New Posts For Thread: Labour poised to announce £100m levy on gambling companieshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companiesCompulsory, rather than the current voluntary system. From the Grauniad:Casinos and bookmakers in Great Britain will be forced to pay a £100m-a-year levy to fund research, education and treatment of gambling harms, under government plans to be annouYou're right, brassneck. When I lived in Canada the Govt. had the bright idea of raising tobaccotax by 40%. Within weeks you could walk into pretty well any pub in the centre of town and find abloke selling black market cigs at half the price.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564407847#564407847You're right, brassneck. When I lived in Canada the Govt. had the bright idea of raising tobaccotax by 40%. Within weeks you could walk into pretty well any pub in the centre of town and find abloke selling black market cigs at half the price.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:47:24 -0600The current mob in Westminster will hasten the Nanny State exponentially.They think they know what's best for us without ever fully understanding the subject at hand or theconsequences of their actions.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564407835#564407835The current mob in Westminster will hasten the Nanny State exponentially.They think they know what's best for us without ever fully understanding the subject at hand or theconsequences of their actions.Fri, 29 Nov 2024 09:43:16 -0600If governments try to curtail gambling,crime would go through the roof,people love money and will do anything and i mean anything to get get their hands on .it.Gambling is a legal way of obtaining it.Governments better beware.if its not broken dont thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564407233#564407233If governments try to curtail gambling,crime would go through the roof,people love money and will do anything and i mean anything to get get their hands on .it.Gambling is a legal way of obtaining it.Governments better beware.if its not broken dont tFri, 29 Nov 2024 06:34:11 -0600True Cider and so of course are safeguards like bank security. It only needs one employee out of hundreds to be dishonest or incompetent for the whole thing to fall over. On the last 3 occasions that we have bought stuff using Amazon Prime, we have hhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564407007#564407007True Cider and so of course are safeguards like bank security. It only needs one employee out of hundreds to be dishonest or incompetent for the whole thing to fall over. On the last 3 occasions that we have bought stuff using Amazon Prime, we have hFri, 29 Nov 2024 04:42:06 -0600This is just the direction society is going in. So all young children get 'free' meals in school because there are people that manage to breed and are not capable of feeding their own (often feral) offspring. Policy is now determined by the lowest cohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406757#564406757This is just the direction society is going in. So all young children get 'free' meals in school because there are people that manage to breed and are not capable of feeding their own (often feral) offspring. Policy is now determined by the lowest coFri, 29 Nov 2024 02:31:09 -0600By the same measure the sociopolitical tide is also against democracy; even the ones that are considered ‘full democracies’ and being dismantled from within while being flooded with people who culturally have no affiliation with it.Gambling is juhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406753#564406753By the same measure the sociopolitical tide is also against democracy; even the ones that are considered ‘full democracies’ and being dismantled from within while being flooded with people who culturally have no affiliation with it.Gambling is juFri, 29 Nov 2024 02:21:08 -0600Everyone seems to have the view that there is a mysterious entity called "Them or They" whose job is to protect them from all of the unpleasant things in life such as having to go to work, illness, flooding, crime etc. All organisations from the UN thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406747#564406747Everyone seems to have the view that there is a mysterious entity called "Them or They" whose job is to protect them from all of the unpleasant things in life such as having to go to work, illness, flooding, crime etc. All organisations from the UN tFri, 29 Nov 2024 02:06:13 -0600Which numbers are you using? A quick Google gave me numbers from Gov't for the cost to the state and society of problem gambling of £1.00bn to £1.77bn and gambling taxation revenue of £3.3bn.The numbers are not that linear either, as gambling keehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406191#564406191Which numbers are you using? A quick Google gave me numbers from Gov't for the cost to the state and society of problem gambling of £1.00bn to £1.77bn and gambling taxation revenue of £3.3bn.The numbers are not that linear either, as gambling keeThu, 28 Nov 2024 14:56:34 -0600Ditto sageform , i probably only watch around 5% of flat races and it's no coincidence those are the races i've played , as for jumping i probably watch 95% whether a bet or not.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406125#564406125Ditto sageform , i probably only watch around 5% of flat races and it's no coincidence those are the races i've played , as for jumping i probably watch 95% whether a bet or not.Thu, 28 Nov 2024 14:35:57 -0600There is something about putting down money (even £1) that sets it apart from just choosing a horse. No matter how hard I try, I don't get quite the same buzz from a race I have no bets on although I still enjoy watching races over fences no matterhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31859683/labour-poised-to-announce-100m-levy-on-gambling-companies?post_id=564406011#564406011There is something about putting down money (even £1) that sets it apart from just choosing a horse. No matter how hard I try, I don't get quite the same buzz from a race I have no bets on although I still enjoy watching races over fences no matterThu, 28 Nov 2024 13:18:02 -0600