Potential ban on betting companies on shirts

[Deleted member 48881]

They still do.

I listened to the Palace/Arsenal game the other day for a bit and they were updating odds now and then.

maddening

 

[Archie Knox]

With gambling it’s about knowing your limits, I do an acca most days, depending how much football is on but I don’t spend more than 25p if online or 50p in store on it, that way if it comes in I get a decent amount, if I don’t then I’ve lost little. It’s scary seeing grown men throwing £10-20 notes at a time into the slots and touch screen terminals

My brother resorted to taking out payday loans to fund his gambling addiction. And that's the problem: a lot of people don't know their limits, or don't understand that just because you're not physically handing over a £20 note, it's still £20 of your money exiting your bank account. It's too easy to gamble. Sure he could put a deposit limit on his account, but it's very easy to take it back off once the addiction kicks back in. Always chasing the big win. For you, sounds like you know what you're doing and have it under control, and that's good.

 

[stony]

I find it incredible how the betting industry has managed to insinuate itself into English football so completely with only a slight whimper of protest. I think they should be banned from sponsoring football full stop. It isn't the morality of gambling or the potential effects of it, it's the fact that betting companies are now in a position to potentially influence clubs and if they wanted to, fix games. Sky bet have already pulled stunts using a manager and their own cameras to make sure they film it. Remember the stupid pie bet? Everyone thought it was funny. but if you look at it, it was sky bet manipulating odds and advertising themselves at he same time by using a manager and their own sports channel. They made a few quid, other betting companies lost a few quid and the manager himself ended up in trouble with the FA and lost his job. Sky? they just made money and laughed it off as a joke.

 

[stony]

My brother resorted to taking out payday loans to fund his gambling addiction. And that's the problem: a lot of people don't know their limits, or don't understand that just because you're not physically handing over a £20 note, it's still £20 of your money exiting your bank account. It's too easy to gamble. Sure he could put a deposit limit on his account, but it's very easy to take it back off once the addiction kicks back in. Always chasing the big win. For you, sounds like you know what you're doing and have it under control, and that's good.

I've had a paddypower account for years and the only betting I do is on football and specifically on City. They've been e-mithering me for years with offers of free spins at their casino. I just ignore them. Last week I was in bed watching telly and my phone pinged. Another e-mail from paddypower offering free spins. I deleted it without reading it. Ten minutes later my phone pinged again and the paddypower app had started itself and was flashing about the free spins I'd won. I got more than a little miffed and immediately uninstalled the app from my phone. I've also added them to the spam list so I won't get any more emails.
Won't be using them again.

 

[Archie Knox]

I've had a paddypower account for years and the only betting I do is on football and specifically on City. They've been e-mithering me for years with offers of free spins at their casino. I just ignore them. Last week I was in bed watching telly and my phone pinged. Another e-mail from paddypower offering free spins. I deleted it without reading it. Ten minutes later my phone pinged again and the paddypower app had started itself and was flashing about the free spins I'd won. I got more than a little miffed and immediately uninstalled the app from my phone. I've also added them to the spam list so I won't get any more emails.
Won't be using them again.

Well done mate, proud of you to taking action. It's really hard to avoid, isn't it? If it's not on your laptop it's on your phone. If it's not on the phone it's on the TV. If it's not there it's on a billboard at the stadium or on the street. I'd love banks to offer customers the possibility of blocking any spending at bookmakers, wouldn't be hard to implement.

 

[Walken]

They shouldn't be allowed to advertise full stop, ruins lives

 

[Diogenes the Cynic]

I used to earmark 150 notes on payday for roulette.

3 superspins of 50 quid a time front loaded on 0-9.

If it came in I would stop and my payday weekend of debauchery was paid for. If it didn't I'd be a bit gutted and would walk away and do an overtime shift if I got short towards the end of the month.

I was quite annoyed when they put the max bet down to make it not worthwhile but I don't care anymore, more money to spend on my other vices.

Sometimes I do a £5 first and a £5 last scorer for the Mighty Blues. Apart from that I hardly bother. Maybe the occasional nag if I'm walking past a bookies and can't be bothered flushing a fiver down the toilet.

Ban gambling and it will become unregulated, people aren't just going to stop. It will fall into the arms of organised crime.

 

[stony]

Well done mate, proud of you to taking action. It's really hard to avoid, isn't it? If it's not on your laptop it's on your phone. If it's not on the phone it's on the TV. If it's not there it's on a billboard at the stadium or on the street. I'd love banks to offer customers the possibility of blocking any spending at bookmakers, wouldn't be hard to implement.

It's frightening just how persistent they are. Just email after email for years until they finally went too far and started up their app on my phone.

 

[Disgruntledgoat]

Ban gambling and it will become unregulated, people aren't just going to stop. It will fall into the arms of organised crime.

My great uncle used to run a sweetshop in a Durham colliery town. It was only years later my dad figured out why there was an orderly line of miners in there every afternoon buying minimal quantities of sweeties.

 

[Archie Knox]

Ban gambling and it will become unregulated, people aren't just going to stop. It will fall into the arms of organised crime.

Don't need to ban gambling at all, but let's make it a lot more difficult for people to be sucked in and addicted to. In football gambling is seen as part of the game, and that's badly wrong.

 

[Archie Knox]

They shouldn't be allowed to advertise full stop, ruins lives

*standing ovation*

 

[TheBigIguana]

I wonder who is pushing this. Because while the idea is right, almost half the clubs in the league have betting sponsors and finding different companies willing to pay as much will be hard. So ultimately this is a win for the "Big 6." Which makes me cautious.

 

[BillBrasky]

I support

 

[TheBigIguana]

Gambling needs to be outlawed from the game completely, but obviously never will because of the money it generates. But it's extremely dangerous, encourages kids that gambling is fine and easily sucks people in to "have a flutter" which can easily spiral out of control. Who here doesn't know somebody who thinks a tenner scorecast bet is just part of a regular matchday? Or that a weekly accumulator is something that goes hand in hand with the fixtures. It's all well and good removing gambling logos from sorts, but if it isn't brought into legislation then you can bet most clubs won't think twice about selling their arse to the highest betting company.

There should be better controls but outlawing it will not stop it from happening. It'll just move it underground and that's probably worse. The US outside of Las Vegas is finally coming to this realization. Of course we will inevitably get to lax and allow it to get out of control as Europe has done.

 

[Toast]

Now this is bad.