New Posts For Thread: Gambling Discussion on Claire Byrne Showhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-showFrom the show : As a nation, we bet ten thousand euro every single minute. No new laws to regulate gambling have been passed here since the 1950s, and a 2013 bill shows no sign of movement in the Dáil. Galway senior hurler Davy Glennon is in the stdon't knowhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=553027083#553027083don't knowSat, 28 Oct 2017 14:49:49 -0500Once upon a time most of the bookies were sportsmen who liked the challenge of backing their judgement against others . Times have changed though , even if the regulations ( non existent essentially) have not kept pace with a moral society . Too eashttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550581629#550581629Once upon a time most of the bookies were sportsmen who liked the challenge of backing their judgement against others . Times have changed though , even if the regulations ( non existent essentially) have not kept pace with a moral society . Too easMon, 05 Dec 2016 04:28:42 -0600I agree with RoyalAcademy's point about the bookmakers getting a very easy time.What about a TV program that lists their practices, and the strong targeting of problem gamblers.Anyone that loses an average industrial annual wage should be barred onlhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550565439#550565439I agree with RoyalAcademy's point about the bookmakers getting a very easy time.What about a TV program that lists their practices, and the strong targeting of problem gamblers.Anyone that loses an average industrial annual wage should be barred onlSat, 03 Dec 2016 09:55:54 -0600I'm getting on the moral high ground again.These TV programs are nothing about gambling addiction imo.They are car crash television (a bit like Jeremy Kyle) where viewers like to gloat on the trouble of the unfortunate.You will only see personalitieshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550565301#550565301I'm getting on the moral high ground again.These TV programs are nothing about gambling addiction imo.They are car crash television (a bit like Jeremy Kyle) where viewers like to gloat on the trouble of the unfortunate.You will only see personalitiesSat, 03 Dec 2016 09:45:21 -0600Cant all be diciplined maths shrewdieshttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550562561#550562561Cant all be diciplined maths shrewdiesSat, 03 Dec 2016 03:07:30 -0600http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/davy-glennon-i-wasnt-trying-to-kill-myself-but-i-wanted-to-kill-the-life-i-was-living-398150.htmlhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550557965#550557965http://www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/hurling/davy-glennon-i-wasnt-trying-to-kill-myself-but-i-wanted-to-kill-the-life-i-was-living-398150.htmlFri, 02 Dec 2016 11:05:55 -0600Feel sorry for Davy in ways but at the same time I don't.Got absolutely cleaned here betting in-running on a race from Fontwell on Stephen's Day 2012, a complete moment of madness that I knew was intellectually wrong while I was doing it. I'd been skhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550557951#550557951Feel sorry for Davy in ways but at the same time I don't.Got absolutely cleaned here betting in-running on a race from Fontwell on Stephen's Day 2012, a complete moment of madness that I knew was intellectually wrong while I was doing it. I'd been skFri, 02 Dec 2016 11:03:56 -0600You make valid points kincsem although clearly have little sympathy for the losers. I have the hopeless qualification of saying "I haven't seen the show".If you accept some gamblers are addicts you could hardly apply your reasoning to alcohol, drug ohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550557813#550557813You make valid points kincsem although clearly have little sympathy for the losers. I have the hopeless qualification of saying "I haven't seen the show".If you accept some gamblers are addicts you could hardly apply your reasoning to alcohol, drug oFri, 02 Dec 2016 10:47:00 -0600i felt sorry for davy glennon but i wonder if annie power had won would he have been on it? i agree a lot of problem gamblers are poor ones..i see them regulary any time i visit a pp..https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550557733#550557733i felt sorry for davy glennon but i wonder if annie power had won would he have been on it? i agree a lot of problem gamblers are poor ones..i see them regulary any time i visit a pp..Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:37:57 -0600I saw the show and I have spoken since the show to one of the speakers.It was a rinse and repeat of all the gambling addict TV shows I've seen.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30757397/gambling-discussion-on-claire-byrne-show?post_id=550556999#550556999I saw the show and I have spoken since the show to one of the speakers.It was a rinse and repeat of all the gambling addict TV shows I've seen.Fri, 02 Dec 2016 08:59:22 -0600