Why are we now submerged with gambling adverts on tv?

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  1. Mr Badger

    Mr Badger Well-Known Member

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    Does anybody actually take notice of them and rush out to throw their money down the pan ?
    What is the regulation on this sort of thing, surely needs looking into.
    How many of you on here respond to seeing these ads?
     
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    It's incessant, I don't know for sure but I think it was around the time Blair was PM, that all this was allowed on TV. Money takes too much effort to earn without giving it to bookies.
     
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    Gambling can be as destroying as alcohol or cigarette addiction. It's amazing how much advertising there is. I personally think it is appalling. And the government is cutting the Money Advice Service down. So who will help the poorer who get poorer from gambling?
     
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    I know, I hate it

    especially Ray effing Winson. "In moy 'and I've got all the tools I need to be a complete *anker, I *ank responsibly...."
     
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  5. AthersleyRed

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    Re: I know, I hate it

    Makes me laugh when they get these people on to do adverts about money, who you couldnt tryst as far as you could throw them.
     
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    Re: I know, I hate it

    The nation just pi$$ed away their future. I doubt a few quid on horses will make a difference.
     
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    Re: I know, I hate it

    I've recently started working in the industry and you wouldn't believe the amount of money people put through the gaming machines in the shops..... 60% of the turnover in most shops it's absolutely amazing to me where people get all the money from to do it....
     
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    ££££' It pays.
     
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