New Posts For Thread: Escape from gambling hell 'Gambling is an illness'https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illnessAs high street betting shops and internet roulette claim ever more victims, Simon Murphy meets the gamers who have beaten the odds in a struggle with addiction Simon Murphy guardian.co.uk, Eugene Farrar combed his hair, put on his best suit and polisA lot of these articles are commercially driven campaigns led by competitiors which are more than a little disingenuous.Take the New Statesman article for example. Derek Webb who set up the fairergambling.org campaign which lobbies against the machinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519073657#519073657A lot of these articles are commercially driven campaigns led by competitiors which are more than a little disingenuous.Take the New Statesman article for example. Derek Webb who set up the fairergambling.org campaign which lobbies against the machinFri, 27 Apr 2012 07:04:07 -0500Guys I feel you all fixating on machines is a bid to make yourselves feel better? So you can hold your head up and say your not a mug.The facts are simple...stick to them .... about 5% of us are profitable in the longterm.You rarely here of bookmakerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519045711#519045711Guys I feel you all fixating on machines is a bid to make yourselves feel better? So you can hold your head up and say your not a mug.The facts are simple...stick to them .... about 5% of us are profitable in the longterm.You rarely here of bookmakerThu, 26 Apr 2012 10:21:30 -0500http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/newsAgainst all odds, the head of a bookmakers association is “very happy” to tour Haringey’s high streets with a councillor openly critical of the shops. Councillor Nilgun Canver invited the chief executivehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519042357#519042357http://www.haringeyindependent.co.uk/newsAgainst all odds, the head of a bookmakers association is “very happy” to tour Haringey’s high streets with a councillor openly critical of the shops. Councillor Nilgun Canver invited the chief executiveThu, 26 Apr 2012 08:51:30 -0500The best money management in the world won't help you if you're playing FOBTs.Ireland has always had relaxed gambling laws, yet FOBTs are banned here because of the harm they cause.The bookies love them. I can't see how they benefit anyone else.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519013375#519013375The best money management in the world won't help you if you're playing FOBTs.Ireland has always had relaxed gambling laws, yet FOBTs are banned here because of the harm they cause.The bookies love them. I can't see how they benefit anyone else.Wed, 25 Apr 2012 13:36:25 -0500"With a 57.5% winning expectation, you are as likely to go 4-10 as to go 12-2. Sports bettors don't go broke because they can't call winners, and they don't go broke because of vigorish; - they go broke because they use bad money management."- J. R.Mhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519007551#519007551"With a 57.5% winning expectation, you are as likely to go 4-10 as to go 12-2. Sports bettors don't go broke because they can't call winners, and they don't go broke because of vigorish; - they go broke because they use bad money management."- J. R.MWed, 25 Apr 2012 11:00:53 -0500re: March 1985Will the Gambling Commission destroy our industry? by Freddy Bailey25/04/2012 http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.ukIt seems that the Gambling Commission is hell bent on destroying the traditional side of the British coin machine industry thhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519006363#519006363re: March 1985Will the Gambling Commission destroy our industry? by Freddy Bailey25/04/2012 http://www.coin-opcommunity.co.ukIt seems that the Gambling Commission is hell bent on destroying the traditional side of the British coin machine industry thWed, 25 Apr 2012 10:28:22 -0500Betting association helps pay for major boxing tournament By Hermione Wright http://www.haringeyindependent.co.ukA major boxing competition is likely to go ahead thanks to a donation from a betting shop association. The £1,500 cheque was donated tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519005745#519005745Betting association helps pay for major boxing tournament By Hermione Wright http://www.haringeyindependent.co.ukA major boxing competition is likely to go ahead thanks to a donation from a betting shop association. The £1,500 cheque was donated toWed, 25 Apr 2012 10:10:38 -0500Sentimentality isn't in the bookmakers vocabulary Historic pub could be turned into a bookies By GARETH CRICKMER http://www.shieldsgazette.comPINTS are set to be swapped for punts after a historic pub became odds-on to change into a bookies.In a shochttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=519000565#519000565Sentimentality isn't in the bookmakers vocabulary Historic pub could be turned into a bookies By GARETH CRICKMER http://www.shieldsgazette.comPINTS are set to be swapped for punts after a historic pub became odds-on to change into a bookies.In a shocWed, 25 Apr 2012 07:15:34 -0500Roulette in betting shops? It's all political spinhttp://www.newstatesman.com ADVERTORIAL: The Fairer Gambling Campaign warns against the dangers of addictive betting machines. By Derek Webb Published 24 April 2012Gambling machines known as B2s werehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=518964001#518964001Roulette in betting shops? It's all political spinhttp://www.newstatesman.com ADVERTORIAL: The Fairer Gambling Campaign warns against the dangers of addictive betting machines. By Derek Webb Published 24 April 2012Gambling machines known as B2s wereTue, 24 Apr 2012 08:38:57 -0500Is gambling an illness if you win year in year out?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29073615/escape-from-gambling-hell-gambling-is-an-illness?post_id=518954559#518954559Is gambling an illness if you win year in year out?Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:46:26 -0500