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General Category => Politics & Current Affairs => Topic started by: Roses on November 21, 2018, 11:03:10 AM

Title: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Roses on November 21, 2018, 11:03:10 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46286945

This is very concerning. :o
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Udayana on November 21, 2018, 12:27:30 PM
Concerning ... at the very least. IMO the gambling industry has been allowed to run riot and that includes the banking and financial sectors.
 
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Udayana on November 21, 2018, 01:18:37 PM
Bet365: UK's best-paid boss sees pay rise to £265m (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46289499)
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Roses on November 21, 2018, 01:51:57 PM
Bet365: UK's best-paid boss sees pay rise to £265m (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46289499)


That is obscene when people's lives are being ruined by that unpleasant addiction. >:(
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Harrowby Hall on November 22, 2018, 07:44:45 PM
Concerning ... at the very least. IMO the gambling industry has been allowed to run riot and that includes the banking and financial sectors.

Indeed. And Nigel Farage was employed by a bank as a commodities trader, essentially a post involving gambling with other peoples' money. Look at the damage he has created.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: jeremyp on November 22, 2018, 07:49:54 PM
Indeed. And Nigel Farage was employed by a bank as a commodities trader, essentially a post involving gambling with other peoples' money. Look at the damage he has created.
I don’t think the fact that he was a commodities trader has anything to do with his traitorous politicking.  Except maybe that it made him rich enough to get quite a good platform.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Harrowby Hall on November 23, 2018, 01:26:05 PM
Maybe not - but it does show that he is an experienced and professional gambler.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: jeremyp on November 23, 2018, 01:34:12 PM
Maybe not - but it does show that he is an experienced and professional gambler.
Well no, he was more like a bookmaker. He invested other people's money in commodities and took a percentage, much like a bookie takes bets, although the bookmakers cut is calculated differently.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Sassy on December 01, 2018, 07:25:21 AM
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-46286945

This is very concerning. :o

Gambling establishments require all customers to be 18 years of age., If anyone looks under age of 25 proof of ID must be provided. We would all notice a child in an establishment.
Don't think they are gambling in arcades for big money, probably the  childrens arcades where they have an adult corner where no child is allowed as in Wales and Blackpool.

We do need to watch the children but gambling should be nipped in the bud.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: ad_orientem on December 01, 2018, 02:25:33 PM
I remember as a kid being able to play slot machines. Apparently kids aren't allowed to no more. Shame. I thought it was fun and was never addicted. Days down the seaside or a funfair.
Title: Re: Children addicted to gambling
Post by: Roses on December 01, 2018, 03:24:29 PM
I remember as a kid being able to play slot machines. Apparently kids aren't allowed to no more. Shame. I thought it was fun and was never addicted. Days down the seaside or a funfair.

Our children were never permitted anywhere near a slot machine, they are a terrible waste of money, which we didn't have to spare when they were young.