Bookies going bust....

Those high stakes addictive gambling machines that cause misery to large tracts of people....limiting them to £2 a stake will cause thousands of job losses as bookies are near bankruptcy according to the guy on radio 2 just now.

It's only middle class idealists that want them limited, also according to him.

I'm neither, and I call that guy and his industry out for being utter human excrement.

 

Good riddance to them. Not much sympathy here.

 

Where did I put that tiny violin..

 

Probably on the board table of the offshore tax avoiding multi billion pound business entity that take advantage of some of the weakest members of our society....

 

Just about sums it up. You can include the online betting lot as well (all registered in Gibraltar)...

 

Agreed - the scourge of our society. I'd say ban gambling altogether if it didn't mean that it would be driven underground, probably exacerbating the problem.

 

Here in the Republic we are allowed to bet half a shilling and win no more than 10 shillings, its a little bit out of date (1956)

 

I like a bet mostly on the footy but I also have a go on the machines, I’ve seen people lose £100s on them in a day

 

Well, nowt wrong with a flutter on the gee-gees. It’s the rows of machines specifically designed to fleece you that I object to.

 

I'd agree Snotty, if it were an occasional flutter. Many blow their money on the nags and while in the bookies feed the machines.

 

I can't see that putting a couple of machines in a bookies can employ thousands of people.The government is more worried about the loss of revenue.

 

I don't agree with gambling, I prefer to give all my money to sick animals......................if only I knew they were sick before the start of the race

 

I don’t the government get much revenue, as everything’s registered offshore.

 

It's The Isle of Wight , isn't it

 

You never see a bookie on a bike ,

My dad's favourite saying

 

My bookie has a top of the range Harley Davidson

 

Does he need it serviced? @Kkkaty

 

Unfortunately, bookies aren't dodgy blokes in a trilby any more. It's a whole new industry...

 

The Irish bet on the gee-gees? Well I've never heard of that before.

 

better than betting on the Bee Gee's, that's not looking so good nowadays.