New Posts For Thread: High-stakes gambling machines 'suck money from poorest communities'https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communitiesMPs express alarm about £5bn spent on fixed odds betting terminals in northern cities and London boroughs More than £5bn was gambled on high-speed, high-stakes gambling machines in northern cities and London boroughs with high levels of unemploymenWork is the curse of the drinking class.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527768021#527768021Work is the curse of the drinking class.Sat, 05 Jan 2013 08:20:13 -0600The odium of the missus.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527766193#527766193The odium of the missus.Sat, 05 Jan 2013 07:13:03 -0600If the FOBTs had been around in Karl Marx's day I'm sure he would have said that the bourgoisie put these things into areas inhabited primarily by the proletariat in order to provide the proletariat with the illusion of hope that they might get luckyhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527761787#527761787If the FOBTs had been around in Karl Marx's day I'm sure he would have said that the bourgoisie put these things into areas inhabited primarily by the proletariat in order to provide the proletariat with the illusion of hope that they might get luckySat, 05 Jan 2013 02:17:43 -0600redwood in blame-the-poor shocker.what a grade a cu nt that man is and has always been.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527754453#527754453redwood in blame-the-poor shocker.what a grade a cu nt that man is and has always been.Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:56:10 -0600Regarding the MP's remarks:"I put it down to the fact that poor people believe there's one shot to get rich. They put getting rich down to luck and think they can take a gamble."Very true"They also have time on their hands. My voters are too busy worhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527753781#527753781Regarding the MP's remarks:"I put it down to the fact that poor people believe there's one shot to get rich. They put getting rich down to luck and think they can take a gamble."Very true"They also have time on their hands. My voters are too busy worFri, 04 Jan 2013 17:27:45 -0600My way of dealing with this would be lift the restriction on FOBT's. That would stop bookies opening 3 or 4 shops within a few yards of each other as they currently do. The limit on FOBT's only achieves one thing, and that is to subsidise the landlorhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527753667#527753667My way of dealing with this would be lift the restriction on FOBT's. That would stop bookies opening 3 or 4 shops within a few yards of each other as they currently do. The limit on FOBT's only achieves one thing, and that is to subsidise the landlorFri, 04 Jan 2013 17:21:31 -0600That is Redwood's argument. However, the bookies are now open from 5pm onwards til late when there is no sport being shown. Deprived areas have no shortage of people who work 40 hours a week and are obsessed by these things.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527753197#527753197That is Redwood's argument. However, the bookies are now open from 5pm onwards til late when there is no sport being shown. Deprived areas have no shortage of people who work 40 hours a week and are obsessed by these things.Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:01:30 -0600Of course areas of higher unemployment bet more on FOBTs - they have more time to bet. You can prove anything you pretty much want with statistics if you skew the statistics to your favour.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527752941#527752941Of course areas of higher unemployment bet more on FOBTs - they have more time to bet. You can prove anything you pretty much want with statistics if you skew the statistics to your favour.Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:52:04 -0600have them by all means but at least make them pay back a decent % or maybe reduce the cost of each spin .https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527752573#527752573have them by all means but at least make them pay back a decent % or maybe reduce the cost of each spin .Fri, 04 Jan 2013 16:37:45 -0600Last time I was up in Yorkshire I was amazed by the number of betting shops which had sprouted up in Sheffield and Leeds. The figures show how they have cynically targeted deprived areas. Yes people have a choice whether or not they play these machinhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/29613945/high-stakes-gambling-machines-suck-money-from-poorest-communities?post_id=527751693#527751693Last time I was up in Yorkshire I was amazed by the number of betting shops which had sprouted up in Sheffield and Leeds. The figures show how they have cynically targeted deprived areas. Yes people have a choice whether or not they play these machinFri, 04 Jan 2013 16:07:56 -0600