Paul Merson

Addictions of any type are a problem in society. I admire all 3 of the above who mentioned their problems, it's a shame governments ( Red or Blue) don't do more on these problems. All the governments do is pay lip service and move on. They could ban all advertising and provide quality rehab, especially for drug abuse.

The FA, EFL, and Prem could all ban betting sites and shirt advertising but money wins. No morals and greed at clubs need to be sorted out.

gambling addiction is something i never feared i'd fall into, but did, Saturday nights at 21 not being spent in cleethorpes but being spent in Betfred on chelmsford Ave, lying to me friends, my family, chucking 20 on a dog i knew nothing about and then chasing because it lost, its a nasty scary spiral, because you can hide it so well

My late father,, god bless his soul, could give us a lesson in gambling addiction.
He lost our family home, nearly lost his marriage and family, for what?...to chase what he'd lost, that's what...that's how it works, they draw you into the promise land with cheap incentives and once they've got you, bosh, you're hooked and there's only one winner, the bookies, the gambling companies.
As for my dad, he set up the first GA in Grimsby and turned himself around, until the mid 80s when he bought his own bookies and the demons returned, to the point he had to declare bankruptcy.
So, like alcoholism, you can never cure it, once a gambler, you'll always be a recovering gambler.
Sooner they stop advertising gambling and make it less accessible the better as far as I'm concerned.

I spent a year or two betting on town. Soon learnt gambling doesn't pay.

Quoted from wigworld

I spent a year or two betting on town. Soon learnt gambling doesn't pay.

You'd have made a fortune betting against Town last season.

Quoted from DB

Addictions of any type are a problem in society. I admire all 3 of the above who mentioned their problems, it's a shame governments ( Red or Blue) don't do more on these problems. All the governments do is pay lip service and move on. They could ban all advertising and provide quality rehab, especially for drug abuse.

The FA, EFL, and Prem could all ban betting sites and shirt advertising but money wins. No morals and greed at clubs need to be sorted out.

Absolutely agree with most of this, but they’re not going to refuse betting ads in the “skybet football league”

I’ve highlighted the bit in bold as I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a billboard for smack

Quoted from Henryscat

Absolutely agree with most of this, but they’re not going to refuse betting ads in the “skybet football league”

I’ve highlighted the bit in bold as I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a billboard for smack

I take it you’ve not been to Glasgow recently.  

There was a very nice property in Scartho as I grew up built by a bookie and appropriately named "Mugs Villa".

Can understand all these points , as a compulsive gambler for many years it's the lying & the cheating that hurts the most luckily i can now walk in a bookies put 10£ on fixed odds & walk out , my wife still to this day after many years of having it all under control still watches me like an hawk & i have no issues with it at all , good luck to anybody fighting an addiction it not easy to beat