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Bookmakers - I’ve made a petition – will you sign it?
Bookmakers - I’ve made a petition – will you sign it?
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It's important for people to be proactive here. There may be a few hundred to few thousand directly affected now but a petition like this won't gain momentum with just the hard core. The essential issue is for people who do support something like this to get family, friends and aquaintances to sign up.
Who knows what may happen then? |
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I'm on with that EE, will be on it at work too
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signed, paddy power referred a £10 bet today on a 5/2 shot!
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From "The Mathematician".
#1 - Petition For More Honourable Bookmakers I noted this Houses of Parliament petition the other day that is seeking more honourable behaviour from our bookmaker friends. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456 Most of them work on the principle of discrimination against individuals like you. Show any sign of winning and they will limit stakes on your individual account but treat others very differently. Picture going into a supermarket to buy a loaf of bread but getting told at the till that you personally because you are you are only permitted to buy one slice. The bloke in the queue after you they sell the whole loaf to. Pure persecution and discrimination against individuals. Even if they are not persecuting you today they may want to in future. I would not be in 100% agreement with the precise wording of this petition. If setting it up myself I may have phrased it around bookies accepting a minimum liability as opposed to a minimum stake. In New South Wales in Australia for example bookmakers are indeed forced to accept decent bets of 2500 Aussie dollars if memory serves me right after punters there said bookie past behaviour was "not fair dinkum". It was most of the uk brands who are also over there that got the most criticism. The racing authorities there introduced rules to reduce individual punter perpetuation behaviour. But despite me not agreeing 100% with the exact wording of this one I have signed it anyhow. At his stage it is more so about raising awareness of the general issue in the Houses of Parliament. It will take you a mere 30 seconds or so to complete. Who knows in a years time you may be able to claim that you yourself helped change the world for the better for many punting years to come. The Aussies didn't want a shafting so stood up for themselves and won. What are you Uk punters going to do? Lube yourself up, bend over and touch your toes singing Dancing Queen or do you have it in you to put up a bit more resistance than that? [No offence intended to those of you who may find that an attratctive idea ] Here is the link again. https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456 Use your own vote then pass on the link to any punter friends or webmasters you may be in contact with. |
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Signed
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signed
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1320 signatures so far
come on lads and lasses, takes 30 secs https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456 |
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Eeternaloptimist 02 Apr 16 13:53 Joined: 28 Jun 10 | Topic/replies: 37,158 | Blogger: Eeternaloptimist's blog
It's important for people to be proactive here. There may be a few hundred to few thousand directly affected now but a petition like this won't gain momentum with just the hard core. The essential issue is for people who do support something like this to get family, friends and aquaintances to sign up. Are you a feckin idiot... Hundreds of thousands even millions of accounts have been closed. Tens of millions world wide have been restricted. |
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Well done good work.. signed
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1399 signed
 When I checked earlier there were 58 and I got 5 of those. It's gathering momentum, keep referring. |
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According to the eternaloptomist that is it then...
The complete number of punters that have been restricted has been reached... |
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You signed then hft?
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homefortea
Are you a feckin idiot... Hundreds of thousands even millions of accounts have been closed. Do you have any evidence for this? Any at all? You see unlike yourself I don't tend to make comments without a reasonable idea that I'm not talking rubbish. There's roughly 45 million adults in this country. Around 16% of those when surveyed admit to having a bet on the horses. That would be about 7 million. The vast majority of those will be your few times a year punter who bet on the National, Gold Cup, Derby etc. At a generous estimate you are probably talking about a hardcore race enthusiastic group of horse racing punters of around a million. Which is probably around where the combined totals of Racinguk, Channel Four and live racecourse betters comes to. Out of those a significant number will be your older 50 pence yankee or a few doubles and a treble type old timers. You see where I am taking you here? It's called the deep end and you haven't got your arm bands on. Out of the rest will be a significant number of regular and long term losers like yourself. Bookies still want to do business with that kind of person. No we are getting to the numbers I'm talking about. A few thousand maybe. So you tell me gobshiite where are these millions of accounts which have been closed? Fantasy Island? Or did you open them all you high roller you?  Here's some free advice son. Put down the crack pipe. Have a good wash, a shave and put on some clean clothes instead of those rancid urine stained track suit bottoms. Go and peer outside your bedsit. Even better mix with some real people. It's amazing the things someone as clueless as yourself could pick up just mixing with more intelligent people than you are and let's face it that won't be difficult will it? I'd imagine the contents of a nappy would be evens against you on Mastermind. |
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Sorry about that. Where's my manners? Enjoy the rest of your evening.
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eternaloptomist..
Read my post again you loser... You have spent hours posting **** e.. The millions that I have referred to are Worldwide... I have personally had hundreds of accounts closed down and I am sure many more have.. You must be the village idiot. |
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"A few thousand punters in the UK cannot get a bet on..."
eternalw anker you should be reported for offences against the Mental Health Act... |
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No we are getting to the numbers I'm talking about. A few thousand maybe.
Is this fella for real.... |
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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126319/sponsors/jTQaz3xBgrDkXvYCVxCi
above is the correct link- please sign and pass round |
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homefortea
The millions that I have referred to are Worldwide... Erm. No. If the rest of us have to read your shiit the least you can do is read it yourself. There it is a few posts up. You were talking about tens of millions world wide so when you were talking about hundreds of thousands even millions you were clearly talking about this country you turnip. Hundreds of thousands even millions of accounts have been closed. Tens of millions world wide have been restricted. |
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Apologies lmfao for sidetracking a very honourable attempt to address an iniquity.
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it was worth it simply for the line that referred to hft as the contents of a nappy!
signed and good luck  |
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cant really understand what all the fuss is about everybody on this thread must have a betfair account and as it is always bigger on this exchange and you can have as much on as you like why worry about the high street bookmakers ?
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Once you reach PC betfair is useless and plus there is no liquidity.
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and it's filled with bots.
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and the website is horrifically bad.
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etc.
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really i was led to believe betfair was the best invention of the last 100 years.
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The best invention of the last 100 years was the mp3 player.
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what are they ?
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Are any of you lads pushing this on social media twitter/facebook,if it's been mentioned on the thread earlier I apologise
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MP3 player is an electronic device that can play digital audio music files. Portable MP3 players are super such as the iPod.
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glad you enjoy them
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You have to laugh at homefortea seemingly thinking that our parliament can set laws for the rest of the world lol.
It's totally irrelevant if millions worldwide have been restricted or had accounts closed if the clue is the petition website is for the UK Government and Parliament. |
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Gentlemen:
Click this link to sign the petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/126319/sponsors/jTQaz3xBgrDkXvYCVxCi Please spread the word on social media - can everyone please commit to get a few more signees please- and ask them to do the same? Thanks |
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I also signed the one that Kennyman mentioned, we all might as well sign both eh?
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/125456 |
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one link has 64 signatures
one has over 1000 I think you need to clarify which to sign , kennys or lmfao |
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sign both!
i was unaware of the earlier one- when i put this one up imo the other one is flawed and that we have more chance of a result if the NSW Australia argument is pressed re minimum liability per customer - rather than 'up to £25 stake' Its just an opinion - lease sign both/ ask others and spread the word. I know at least one MP is interested- we could do with journalists onside - anyone got a contact? cheers |
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foxy post 10.12 is the real answer re bookies
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It's also a very one dimensional way of looking at it too and you need to see the bigger picture.
There are several reasons why sometimes using a bookie can be better than using an exchange. |
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zipper clearly doesn't get "irony"
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