they will be a u.s. business soon enough

There are fobts in North Ireland. Have not seen any lately in South Ireland.

There’s some restrictions, I can’t recall whether it was fobts, or slots online or something similar.

But they are regulated by a different body and make their own gambling laws.
They are more stringent than UK laws (at present)

I seem to recall a law change over here a few years ago that made it where the punter was not where the bookie was.

Very sorry to read original posters message; a very frightening state of affairs; anything that is digital can be controlled hence the drive to end cash.
BTW is Anorak, the author Alan Potts ?
If so I thought your books were excellent.

Depressing and sad to read this, sorry to see you go Anorak, thanks again for all your contributions to my juvenile hurdler threads.

"The Nanny State wins."

Well, is it the Nanny State?
I'd say it's far more serious than that. People's freedoms are being attacked, not just gambling, petrol cars, gas boilers, banks announcing restrictions on cash deposits / withdrawals, banks cancelling people who views / jobs they don't like, hundreds of councils looking to impose fifteen minute cities. Attacks on the food supply eg Irish govt wanting to slaughter 200,000 cows in the name of "saving the planet", culling birds under the cover of "bird flu".

As for gambling: no push-back from the major firms in the form of a legal challenge under for example, data protection laws. It's as though they're busily building their own funeral pyre and taking horseracing with them.

UK citizens = fodder,fact !

Those who think otherwise keep dreaming…..

How does their business model survive?

The Flutter boss has admitted the affordability checks they've imposed has already cost them an astronomical amount, and that's before they are officially imposed and what the final regulations will look like.

And good luck anorak

A sad loss if you leave the forum.

Pana v mar
346k matched

No racing  you have?

mitolo, you just keep drinking your kestrel super strength, having their potions injected into your arm when they tell you you're due another, and believing anything the BBC tell you, and you'll live happily ever after.

Btw, those 200,000 cows the Irish regime want to slaughter, that's just how it starts. A bit like "two weeks to flatten the curve"...

Will miss seeing your contributions Alan. Read Against the Crowd and also your betting life put online.
Hope you can somehow still communicate on here at times.  All the best.

boy george

i only consume good quality sherbert. you should know that

i luv a jab and cant get enough of em

dont watch the bbc. cos i havent got a telly. but if i did i would. beats the troll farms and loonytube that you enjoy. putin luvs you

no idea about the cows. never heard about it until now. 'regime' you say. is that not derogatory? never heard it from someone endorsing a state. how would yopu describe russia? social democracy?

I'd say any population that had to endure their covid policies eg lockdowns, destruction of business / economies, shut down of the health service, isolation of the elderly, shut down of education, was living under a regime.

And bear in mind, mitolo, the same forces telling us they have to slaughter hundreds of thousands of cattle in the name of "saving the planet", were also the very same forces telling us we all had to a potion injected into us all. Hold that thought, hold it some more, until it sinks in.

Stick to betting and horseracing. These topics are sufficiently taxing and time consuming without straying off tangent.

i aint no expert about potions but someone i know who is at imperial college and has a brain that is nearly as big as yours says vaccine refusers are mugs

Is that what their models came up with?

Know of anyone who regrets not having the potion injected into them?

No, neither do I.

i admire your resolve

just channel it in a different direction

its almost over now. you still luv vlad the invader?

https://www.racingpost.com/news/gambling-review/flutter-chief-executive-peter-jackson-hails-strong-us-business-a-pivotal-moment-as-interim-results-are-unveiled-azFmX3E6lERD/?_sgm_campaign=bs_product&_sgm_source=N178236&_sgm_action=search&_sgm_term=

The chief executive of gambling giant Flutter Entertainment has voiced concerns the consultation on affordability checks launched by the Gambling Commission last month does not reflect the principles set out by ministers that such checks should be "frictionless".

Peter Jackson said the industry regulator should listen to customer concerns and if the commission did not get the system right that "thousands" of customers could face intrusive checks on their betting.

In April the government published its gambling white paper

which set out proposals for reform of the industry including two tiers of financial risk checks which it promised would be frictionless for customers.

Last month the Gambling Commission published a consultation

on how these would be put into effect, featuring further details which not only set out that the enhanced series of checks could be every six months and that checks could still happen even if a customer account was in profit, but also that the information provided by credit reference agencies might not be enough to prevent large numbers still having to undergo more intrusive checks.

Jackson said Flutter – the parent company of Paddy Power, Sky Bet and Betfair – supported the white paper and the aim to protect vulnerable and at-risk customers.

But he added: "There is a concern that the consultation on some of the checks as laid out by the Gambling Commission doesn't necessarily reflect the helpful principles set out by the government. For example, the secretary of state [Lucy Frazer] highlighted they wanted the checks to be completely frictionless.

"We want to make sure that does happen and we'll see how things progress but obviously we will continue to be as supportive as we can."

Jackson added that he wanted to ensure "the Gambling Commission take time to really understand customers' concerns".

"If they get this wrong there are going to be thousands of regular customers who are going to face intrusive and unwanted checks which I think would be very, very unhelpful."

Officials at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport have begun a review of the levy system to make up for a shortfall in racing's income from betting caused by the checks.

Jackson said it was "inevitable" there was going to be pressure on the levy to increase given the situation facing racing.

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The Racing Post wants to hear from you: What has been your experience of affordability checks since the white paper was published at the end of April, and what do you think of the government's proposals? Have affordability checks affected your betting behaviour?
It's a chance for your voice to be heard. Email the Racing Post at editor@racingpost.com

with the subject 'Affordability checks' to share your experiences, your thoughts about the government's proposals, and your contact details.

The left always end up destroying themselves. No surprise to see Betfair going down the same path.