Jeez. Am watching Panorama about compulsive gamblers. I now need to cunt betting companies.
How do these cunts sleep at night? I know gamblers bring it on themselves but fuck me, who knew that if a regular punter online doesn’t log on for a day, these cunts actually phone them up and ask them why? That they shower big regular losers with all sorts of free gifts, including chauffeur driven cars and luxury hotel accommodation. That they never think to ask where the money comes from… thousands a day. That when a punter stops because they have no more money, they encourage them to maintain the habit by depositing more money in their accounts in the hope they will find more money somewhere, anywhere.
Evil bastards.
Nominated by Richard1
I hate the fucking Bingo advert with all the chav scum playing games in a field saying it’s a real ‘sense of community’ The opposite of sad lonely alcoholics living out their days in a bedsit hoping to win a few quid before the next benefit payout. Lisa Simpson said it best….’gambling is just an extra tax for the stupid’
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The lottery is a tax on poor people dumb enough to ignore statistics.
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These companies are real cunts. I like a small bet as much as the next person but these bastards are always encouraging you to spend more. The fuckers are completely irresponsible with offers like “ spend £50 a week and get a free £20 bet.” Any sad soul who spends £50 a week on betting needs help.
Then that con about a “free bet”. There’s no such thing. If you did win, the winnings do not include the size of the stake. This is returned to them.
What they’re in fact doing is lending you the money to make a bet. Utter low life.
Especially that Fuckin’ Fred fellah! He’s bled me dry. Comes from your neck of the woods doesn’t he Norman?
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I gamble a lot more than 50 quid a week but don’t consider that I need help. I can afford it and have enough sense to know when to call it a day…if other people can’t,….well,life’s tough.
Afternoon,Bertie.
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A cancer on society Richard1.
Had a successful nomination posted on this esteemed website not long ago.
Billions of pounds of revenue with huge profits going into the pockets of a few fat cats.
The betting adverts always include the Be Gamble Aware “warning” which unless you gave good eyesight is easily missed, and who pays attention to it anyway.
Lotteries, bingo, gambling frequently advertised in tv nowdays, and more than half of Premier League teams have an association with gambling companies.
Top paid person in UK is the owner of 24/7 I think who “earns” approximately £125m a year?
Betting is for mugs, always has been.
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Denise Coates. £265 million. So much for the gender pay gap…
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2018/11/21/bet365-founder-becomes-uks-best-paid-boss-monster-300m-payday/
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Willie,
I’m aware of your dislike of gambling and respect your views,but fail to see how people can be called “mugs” just because they enjoy having a bet.
Other people may chose to spend their money on some new car, go on holiday etc….are they also mugs for spending their money how they please?
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Also sprecht der addict. Gamblers are mugs same as alcoholics. Gambling and booze destroy families and careers and lives. No need to substantiate your neuro psychological dependency here. Its alk about hormones in the brain, just like being in love. Its nonsense.
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Slightly different Dick, comparing cars and holidays to betting. With cars and holidays you have a pretty good chance of getting what you pay for, and that at the end of the day you have something to show for it.
Most gamblers have fuck all to show for the money they have spent.
Many people who develop problems associated with their gambling have the false belief that they will be able to ‘beat the system’, while others may not understand that the odds are against them and that over time, they will lose money.
Take the National Lottery for example.
Odds of 6 numbers (jackpot) is 1 in 45, 057,474
Average prize £5m
5 numbers & bonus 1 in 7,509,578 (avge prize £1m)
5 numbers 1 in 144,141 (avge prize £1750)
4 numbers 1 in 2,179 (avge prize £140)
At £2 a pop a punter would need to spend considerably more on winning the prize, than the prize itself. The National Lottery is a mugs game, a tax for the stupid.
Regarding gambling overall, realistically most people will lose money against the betting/lottery companies and only a tiny minority of seasoned/experienced/canny punters may fare better.
Otherwise why are there so many of these companies making huge profits and advertising for more and more gullible punters? Where does Denise Coates get her money from? Mug punters.
Personally I would like to see the advertising of gambling banned, and I think one day it will be far more than now (a bit like cigarette adverts were), but I suspect I wont be around then.
Like you, I do not really have any sympathy for those to follow the gambling path, however the gambling companies make it far too easy for the gullible to be lured into gambling compulsion as a way of life and in my humble opinion need to be regulated to a far greater degree than they are now.
Fixed odds betting terminals where the maximum amount per spin was reduced from £100 to £2. Certain betting shop chains said after this happened, their turnover was down and they had to let some staff go. Good, couldn’t give a flying fuck.
I also don’t have a problem if a punter wants to place a few quid on the horses when at the races, which I know you enjoy doing, where with your knowledge and expertise you may do well, and where the odds are relatively realistic.
No problem with people spending their hard earned on gambling if that’s what they want to do, however the statistical odds of them making money long term will be against them.
But how many can say that they beat the system?
Probably very few. And that is why I think they are mugs.
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It’s much the same with drug addiction Willie. Whilst dealers don’t force punters to buy their wares, they often give them away free, in much the same way the gambling industry entices vulnerable or greedy cunts in with ‘special offers’. And once they’ve got you hooked it’s a devil of a job to break free of their evil grasp.
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Cars,on the whole, deprecate at an alarming rate and holidays are just dead money,surely? No realistic chance of making money from buying a new car and zero chance from a holiday.
Most passtimes,hobbies or enjoyment cost money in the long run. I can’t see that betting is any different. If I get my “buzz” from gambling as opposed to going on holiday,what’s the difference? The money is gone either way and I don’t understand why my hobby of choice is any more “muggish” than spending the money on a holiday.
I agree that most Punters will be down in the end. I accept that I might lose money,but if I’ve enjoyed myself overall doing it and can afford the loss,what’s the problem with that?
I understand that you’re probably a far more sensible man than me who takes the right decisions regarding his personal circumstances..family etc..but ftom my point of view I have a different,more hedonistic and selfish approach….I may be a “Mug”, but I’ll be a mug who understands exactly what he’s doing.
Personal choices, Willie. I don’t consider people mugs for spending their cash on a family holiday or new car,it’s their choice. My choice suits my circumstances so can’t really see how that makes me a mug (plenty of other reasons,possibly).
If I only did the “sensible” things in my life, I would very quickly bore myself rigid.
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Exactly Dick.I like the occasional flutter and used to have a friend who would always vociferously state that gambling was for mugs whenever the subject came up. That he was an alcoholic, addicted to smoking weed, spent small fortunes on protein shakes/bars as well as frequently ordering takeaways rather than cooking for himself – all to the tune of hundreds of pounds each month combined – was an irony that was lost on him.
I agree that betting companies are cunts, but that doesn’t make them any more to blame for somebodies gambling addiction than chocolate companies are to blame for a persons obesity.
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Cuntinator.
You’re right. There are plenty of other reasons to Cunt betting companies….shortening up odds,closing accounts after a few decent wins etc., but I really don’t see that they can be blamed for people who can’t control themselves. Bookies provide a service,it’s up to the individual whether they take them up on it or not.
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I wrote you a reply Willie but it seems to be stuck in moderation.
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What’s equally disturbing is how gaming is becoming more like gambling with dlc and in game purchases. Children have racked up enormous debts playing on game consoles and pcs. Welcome to the 21st century…
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A lot of businesses offer incentives to get custom. Why shouldn’t betting companies? It’s not up to a business to check where people get their money,how they chose to spend it,or whether they can afford it.
Nobody is forced to gamble.The individual makes the decision to go into the bookies,access the website etc. No matter what incentives are dangled,only the Punter can decide to place a bet.
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I don’t think you could actually compare this with your usual 3 for 2 offer at the Supermarket Mr.F.
No, this is much more sinister than cheap fruit!
This is targeted not at a broad market but rather a vulnerable clientele who need some protection. Try telling a compulsive gambler’s family that they’ve a choice whether to place a bet or not.
Innocent peoples lives are fucked up by gambling in a way that five a day never did anyone any harm!
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Good afternoon Dick! If you’re off to the bookies, can you place a bet on for me for Liverpool to retain the Champions league. I don’t think you’ll be receiving any request from Immitation Yank, looking at the draw Spuds have got!
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Never go to a bookie’s Bertie,do it all on the machine. Send me your Liverpool stake and I’ll invest it in a more Gentlemanly sport….rugby.
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” Compulsive”…. that’s their problem. If it wasn’t gambling,they’d probably just find some other way of fucking up their lives.
I’m sick of being told that some minority need “protecting” at the expense of everyone else’s enjoyment. People should take responsibility for their own actions (and how it effects their families) instead of whinging,blaming everyone bar themselves and wanting it “stopped”….bet the fuckers weren’t whinging so hard when on a winning streak.
A pub near me offers a scheme where they stamp some card every time you buy a pint, after 15 stamps you get a free pint. Excessive drinking is a big social problem..should “encouraging” drinking with this scheme be stopped too?
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No, I think that’s a fuckin’ great idea!!
At least it’s a genuine offer. If bookies had the same offer though, it would be time sensitive. In small print, it would probably say that you had to buy all 15 pints the same day or the offer expires!
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No matter how fine the print or time-sensitive the offer may be from the bookie,nobody is forced to take them up on it.
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Mind you, I think I’d expire after the tenth pint!
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The “compulsive gambler’s family” might not like being told that the gambler has a choice,but that doesn’t make it any less true. No gambling company has ever forced anyone to place a bet.
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Problem gambling has been around for decades but like most things these days the fucking internet makes everything worse.
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“who knew that if a regular punter online doesn’t log on for a day, these cunts actually phone them up and ask them why?”
I enjoy betting on the gee gees and currently have ten active online bookmaker accounts. I have also had at least another six in the past which I no longer use. I can quite categorically state that I have never, NEVER, had a phone call from a bookie or even an email asking why I haven’t logged in.
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Those cunts Fellaini, Herrera, Sanchez, Lukaku and now Smalling being fucked off is ace…
Only those fuckers Jones and Darmian to go…
You’ll do for me, Ole lad…
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‘Only those fuckers Jones and Darmian to go..’
Don’t forget Jesse Lingard and Rojo!
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My gambling counsellor asked me to estimate what I’d lost over the years.
I told her.
She said,”Do you realise if you’d never gambled you could own a small estate in the Cotswolds by now.”
I asked her if she’d ever gambled, she said “No, never.”
I said “So where is your estate then?”….
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And Ray Winstone can fuck off and alll…
Bet Free SIx Foiv-ah! Yew fackin cant!
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Gordon Brown has said the European Union will next week “withdraw” the current deadline for Brexit and remove any excuse for no-deal on October 31.
The former Labour Prime Minister said his belief was based on talks with EU leaders in recent days.
In particular, he said he understood that France’s President Macron, the prime mover behind the October 31 deadline when it was agreed in April, no longer insisted upon it.
He said President Macron had demanded a six month extension rather than a year to “sound tough” to a domestic audience six weeks before the European elections.
Boris has said we are leaving on 31st October. Hands up who believes him?
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Dear Christ, this shit’s going to go on for ever. Time to set fire to the Houses of Parliament and all who fail in her. If the reports are correct, it should go up like a torch.
And what’s fucking Brown doing talking to the EU anyway? He hasn’t been an MP since 2015, and has no official function whatever. Ditto Major, ditto Blair. Fuck off you meddling cunts, and die painfully.
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Ha ha – Article 50, which the EU warned us that once triggered there was NO GOING BACK… with a strict deadline of two years, the UK would be adrift in the Atlantic, deal or no deal. These rules were set in stone and could not be changed…
Until last year when some EU court or other pulled a rabbit out of i’s hat and conveniently decided that Article 50 could be revoked! If the UK wants? No thanks said the Maybot, but how about an extension? Ooh… unlikely said the EU, not provided for in the rules. Are you sure you wouldn’t rather revoke?
No? Ok we’ll have a little chat with our faceless bureaucrats and see what they can come up with.
Bingo! We can give you an extension, but only one, for 3 months maximum…
How many extensions and attempts to sabotage Brexit have we had since then? I suspect the EU will continue imposing extensions until Parliament ratifies Barnier’s ‘Agreement’, with a couple of minor tweaks to the Political Declaration part which isn’t legally binding.
You can fucking bank on it!
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I see adverts all the time trying to persuade me to gamble, to buy insurance, to part with my money in a hundred different ways. I get letters and phone calls telling me I’d be crazy to ignore yet another wonderful opportunity. And you know how much notice I take? That’s right. It’s called ‘thinking for yourself’, as opposed to letting others do your thinking for you. And it’s not that difficult.
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A fool and their money are easily parted. These days you can bet on anything, so many ways you can fritter away your hard earned/scrounged cash. And, I couldn’t give a fuck. However, the advertising gets right up my piss hole. I rarely watch live tv, but when I do, it’s the gambling ads that wind me up the most, and now with the fucking football back on, there’s even more of it. Online too, can’t look at a single web page without some footballer ponce with topknot and Alice band trying and failing miserably to look masculine and interesting, all to advertise some cunt bookies or such. Cunts, fuck them all.
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Temptation is a cruel mistress.
The only winner is the house (the betting shop/business).
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Had a long day and just seen your comment about Phil Jones fucking off Norman. I tilt my hat to you sir, I don’t know your reason but I’ve always thought he was shit but it was like I was living in another universe and no-one else could see it. Quite possibly the most overrated ugliest cunt to pull on a Man U and England shirt.
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I think I like the sound of Paddy Power.
Round them all up, and burn them at the local power station. Green fuel.
The only time I ever used a betting shop was to put a tenner on my fave tennis girl to get through to the Wimbledon quarter-finals. I lost.
But what was most distressing was how the bint at the desk could barely spell. Am not even convinced she knew what tennis was (OK, I know it’s been cunted here before, but give me a break, I’m only in it for the nubile flesh…).
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Betting companies are cunts you say? I agree, however, only because i don’t own one of these cash printing presses.
Now where did I put my scruples and moral compass?
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