New Posts For Thread: 'Back your local bookie' campaign defends FOBT'shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobtshttp://hhgrahamjones.blogspot.co.ukTuesday, 9 April 2013The highly controversial Fixed Odds Betting Terminals labelled the 'crack cocaine of gambling' by the Daily Mail have are being defended by the British Association of Bookmakers under the title,Anarchy is the result of many things, not least a society with no laws or legislation and although the bookmakers are happy to create human misery and fiscal carnage to vulnerable persons in cities and towns they will have to come to grips with the shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531127525#531127525Anarchy is the result of many things, not least a society with no laws or legislation and although the bookmakers are happy to create human misery and fiscal carnage to vulnerable persons in cities and towns they will have to come to grips with the sTue, 09 Apr 2013 10:00:45 -0500unbiased , if all gambling is the same , why is there not more problem gamblers through lottery play as that form of gambling has the highest ammount of players , iyo ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531127265#531127265unbiased , if all gambling is the same , why is there not more problem gamblers through lottery play as that form of gambling has the highest ammount of players , iyo ?Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:50:51 -0500the whole issue is that should firms based on the high street be tempting vulnerable persons with high stakes/high risk/fast spin games that they simply cant win and creates a massive upturn in addicted gamblers?The answer clearly that something hashttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531127251#531127251the whole issue is that should firms based on the high street be tempting vulnerable persons with high stakes/high risk/fast spin games that they simply cant win and creates a massive upturn in addicted gamblers?The answer clearly that something hasTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:50:31 -0500bf-fanatic,with your over12,000 posts in under 2 years,have you not learnt that this is an anonymous forum,and your assumptions could be very wide of the mark. When you reply to a poster,try to remember that you have no idea about their experience,phttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531127199#531127199bf-fanatic,with your over12,000 posts in under 2 years,have you not learnt that this is an anonymous forum,and your assumptions could be very wide of the mark. When you reply to a poster,try to remember that you have no idea about their experience,pTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:48:10 -0500Certainn sections of society have an addictive nature.That is the way it has always been,and that is the way it will always be. There are far more important issues in life than trying to protect FOBT players,the proportion of which are addictive playhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126907#531126907Certainn sections of society have an addictive nature.That is the way it has always been,and that is the way it will always be. There are far more important issues in life than trying to protect FOBT players,the proportion of which are addictive playTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:39:14 -0500not really banks , when an fobt player loses he has a chance to chase losses 20 seconds later , its not the same with in running as races are usually run 10 minutes apart and you dont know if your in running bet wins until the finish ( unless you bachttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126879#531126879not really banks , when an fobt player loses he has a chance to chase losses 20 seconds later , its not the same with in running as races are usually run 10 minutes apart and you dont know if your in running bet wins until the finish ( unless you bacTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:38:29 -0500Disengenous banned banks. It is the speed of repeated play (allied with the stakes allowed) that present the specific danger with these machines. People are metaphorically turned into zombies when they play them. That I suspect is down to the designhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126873#531126873Disengenous banned banks. It is the speed of repeated play (allied with the stakes allowed) that present the specific danger with these machines. People are metaphorically turned into zombies when they play them. That I suspect is down to the designTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:38:21 -0500Rcing I assume that you are also vehemently opposed to in running betting on here as well. The speed of play must be almost guaranteed to put the player into a chase mentality.Perhaps the campaign should be extended to allow pre event betting only. Thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126685#531126685Rcing I assume that you are also vehemently opposed to in running betting on here as well. The speed of play must be almost guaranteed to put the player into a chase mentality.Perhaps the campaign should be extended to allow pre event betting only. TTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:32:40 -0500Sorry rcing it was unbiased that posted that stupid remark and he must be an Industry toolhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126651#531126651Sorry rcing it was unbiased that posted that stupid remark and he must be an Industry toolTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:31:43 -0500unbiased , you will not be budged on your view regardless of facts or statistics so what's the point in trying to have a discussion on the topic ?i explained to you before how a professor of gambling stated that it was the type of games and frequencyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29851667/back-your-local-bookie-campaign-defends-fobts?post_id=531126359#531126359unbiased , you will not be budged on your view regardless of facts or statistics so what's the point in trying to have a discussion on the topic ?i explained to you before how a professor of gambling stated that it was the type of games and frequencyTue, 09 Apr 2013 09:21:26 -0500