so i read a story not long ago about the biggest annual wage ever in britain which was nearly half a billion and guess who it was the owner of b****5 what does this tell you about britain ? britain needs help gambling needs to be more controlled somebody needs to do something and fast , and if not anything else guys make this help you defeat this disease when you think of all your nights despair and this women is living it up in the bahamas with are hard earned cash whilst we cried ourself to sleep keep this in mind guys dont give them a penny more !!!!!
the advert for l*******s is disgusting it comes on loads diff ppl sayin how did u know ? n all tht jazz in my opinion it makes it look asif its problem gamblers realising when they had a problem and then it comes up "however you found your horse we have got a bet for you" sickos , did any one else think the same when they saw it ?
Couldn't agree with you more, well said Stace, they prey on the vulnerable, I'm currently 105 days gf and don't have urges too often only when I see the adds on TV making it look life gambling is the cool thing to do when really it can destroy lives.
I agree I hardly think of gambling now only when these advertisements come on and show gambling as fun t*****a and g*** b**** are the worst for me as they are during tv shows i like ... makes me so angry !
Yes I would advise anybody to get real about what these bosses of the gambling dens are earning. Get miffed because the reality is staring you in the face. It will help focus your recovery. In time you will all be crystal clear about gambling and will have a cool head in seeking change
If they are earning that you can imagine what the government are raking in on a billions of pounds gambling sector. The government love it because its a huge tax earner.
I will not use words like industry. Its a monumental scam in my considered opinion. I will give you a fact. If the government were not raking in a huge tax percentage it would all be illegal tomorrow. You are not protected from gambling temptation because its not in their interests to protect you.
I have been an acceptable casualty and the problems we see on this forum are the tip of the iceberg
Every advert is beyond a joke. I dont know how they get the words and images past the ASA.....well I do know because regulation is practically non existant and they all eat from the same trough.
I long for the day when we calmly reject what they are peddling and these dens go out of business....I live in hope and do what I can to help people.
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
Good post but she's been raking it in for a while now and she has given charities like this one Guess?? 0. The local pottery in the village she lives in is getting more.
I think people's attitudes are slowly changing. Because all that money is coming from the... people. But are we not naive to think that these super-rich will want to fix us in any way? Where are they going to get their super salaries from if they do? Now put this into context with the economical collapse in the nineties where banks went crazy over who was going to make the most? The gambling STUNTS they pulled to make more people to "gamble more".
You may see a bigger swing n what these super-rich are going to allow themselves to do because "Yes you guessed it" They are just addicted to your money as you are to the machines you gamble on. This, therefore, becomes a bad circle and you are noticing it in forex the football row you are seeing right now.
This is just the beginning........
it has been common knowledge for years , the papers often do an article on it each year
you see the online tables these bookmakers have run 24 hours a day 7 days a week you could log in at 4am on a any given morning and there will be loads of people playing
it can't and won't be stopped gambling is deep routed in British society you get a very small idea of the problems on this forum but the truth is the vast majority of gambling addicts never even make it here let alone the casuals who will blow a few hundred each weekend but don't class themselves as having issues
its a god forsaken world and one that is very difficult to escape but dont expect any help from this corrupt British government
the industry is entirely self regulated ...... take a look at the football index scandal to see what happens when an industry is self regulated
I will add that you have to see the deep twist they are playing us all off on
The truth is that we are giving to them. The lottery owners and all their staff win the lottery every week in terms of their profits bonuses and wages. Sure some money goes to good causes by law but in essence its a money maker for them. The good causes angle is the only way they could get the whole sharabang legal because it was frowned upon before that with good reason
When you see the television prize draws the truth is we are buying them all those prizes and much more. If you spin it around properly its a prize draw to benefit the main owner and runner of that event . The odds are well with them to tempt people and almost impossibly against you. You can cross your fingers but the owner will be getting the big bonus
The tendency is to think how generous and it could be me is a strong draw. A strong hook and it keeps the punters coming.
Do you think they would run them at any risk to themselves. On those odds you can pretty safely say that you are just handing them a couple of quid on a chance and a prayer
They used to hawk those cars round the shopping centres for years until they had enough tickets to more than cover costs. Probably all sorts of insurance cover for failure and small print but they have worked out that its easy to tempt punters with its "only the cost of a ticket" sales pitch.
If you could tempt the population of Britain to send you a quid you would be a multi multi millionaire ...get what Im saying....its essentially begging with thin promises and calculated schemes
All gambling schemes work on this principle. We are gambling against multi million hedge funds owning casinos and other outlets. People dont really understand the odds in the spur of the moment. You are not sticking it to the man...if anything does come your way its other punters misery stained money.
Again there is a tendency to think that the gambling den owner is reaching into his pocket for you...far from the case...they dont care about you. Its about overall spreadsheets and carefully calculated percentages.
The only way they would lose is by building a casino and nobody came but the history of gambling has taught them that punters are like moths to the light bulb.
So everybody has to be absolutely clear about gambling. Its not aimed at paying your bills nor is it easy money. Its aimed at deluding you and taking your money as steadily or as fast as possible. Its a highly addictive drug which turns into a full on addiction and progressive illness.
A major part of recovery is getting real about it with all the help you can get
Best wishes to everyone on the forum
I think that gambling is not suitable for everyone. In reality, there are many people who cannot control themselves and simply sell everything to continue playing. I think that the government should be more serious about this.
I think that gambling is not suitable for everyone. In reality, there are many people who cannot control themselves and simply sell everything to continue playing. I think that the government should be more serious about this.
And in my case and many many others cases it really is not even about winning loads of cash for me hitting that Bonus feature on £10 a spin is where it is all at . Just to see what happens when the slots go into these special bonus mode features yes it's great watching the pop up messages saying "MEGA WIN" and your balance goes into the thousands of pounds credits but that's all I see them as now credits , Its ammunition to keep the slot alive with me playing it . This is the trick of it all were o blinded by the flashing lights and exiting noises were not looking at that little balance box as real cash to me its just a number and how long it might last me . I know inside it's made me detached from reality and most the time after a big win then losing it all I shrug my shoulders and say well it wasn't mine who cares the world has far more serious problems which it has so for me it's beating the addiction to the pull the machines have on me its not about winning massive amounts I already know and have done it so many times the cash means zero apart from Ill get to play again once it's in my bank. Talk about madness that's the irony of it all for me ?
Hi
For me gambling is not a very healthy habit.
If other people want to gamble that is their choice.
I do not resent or hate the gambling establishments they never made me do any thing that I did not want to do.
The gambling establishments never hurt me I hurt myself.
The gambling establishments never hurt other people I did that myself, I betrayed people trust of me.
I do not resent or hate the gambling establishments staff as they were only doing their job.
The gambling establishments were palces I use to go to when I could not cope with my feelings people life and situations.
In time I got more focused on my self and ways to get healed and healthy once mre.
I live my life with out my emotional triggers today.
Love and peace to every one
Dave L AKA
Dave of Beckenham
Where I disagree with the total focus on responsibility is that the gambling dens are pushers. I feel there is time during a healthy recovery to discuss the pushers.
To a large extent they put carefully calculated temptation in your way. I don't accept that gambling is in any way wholesome or that we are acceptable casualties with something that can easily be controlled.
If you take my form of gambling, they spend a great deal making and marketing these machines..They don't just appear out of thin air.....the advertising is on the machine flashing away.....of course people are going to give them a go......we are human and I understand more about the psychology now
I am someone who deeply frets over losing a glove.....who feels down about being short changed so why in essence was I ever gambling? I now face reality and understand more about the reasons why
Money to lose??.... what money did I ever have to lose on the wages I was on! I started on pocket money and the truth is within a couple of days I was sneaking to a chip shop to "play" a machine which became my dirty little secret.
The hit was strong.....immense and I would argue that it altered my mind at the young age of twelve.....nobody stopped me which has been a running theme for the next forty years. Forty years during which I chucked hundreds of thousands away
You see for many of those years I would chuck half my salary away and delude myself that it was not a problem.What I would do is borrow buy some stuff and think I'm doing OK even though I've lost a bit. A world of pretence to feed a drug habit
I would never calculate the money lost but it adds up and adds up fast. A progressive illness and a major reason I hit the dole with debts and couldn't lift myself quickly......the reality is that I gambled away my dole when every pound was crucial. I needed my hit working or not. Of course the delusion continued that I could win a reprieve just in the moment......a bacon butty or something if I could win it
That is the story of many gamblers now who are far away from accepting a problem.
All my fault.....absolutely not! However I Realise that a healthy recovery starts by accepting responsibility and controlling any anger or regrets. That simply must be done as the money isn't coming back and it's time to break the illness that it's a get it back later scheme
Reach out for help to make it history
Best wishes for a gamble free life
Hi
The gambling establishments never made me do any thing I did not want to do.
All the time I am focused on other people or businesses I am not being focused on my recovery and my healing process.
I both wanted and needed to understand why I am gambled and how to become ehalthy in myself.
How much do I value myself today.
Am I willing to cause myself and others more pains by my unhealthy habits and my obsessions.
It is and was my decicion to identify my unhealthy habits and exchange every unhealthy habits for healthy habits.
Money was never going to resolve my emotional vulnerablity.
Money was never going to heal my pains.
Money was never going to help me learn to love respect myself.
How much time and effort am I willing to invest in me becoming the healthiest person I can be today.
We all have choices today, I can live in the past or get focused on my needs my wants and my goals today.
To learn from my past but to longer livein the past.
Accepting the serenity I can not change my past, yet I change how I feel about myself today.
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Hi
My unhealthy reactions to the gambling establishments indicated that I was not healing my pains.
When there are rich people in the recovery program people will often resent the fact they have money.
That indicates again we have not forgiven our self for wasting so much money and time gambling.
My unhealthy reactions are my issues.
The recovery program helps us heal our pains.
The gambling establishments is a business and there to make profits.
The gambling establishments never hurt me I hurt my self.
The gambling establishments never lied to my family I did.
The gambling establishments never betrayed my family I did.
How long would it take for me to stop being resentful and non forgiving.
How long would it take for me to heal and move on with my life.
Love and peace to every one.
Dave L
AKA Dave Of Beckenham UK
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