Please sign this petition and make bookmakers accept bets or lose their licence

Signed, would be better, and collect more signatures on horsey forum.

hi kenny- go look at horsey column

thanks for signing- if you could help spread this - we need momentum

cheers

actually i got a mail yesterday about it, from "the mathematician" tipster. looking for it now. i'll look at horsey forum, rough guess 100 signatures so far.

#1 - Petition For More Honourable Bookmakers

I noted this Houses of Parliament petition the other day
that is seeking more honourable behaviour from our
bookmaker friends.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456

Most of them work on the principle of
discrimination against individuals like you.
Show any sign of winning and they will
limit stakes on your individual account but
treat others very differently.

Picture going into a supermarket
to buy a loaf of bread but getting told at the till
that you personally because you are you are only
permitted to buy one slice.
The bloke in the queue after you they sell the whole loaf to.

Pure persecution and discrimination against individuals.

Even if they are not persecuting you today
they may want to in future.

I would not be in 100% agreement with the precise
wording of this petition. If setting it up myself
I may have phrased it around bookies accepting
a minimum liability as opposed to a minimum stake.

In New South Wales in Australia for example
bookmakers are indeed forced to accept
decent bets of 2500 Aussie dollars if memory serves me right
after punters there said bookie past behaviour was "not fair dinkum".
It was most of the uk brands who are also over there that got the most criticism.
The racing authorities there introduced rules to reduce individual
punter perpetuation behaviour.

But despite me not agreeing 100% with the exact wording of this one
I have signed it anyhow. At his stage it is more so about
raising awareness of the general issue in the Houses of Parliament.

It will take you a mere 30 seconds or so to complete.
Who knows in a years time you may be able to claim
that you yourself helped change the world for the better
for many punting years to come.

The Aussies didn't want a shafting so stood up for themselves and won.
What are you Uk  punters going to do?
Lube yourself up, bend over and touch your toes singing Dancing Queen
or do you have it in you to put up a bit more resistance than that?

[No offence intended to those of you who may find that
an attratctive idea ]

Here is the link again.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456

Use your own vote then pass on the link
to any punter friends or webmasters you may be in contact with.

lmfao, the link I put up is a different petition and has 1300 signatures against 45. I think it would be better if we concentrated on that one? Can you start another thread on horse racing with my link if you agree. Cheers mate.

There's a lot less signatures on the second petition but at least that talks about a fair amount. £25???????? Is it worth bothering?

I didn't notice that. But £25 can make a fair bit on a good arb. lol

when you do dozens a month it can add up.

Need 100,000 for a debate in parliament.

Gentlemen..andladies of course

Click this link to sign the petition:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126319/sponsors/jTQaz3xBgrDkXvYCVxCi


Please spread the word on social media - can everyone please commit to get a few more signees please- and ask them to do the same?
Thanks

@HbfBritain

on twitter.
doing a survey on restricted or closed accounts so they can forward issues punters have.

cheers GI- yes- i signed up- for highstreet bookies its FOBT's mainstream with horseracing a poor second at the moment. Online its casino or mindless fixed fruit machines etc

Do eople appreciate that the number on a roulette game is already predetermined for the split second that you push the button? That if you pressed the button a millisecond earlier or later - that determines the result- so its randomly fine- but when players sit there watching a virtual ball circle its meaningless- the result being pre set.

Oh well - there are the feeble minded to exploit i suppose- no offense meant to anyone here who plays them

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126319

There's a lot less signatures on the second petition but at least that talks about a fair amount. £25???????? Is it worth bothering?

A point I made to the author and I'd rather they'd started at £100, but as he said it's a foot in the door.

Noble effort lmfao but with over 2000 now on the other one, shouldn't we now be pushing that one at every opportunity? As Alias says, it's a foot in the door if it gets over 10,000 (however imo punters should also be encouraged to sign both).

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456

Cheers Lee Ho

i've no problem with the other petition and have signed in

it doesn't ask for that which was achieved through public pressure in NSW - but hey ho.

I've not got the link- if you will post it here i'll do my best to promote it

cheers

sorry- you posted it

p.s.



https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126319