BoroFur
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Bolton Wanderers FC cuts betting links at stadium
The League One club says it will not promote betting or sign any new deals with gambling firms.
www.bbc.com
Well done Bolton Wanderers đź‘Ź
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boroboy6872
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Good on them.
Anyone who can say this is not a good idea needs to let it sink in that 60,000 11-16 year olds are addicted to gambling.......that is shocking
Anyone who can say this is not a good idea needs to let it sink in that 60,000 11-16 year olds are addicted to gambling.......that is shocking
norfolkngood
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Anybody see the Paul Merson programme on gambling last month. Still available on iPlayer.
He reckons he has lost ÂŁ7m gambling over the years.
Says when he signed for Boro, only rationale he had for doing it was that he would have more money to gamble with.
Began with his first pay packet as a 16 year old at Arsenal. Had spent it all in bookies in 15 minutes.
Keith Gillespie, as a 19 year old, spent 6 months on his own in a hotel after transfer to Newcastle.
Home from training by lunchtime, nothing to doi except gamble. Another one who reckons he's lost ÂŁ7m and was actually declared bankrupt at one stage.
Scary stuff
He reckons he has lost ÂŁ7m gambling over the years.
Says when he signed for Boro, only rationale he had for doing it was that he would have more money to gamble with.
Began with his first pay packet as a 16 year old at Arsenal. Had spent it all in bookies in 15 minutes.
Keith Gillespie, as a 19 year old, spent 6 months on his own in a hotel after transfer to Newcastle.
Home from training by lunchtime, nothing to doi except gamble. Another one who reckons he's lost ÂŁ7m and was actually declared bankrupt at one stage.
Scary stuff
Laughing
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Where did you get that stat from BB, it is shocking.
Laughing
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You could easily argue that it is much worse, in terms of cost to the adictee and their families.
boroboy6872
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The figure in the OP link is widened to the overall population but the links below are from the Gambling Commission
2019 Stats - https://www.gamblingcommission.gov....ch/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2019
2020 Stats - https://www.gamblingcommission.gov....ch/publication/young-people-and-gambling-2020
National Strategic Assessment 2020 (Long Read) - https://assets.ctfassets.net/j16ev6...4f266ea3a0a/National_strategic_assessment.pdf
Abel Tasman
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Randy
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That's the one mate.
Anton_Berg
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Saw a TV interview today with Ed Sheeran who said he decided to sponsor Ipswich's shirts as the alternative was a gambling firm buying the space.
Who have we got who would do that?
Who have we got who would do that?
Pak_Doo_Ik
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The kids of today are getting in to gambling through things like FIFA and Fortnite as well. My lad tells me tales of kids how will spend hundreds of pounds of FIFA points in the hope of getting a Messi and Ronaldo.
The whole industry stinks at the moment, be it ramming gambling adverts down your throat or these so called kid game’s incentivising spending huge amounts of cash in the hope you get a reward.
Seems a strange way in a world whereby we ban fast food advertising during the day and sweets being sold at checkouts, but our kids are actively encouraged to gamble from an early age
The whole industry stinks at the moment, be it ramming gambling adverts down your throat or these so called kid game’s incentivising spending huge amounts of cash in the hope you get a reward.
Seems a strange way in a world whereby we ban fast food advertising during the day and sweets being sold at checkouts, but our kids are actively encouraged to gamble from an early age
BoroFur
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Journey South?
Randy
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Fuelled by YouTubers opening packs for views. What the kids fail to realise is these YouTubers are paid money by EA so they can spend the money they've been given for free on pack opening videos. It's a crafty but awful way around gambling advertisement laws. Once I found out about their practices I unsubscribed from those I follow and blocked others from appearing on my YouTube feeds.
Pak_Doo_Ik
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I’ve put a restriction on YouTube to stop my lad from watching it for this very reason.
Randy
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Also may I add it gives me great satisfaction to beat people online on FIFA 22 Ultimate team who have clearly spent twice as much money as what the game retails for on opening packs to amass their squads.