Gambling sponsorship ban in football

Quoted from GollyGTFC

Yes, but historically you could only bet in a betting shop or at a racecourse/dog track etc...

If you're a recovering alcoholic or drug addict you won't have alcohol/drugs in your house/flat. If you wake up and are tempted you have the process of getting dressed and going somewhere to buy some booze/drugs to stop yourself from relapsing.

If you're addicted to gambling you can wake up in the morning and be online and gambling within seconds. The industry does nothing to help.

Bet365 took bets in 2019 to the value of the 50% of the entire budget of the NHS. And that's just one company albeit the market leader.

If you're an addict you wake up needing a fix.  Be that gambling, booze, heroin...having to go through a process to achieve that fix isn't an issue in the slightest.

Don't get me wrong, the accessibility and the ease of betting sites is a concern.  But if someone wants a bet and they can't do it online, they'll find a way to have that bet regardless.

Denise Coates, the Founder and Joint CEO of online gambling business Bet365 earned a total of  £469 million in the year ending 29 March.

Those that think they can make a killing gambling might want to think about that!

Quoted from diehardmariner

If you're an addict you wake up needing a fix.  Be that gambling, booze, heroin...having to go through a process to achieve that fix isn't an issue in the slightest.

Don't get me wrong, the accessibility and the ease of betting sites is a concern.  But if someone wants a bet and they can't do it online, they'll find a way to have that bet regardless.

The point is you cannot get those other things so easily because they are physical objects. Gambling on line takes seconds. You don’t have to get out of your bed.

Someone else made the point about gambling adverts normalising gambling. They absolutely do. A bunch of happy go lucky, young attractive guys have fun placing bets. You know the scene.

There are some even encouraging you to go with your gut instinct and ignore the odds. Shameless.

I agree with you on alcohol too. Even though it’s my ‘vice’.

Quoted from RonMariner

Denise Coates, the Founder and Joint CEO of online gambling business Bet365 earned a total of  £469 million in the year ending 29 March.

Those that think they can make a killing gambling might want to think about that!

As my dad used to say about going to the bookies there's 2 windows for paying in and 1 for paying out, that tells you everything you need to know.

Quoted from HertsGTFC

As my dad used to say about going to the bookies there's 2 windows for paying in and 1 for paying out, that tells you everything you need to know.

Sounds like something my old man would say.

Did yours have the one about keeping your nose clean but if you can’t keep it clean, you may as well be hung for a sheep as a lamb? 😀

Quoted from cannylad68

I agree with the sentiments here, but there are people who gamble responsibly, I'm sure Grim Rob is one of them.

Any one who is capable of being sensible can make at least £500 from all the bookie new account offers, without risking a penny, obviously a reasonable starting bank is required. A lot of effort perhaps but risk free.

The vast majority of people treat gambling as a bit of fun. Most people are pretty hopeless at it as well, they bet on the things the bookies steer you towards. I have hardly bet in the last year compared to years gone by, it's hard work to make money and your accounts get closed down or restricted by a lot of firms if you do.  I never treated it as fun but I did make money on average.

Obviously, some people do have a problem. I think the TV adverts and stadium banners are more of a lure, not least because they are the things the bookies want you to bet on, the markets where they have the largest profit margin. You never see them advertising the likes of Asian Handicaps for the simple reason that they have very small margins on markets like that. The likes of First Goalscorer and Correct Score are mugs' markets, you will always lose on them in the long term, that's what they want you to bet on.

One of the issues with gambling and the spread of it is there arent many people shouting about how much they lose , you only ever hear people boasting about what they have won...by my reckoning all the bookmakers must all be broke as it seems no one ever loses.

Quoted from Les Brechin

That would definitely have a massive impact as it seems that about half the teams in the league are sponsored somehow by a firm linked to gambling.

Half ? i bet it isnt that many Les  

Rather ironic that, at the minute, there is an ad for Ladbrokes between replies 36 and 37,

Quoted from DB

Rather ironic that, at the minute, there is an ad for Ladbrokes between replies 36 and 37,

For you maybe.

I’m still stuck on adverts for Muslim singles