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Silly man.

£792 winnings……… £750 fine……… you’re 42 quid up, James!

House always wins....

Almost all the bets were small stakes with the total sum over the period £1,400.79 with the returns £792.67 and losses £608.12.

Is it against the law for staff to place a bet then? I know players can’t but wasn’t aware it stretched to all staff.

What a tit

Tbh I think there's more than a whiff of double
Standards within the game re betting.

When is the profession going to kick Betting Companies into touch then and ban them from having any advertising rights in the game?

hallamblue wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:14 pm

Tbh I think there's more than a whiff of double
Standards within the game re betting.

When is the profession going to kick Betting Companies into touch then and ban them from having any advertising rights in the game?

Fully agree!! These companies make a fortune - because pretty much every customer loses more than they win.

Let people do it but ban sponsorship and IMO means test people via credit ratings etc to ensure people can actually afford it!

shabba wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:59 pm

…..and IMO means test people via credit ratings etc to ensure people can actually afford it!

There is a comedy sketch in there with that one,

“QUICK, bookie. Grand National is off in 2 mins, 20quid each way on the favourite. QUICK!”

“Hold on to yer horses there, matey, no pun intended. Name, date of birth, postcode, mothers maiden name.”

“Joe Smith, 33rd Sept, 73, IP5 SWITCH, Bloggs. Come on, man, hurry up!”

“See you got an interest only mortgage, joey boy, and a VW Golf on finance, which you’ve mapped and your insurance has doubled eh? Hmmmm? And you’re off work on incapacity benefit with a sore back? WTF is going on joe? 20quid each way on the national?? REALLY JOE?”

Lmfao

marko69 wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 6:20 pm

shabba wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:59 pm

…..and IMO means test people via credit ratings etc to ensure people can actually afford it!

There is a comedy sketch in there with that one,

“QUICK, bookie. Grand National is off in 2 mins, 20quid each way on the favourite. QUICK!”

“Hold on to yer horses there, matey, no pun intended. Name, date of birth, postcode, mothers maiden name.”

“Joe Smith, 33rd Sept, 73, IP5 SWITCH, Bloggs. Come on, man, hurry up!”

“See you got an interest only mortgage, joey boy, and a VW Golf on finance, which you’ve mapped and your insurance has doubled eh? Hmmmm? And you’re off work on incapacity benefit with a sore back? WTF is going on joe? 20quid each way on the national?? REALLY JOE?”

haha!! would be a good monty python sketch.

Youre too young to know about Monty Python!!!

hallamblue wrote: ↑

Tue Jul 16, 2024 5:14 pm

Tbh I think there's more than a whiff of double
Standards within the game re betting.

When is the profession going to kick Betting Companies into touch then and ban them from having any advertising rights in the game?

100% in your camp on this one Liz. The numbers of young uns knocking up huge gambling debts I’m sure is hushed up as is the number who carry out criminal activities to try to repay debt. In my banking days I know of at least two cashiers who went to prison for fraud from customer accounts to hide gambling debt and these were just cases I was involved with, I’m sure there were many more. I suspect some suicide cases can also be tracked back to gambling debt.
I think Betting Companies should be banned from shirt sponsorship and all in play advertising during televised games banned.

As for James Pullen, I can’t believe he was so stupid especially betting on Town where he could be deemed to having inside knowledge ? … how useful this would have been is debatable when he’s not actually involved in the game. Anyway, as they say, rules are rules and he would have been aware of them.

I think there’s a positive correlation too, to gambling and drinking. I’m think back to the days of Paul Merson, Tony ? ( their CB), Gaza? Paul McGrath….Chopra…. The list goes on.

hallamblue wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:22 pm

I think there’s a positive correlation too, to gambling and drinking. I’m think back to the days of Paul Merson, Tony ? ( their CB), Gaza? Paul McGrath….Chopra…. The list goes on.

Tony Adams and there’s loads more Liz. The problem is the betting companies make it look glamorous and easy to get rich.

hallamblue wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 17, 2024 12:22 pm

I think there’s a positive correlation too, to gambling and drinking. I’m think back to the days of Paul Merson, Tony ? ( their CB), Gaza? Paul McGrath….Chopra…. The list goes on.

Yep - all under the Label addiction - just variants of.