As someone who likes a flutter on the
from time to time, I would support the campaign, although to what degree it encourages gambling still has me sceptical It is a significant cause of the misery, but I can see it may reinforce misery.
I agree adverts selling lifetime luxuries like Lottery millions and Omaze houses etc are worrying trends. Omaze now encourage signing up on direct debit by offering more entries ffs, the lottery allows DD too, plain wrong for me.
Online gambling is huge for every Merson and JLloyd Samuel, there are a 1000 Joe Bloggs trying to make ends meet on a pittance of a salary who think a bit of luck is all thats needed.
I had the misfortune to watch a fella walk into a betfred shop during Cheltenham week. He went straight up to a slots machine and put £260 cash in £20 notes straight in so he could play at £2 per game. 11 minutes later he left empty handed. He was replaced by another bloke who had been watching, no doubt thinking a win was due on it. He put £50 in, then another £50 and a final 3rd £50. Just 8 mins later he was done and walked out. Those slot machines are a means of legalised theft from the gullible, the vulnerable and the desperate. I suspect without them, betting shops would disappear in their droves. I suspect they make far more money for the bookmakers than any profits from horse racing, dog racing or footy bets. These machines seem to be the biggest issue and source of gambling misery that I have witnessed and need banning.