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Gambling Commission should leave horse racing alone and look at Slots
Gambling Commission should leave horse racing alone and look at Slots
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Fair enough, 24/7 slots on draught absolutely everywhere at a couple of hundred quid per session, without leaving the house, is probably a good/healthy choice to offer people at tea-time.
It certainly doesn't seem to have done any harm to the (already fairly seedy) reputation of the real gambling industry or put it under the spotlight at all.  |
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you cant un-invent them
you can only ban them. some people will ban gambling altogether given the chance. its a myth there is a massive gambling problem the subject becomes more emotive when wimmin are involved, hence the interest of my idiot mp. when almost all gambling addicts were male she wasnt interested. the thought of her and others like her drafting and voting on gambling law does me nut in |
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A game of bingo does last for several minutes. In that time you could have had a couple of hundred goes on the slots. So would not think bingo on its own is not a problem unless of course it has become a breeding ground fobts. I would not know tbf.
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neither would i. never even bought a lottery ticket
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According to government statistics 7% of the population are affected negatively by an others people's gambling. More than two million people in the UK are either problem gamblers or at risk of addiction, according to the industry regulator.
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By their definition those numbers sound about right Storm Alert.
I'd have a few issues with their definition casting the net a bit too wide - i.e. it would probably class everybody on here as a problem gambler - but the number/percentage would still be very high even if the definition was "tightened up" to be a bit more realistic. |
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From my earlier post on this thread:
They are no longer interested in a target audience that consisted of almost entirely middle aged/old men and had very limited hours of play - they can now go after every demographic (including women and young people), absolutely all of the time (24/7). |
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the statisics they use are unreliable and unscientific
the study quoted(the worst available, of course) has been discredited as it 'includes those who suffered from an array of conditions, placing them at elevated risk of self-harm regardless of the prescence of a gmabling problem' the grauniad even came up with a figure of 400 people that commit suicide annually due to gambling problems. if subsequent, properly formatted independent studies came to show the true number was 2, they wouldnt report it |
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Its difficult to know, as the saying goes “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” I would probably be on the list as I like to bet on horses most days.
Slots stuck in casino's was never a problem they have been around for donkeys years. FOBT's in high street and now by the sound of available 24/7 have made politicians take a look and my concern with FOBT player addiction is it will drag sports betting into the mire of affordability checks, which will affect me. That's why I want them to begone, just a selfish reason, although I do think they are awful for people affected by addiction to them, suffocating them with no cool-down time. |
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The only way you will get a true measure of "problem gamblers" is from the slot/casino emporiums themselves (although I think they are still known to some people as bookmakers)!
If only they kept records and had data  - They can spot a break-even punter or a winner at 400 yards blindfolded (and close them down) - but they just don't have any data that they can share on "problem gamblers" The reality is, that probably the easiest way to spot a problem gambler and therefore get an accurate number, is just to count all the people with a fairly active account that hasn't yet been restricted or closed. |