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https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/09/conservatives-must-act-on-betting-shop-gaming-machines-after-election-horse-racing?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Vicky Coren Mitchell on FOBTs
The average national wage is about £25,000. How many times, over a year, do you think £1,000 or more was lost in a single gambling session, on a local high street, in these circumstances?
No. You’re wrong.
It was 233,071 times.
I mean, for fuck’s sake.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/19/a-stupid-gamble-on-evil-machines?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Re: Why gamblers are on a losing streak – and the industry is cashing in
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That means that once a fortnight in each LBO someone loses a thousand.
Is that really so shocking?
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Quote from: lee h on August 20, 2017, 02:22:33 PM
That means that once a fortnight in each LBO someone loses a thousand.
Is that really so shocking?
Lee
No, but I think the point is those numbers are based on those mahcines only. I could be wrong. But when I'm in the bookies it's normally the poorest people doing chunks in these machines, tey genuninley believe they have a chance of winning.
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Quote from: PokerBroker on August 20, 2017, 02:28:40 PM
Quote from: lee h on August 20, 2017, 02:22:33 PM
That means that once a fortnight in each LBO someone loses a thousand.
Is that really so shocking?
Lee
No, but I think the point is those numbers are based on those mahcines only. I could be wrong. But when I'm in the bookies it's normally the poorest people doing chunks in these machines, tey genuninley believe they have a chance of winning.
If someone is losing a bag in a single session, they aint the poorest....they may be afterwards however......
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Quote from: BigAdz on August 20, 2017, 06:14:15 PM
Quote from: PokerBroker on August 20, 2017, 02:28:40 PM
Quote from: lee h on August 20, 2017, 02:22:33 PM
That means that once a fortnight in each LBO someone loses a thousand.
Is that really so shocking?
Lee
No, but I think the point is those numbers are based on those mahcines only. I could be wrong. But when I'm in the bookies it's normally the poorest people doing chunks in these machines, tey genuninley believe they have a chance of winning.
If someone is losing a bag in a single session, they aint the poorest....they may be afterwards however......
I'm not same the poorest people are the ones losing a bag a session and I don't think the article is either.
There is no doubt though that the people who fair worse out of these machines are the poorest and les educated. When they first hit the shots they were riddled with bugs and you used to be able to take advantage of them but that is no longer the case.
Plus more games have been added over the years to cater for more gamblers.
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I'd like to see gambling taxed to the maxo and go back to the days where you couldn't see the losers in a betting shop..I find it quite upsetting
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Not sure if anyone put it up on here, but did u see the bloke who smahed up some Ladsbrokes shops cos they wouldn't ban him, so he said.
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Quote from: atdc21 on August 21, 2017, 01:13:16 PM
Not sure if anyone put it up on here, but did u see the bloke who smahed up some Ladsbrokes shops cos they wouldn't ban him, so he said.
Think it was Wm Hill shops in Liverpool if we are talking about the same chap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-40954898
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To me the problem is not that FOBT's are available and you can gamble on them (personal freedom is to be valued highly). They should be allowed imo but it is more the licencing question.
Is it fair that high street bookmakers are operating under a "bookmaking" licence yet well over 80% of their annual turnover is on these machines and casino games? (Coral accounts from a couple of years ago). Clearly that is a bit of a fraud. They should have to apply for, and be compliant with, a full casino licence - if they are just offering a high street casino. If they want to operate under a "bookmaker" licence with the looser regulations that brings then the majority of their business should be bookmaking.
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Quote from: tikay on August 21, 2017, 01:24:31 PM
Quote from: atdc21 on August 21, 2017, 01:13:16 PM
Not sure if anyone put it up on here, but did u see the bloke who smahed up some Ladsbrokes shops cos they wouldn't ban him, so he said.
Think it was Wm Hill shops in Liverpool if we are talking about the same chap.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-merseyside-40954898
yes thats the chap Tikay, ah was billhill shops
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