I still find the Commission's focus on what I could prove rather than what had been allegedly released about me shocking...

I've no experience of dealing with the GC but I have had many dealings with the Heath and Safety Executive a similarly "independent" government body.

Based on that I'm not surprised Magician

Well Well, I have had a few 'run ins' with banks over the years regarding

FOBTS and am not shedding any tears over his departure.

From the GC's site.

"Our work is funded by fees, paid by the operators that we license."

You expect impartiality ?

They only exist as long as bookmakers co-exist. What's good for the goose..........

Shocking. He once refuted that self-exclusions from shops were more often due to FOBTs than other stuff on the menu. He said there was no evidence. And self-exclusion forms that the GC view don't state why the customer is self-excluding, so the GC can pretend to be ignorant of the cause.

I think we can conclude that BB has been well and truly outed.

Good riddance to bad rubbish

At various industry shows I have made a point of going over to the Gambling Commission stand to ask them their position when it comes to the discrimination practiced by the bookmaking industry (you can imagine how much fun that was for them), and I've always been staggered that they were resolutely interested only in standing in the bookmakers corner - one of the people I spoke to was even a former Ladbrokes 'trader'.

But then again, none of us should really be surprised. However you view their impartiality, at 9.05 on the day this 'fair and open' body was instituted, the bookmaking industry would have set to work getting into them in any way possible when it comes to invitations, junkets, hospitality and 'advantages' (if you've got a private box at the Cheltenham Festival, ask yourself who the first name on the team sheet might be when it comes to the invitations, for example)

It's hardly a shocker then, that this 'independent' body, that's supposed to be the protectors of 'fairness' when it comes to gambling, is actually really only interested in industry protectionism, and maintaining the stranglehold that the bookmakers have over this industry...

Magician - as a next step, have you considered making a request to the GC under the Freedom Of Information Act, asking for any internal correspondence relating to the disclosure of confidential information on Internet forums by employees of the GC? May be enlightening.

They'll presumably use the fact a person could be identified as an excuse not to disclose the information, so request that they suitably redact it. Won't help identify the individual responsible, but will certainly shed some light on what internal discussions have occurred.

I hope that he is reported to the police and prosecuted and may even phone them myself..

The man was a proven liar,a freeloader and even changed his username to mine.Then he proceeded to take the rise out of punters on here on "my" behalf...

Then Betfair let him change his username back and let him proceed to post....

I stated many moons ago he was involved with the Gambling Commission which is Birmingham based.The fact that I later found he followed Blues added to the theory.

I've had many run-ins on the subject of FOBT's with banned_banks.

Imagine my surprise when it emerged, depsite his repeated denials, that he had a vested interest.

Is it too much of a leap of faith to imagine that far from acting under his own steam on here, he was in fact ordered to carry out his long-term campaign of disinformation by his employer?

I thought he was Simon Templer

To be fair so did i.