts
It's sad to see how many of the younger people at work have their lives completely controlled by gambling. One lad has banned himself from all the betting sites, then had to van himself from the betting shops and now transfers his friend £100 a week so he can use his account to bet instead.
I see sex, drugs and rock & roll as the triumvirate. Other addictions you can pursue, but you are wrong. I include in drugs alcohol & all forms of music in rock & roll.
good advert, but they already targeted during gaming etc, think football shirts are also a problem,national lottery scratch cards glorify gambling as much, worse thing is some of these scam betting sites do not even pay out winnings yet sponsor teams, they are ones to go after
It is sad. I deleted my betting accounts last Christmas. I wouldn't say I had a problem, but I needed to stop. 2 years ago, I checked the stats on my bet365 account, to find that I'd won £140 over the course of the year. I thought I was some sort of professional gambler. I checked again last year, and I was alarmed to find out that I'd deposited £1,500 on bet365 within the year, and only withdrawn £600. I budgeted myself a fiver a week (so £260) a year. I could afford what I'd spent, and I wasn't doing anything silly, like not buying food so I could have a bet. But I was occasionally chasing losses (never anymore than £20). I wasn't bothered about winning, and I'd often stake the money I'd won on another bet. I like having a bet, because I'm interested in checking other teams results. That's why, this year, I limited myself to a £1 acca, every Saturday. I go into a bookies with a pound coin, and leave after I've spent it. That way, I'm not tempted to just stick a fiver on a horse my brother has mentioned, or put a fiver on Mads Anderson scoring first at 40/1. I've not had a winner yet, but I know I've lost less than £50 this year (much less considering we were locked down for so long and not allowed to go to a bookies). I don't have an addictive personality, and I worked in a bookies for 18 months, so I've seen gambling addiction first hand. I reckon that's what has helped me stop, witnessing first hand, that the house always wins.
I’m friends with a couple whose son killed himself after getting himself tangled up in gambling addiction. Both clever folk, one worked in government, close to a former prime minister. They now campaign against the industry and have secured millions of pounds backing, which is an incredible achievement in itself. But that isn’t enough. It’s very worrying some of the things they come up against - the government is in the pocket of the industry and so it will continue, leaving destruction and devastation in its path.
I remember watching a guy on the roulette machine in the bookies ( when you could stake £££££ on one spin) he had won over 500 quid and I was thinking just take it out mate, thats your food shop for the week, fuel in the car, a few bills etc, within 7 or 8 spins it had gone, he then pulled a wad of 20s out and started feeding the machine, I felt sick for him, the bloke who worked their at the time said we don't need horse or greyhound racing now, them terminals make us thousands a week, they were the crack cocaine of gambling with many people chasing their losses. He said half a dozen people placing a few quid on a horse race is miniscule in comparison to the terminals
People are smart enough to make their own decisions. I'm not for gambling, I advice against it but once you start banning things it's a snowball effect. There are people who lobby against fast food/junk food/soft drinks, now that's something I do partake in and I know it's bad for me but I don't care, it should be my choice. Alcohol is bad too but do your research into how bad prohibition was. Unfortunately freedom is about risks.
The fight often isn’t to ban it completely - it’s the stop the gambling companies using foul play to ensure that the vulnerable stay addicted
my mate from school, got so bad he could hear the jackpot noise playing in his head on way home from work on bus,he once came to our house and told my dad I owed him 20 pounds so he could gamble, my Dad went mental when he found out I did not even owe it him
Need to take away the fake glamour. Stop the advertising completely go back to dodgy looking shops you can’t see the inside of.
Banning alcohol wouldn't work. It is too deeply ingrained in our culture and associated with relaxation, enjoyment, and many other things. It is, however, an addictive poison, and if it were invented today would be banned. I should have listened to my body as a teenager when I first had a pint and instantly puked it up. My body was telling me something ...but I worked at drinking until I could manage a great deal without you thinking I was an alcoholic. I held down a good job and never drank during the day. It wasn't until last year when I was 70 that I questioned it, tried one of those give up for a month things and that was 18 months ago and I haven't drunk since. Nor will I. I can't do moderation and don't enjoy it. I re watched that Adrian Childs thing about his drinking. He was questioning how much he was drinking, but he was miserable when he tried to moderate. He was scared that by stopping he would be missing out on something. Well - apart from the social pressures, I don't miss it, Some of my ex drinking buddies aren't happy but if that's all they were then they weren't really friends... I try not to preach if I can. I feel healthier, happier and have saved a lot of money is all I can say...
