New Posts For Thread: Paddy Power 'encouraged gambler until he lost his home, jobs and family'https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-familyhttp://www.theguardian.com/society/2016/feb/29/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-lost-home-jobs-family-gambling-commission-report?CMP=fb_guFrom a personal view on the issue of bookies' actions being under scrutiny then I believe they absolutely have to be even more so than many other sectors, not simply because of the direct issues of crime related to them but because as a product thathttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039747#548039747From a personal view on the issue of bookies' actions being under scrutiny then I believe they absolutely have to be even more so than many other sectors, not simply because of the direct issues of crime related to them but because as a product thatThu, 10 Mar 2016 06:30:16 -0600I was answering your rhetorical question with regard 'why the spotlight is cast on bookies'I was saying it isn't a selective issue, it's regulation in action of all sectors, and that there is an ever increasing need for such action as a direct resulthttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039719#548039719I was answering your rhetorical question with regard 'why the spotlight is cast on bookies'I was saying it isn't a selective issue, it's regulation in action of all sectors, and that there is an ever increasing need for such action as a direct resultThu, 10 Mar 2016 06:25:37 -0600Crippen - the bookie in question ignored blatant money laundering. A bank would have been fined millions. The least that the UKGC should have done was to mandate that those responsible were not fit and proper to work in the industry.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039681#548039681Crippen - the bookie in question ignored blatant money laundering. A bank would have been fined millions. The least that the UKGC should have done was to mandate that those responsible were not fit and proper to work in the industry.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:20:59 -0600What about the tenants like you who claim LHA and live off the state?It all comes out of the same pot that people like me pay taxes into. A pot that has to provide for people like you who contribute nothing to society apart from taking up space.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039619#548039619What about the tenants like you who claim LHA and live off the state?It all comes out of the same pot that people like me pay taxes into. A pot that has to provide for people like you who contribute nothing to society apart from taking up space.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 06:12:53 -0600That's called capitalism and it's what funds the welfare state we all enjoy. Especially slum landlords like you getting all those lovely housing benefit paymentshttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039553#548039553That's called capitalism and it's what funds the welfare state we all enjoy. Especially slum landlords like you getting all those lovely housing benefit paymentsThu, 10 Mar 2016 06:03:49 -0600actions they take to pay shareholders who are holders of capital that seek payment for simply owning it.It's a vile world. That's called capitalism and it's what funds the welfare state we all enjoy.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039519#548039519actions they take to pay shareholders who are holders of capital that seek payment for simply owning it.It's a vile world. That's called capitalism and it's what funds the welfare state we all enjoy.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:55:05 -0600dustybin It doesn't.It's called regulation Well it can't be both, it either does or it doesn't regardless of what you call.https://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039507#548039507dustybin It doesn't.It's called regulation Well it can't be both, it either does or it doesn't regardless of what you call.Thu, 10 Mar 2016 05:52:34 -0600It doesn't.It's called regulation and if big business continually gets pandered to then there would be non.Sharp practise exists because humans exist and they are greedy, they are told by our government that opportunism is virtuous and that enterprishttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039395#548039395It doesn't.It's called regulation and if big business continually gets pandered to then there would be non.Sharp practise exists because humans exist and they are greedy, they are told by our government that opportunism is virtuous and that enterprisThu, 10 Mar 2016 05:32:37 -0600Should bookies be responsible for someone who loses their money with them betting?Should the Stock Exchange be responsible for investors doing the same only on a much larger scale?Fortunes are lost starting up businesses and expanding businesses toohttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039341#548039341Should bookies be responsible for someone who loses their money with them betting?Should the Stock Exchange be responsible for investors doing the same only on a much larger scale?Fortunes are lost starting up businesses and expanding businesses tooThu, 10 Mar 2016 05:21:54 -0600bookmakers seem to want to move away from cash betting as a way roundthese issues,.. except of course they want to move away from cash bettingso they can keep tabs on their customers and ban anyone who has a brainhttps://community.betfair.com/chit_chat/go/thread/view/94038/30660723/paddy-power-encouraged-gambler-until-he-lost-his-home-jobs-and-family?post_id=548039193#548039193bookmakers seem to want to move away from cash betting as a way roundthese issues,.. except of course they want to move away from cash bettingso they can keep tabs on their customers and ban anyone who has a brainThu, 10 Mar 2016 04:51:33 -0600