Good. Fixed odds betting terminals are a blight on society. Hopefully this is part of the slippery slope towards massive restrictions on them for all ages.
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That’s a really odd decision. We need much stronger gambling regulations but I can’t understand how they are justifying the difference at 25. 24 year olds are well into adulthood and may be years into jobs like nursing or policing.
Ban advertisement and sponsorships, nothing less for those bottom feeders
Except in video games aimed at children to groom them to be gamblers, like FIFA.
I’d like to see all gambling adverts banned. Whether it is bingo adverts on daytime TV or SkyBet adverts every two minutes on Spotify, we are bombarded with them these days and it is impossible to escape them. It makes the idea seem so normalised and as if gambling is a substitute for other hobbies, not something that can be done every now and then while watching sport. Gambling is fine but making it out as if it is fun and social should be discouraged whenever possible.
This does nothing much, it’s capping per bet at £2 for under 25s, so you can still spin a slot at £2 a time and spunk hundreds per hour.
Games publishers breathing a sigh of relief in the knowledge that they can still push lootboxes upon minors.
Hate this arbitrary age stuff. I know 25 year olds with the maturity of a cheese single, and I know 25 year olds that are earning 100k+ in the medical field.
I’m conflicted about gambling tbh. I don’t see it as a positive for society, however it’s your own money to do with what you want.
Generally I think gambling being accessible on your phone or PC or whatever is worse than if you have to go to a casino or shop.
Oh yeah, that’ll solve the problem. Like access to gambling is the cause of gambling issues
This is a totally ineffective change – the vast majority of problem gamblers are well over the age of 25 and they are the ones that need protecting from predatory practices the most.
For those who spend most on gambling under 25 this still appears ineffective – adding stake limits will do nothing since most young gamblers aren’t traditionally gambling.
They are throwing money into things like lootboxes in video games where there is a single fixed stake per transaction.
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Good. Fixed odds betting terminals are a blight on society. Hopefully this is part of the slippery slope towards massive restrictions on them for all ages.
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That’s a really odd decision. We need much stronger gambling regulations but I can’t understand how they are justifying the difference at 25. 24 year olds are well into adulthood and may be years into jobs like nursing or policing.
Ban advertisement and sponsorships, nothing less for those bottom feeders
Except in video games aimed at children to groom them to be gamblers, like FIFA.
I’d like to see all gambling adverts banned. Whether it is bingo adverts on daytime TV or SkyBet adverts every two minutes on Spotify, we are bombarded with them these days and it is impossible to escape them. It makes the idea seem so normalised and as if gambling is a substitute for other hobbies, not something that can be done every now and then while watching sport. Gambling is fine but making it out as if it is fun and social should be discouraged whenever possible.
This does nothing much, it’s capping per bet at £2 for under 25s, so you can still spin a slot at £2 a time and spunk hundreds per hour.
Games publishers breathing a sigh of relief in the knowledge that they can still push lootboxes upon minors.
Hate this arbitrary age stuff. I know 25 year olds with the maturity of a cheese single, and I know 25 year olds that are earning 100k+ in the medical field.
I’m conflicted about gambling tbh. I don’t see it as a positive for society, however it’s your own money to do with what you want.
Generally I think gambling being accessible on your phone or PC or whatever is worse than if you have to go to a casino or shop.
Oh yeah, that’ll solve the problem. Like access to gambling is the cause of gambling issues
This is a totally ineffective change – the vast majority of problem gamblers are well over the age of 25 and they are the ones that need protecting from predatory practices the most.
For those who spend most on gambling under 25 this still appears ineffective – adding stake limits will do nothing since most young gamblers aren’t traditionally gambling.
They are throwing money into things like lootboxes in video games where there is a single fixed stake per transaction.
This is political posturing and nothing more.