Betting shops

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:41 pm

How do people feel about them?

Do you feel with the rise of internet and mobile technology that there's still a place for them in 2012?

Say in a years time you could have the same FOBT games on your smartphone or tablet, do people still think they'll have the same popularity, or do you think they'll slowly die out?

I personally think the bookmaker has been accepted in modern culture nowadays, and that there'll always be a place in the high street for one, as there are many things that can't be replicated.

regards.

tommya · Post by **tommya** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 8:44 pm

The smell for one

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:07 pm

They are not bookmakers anymore just mini casinos/arcades. They shit it when you bet/win big and squeal at the first opportunity. They are only multiplying down to fobts and nothing else. Cunts

The Dark Horse · Post by **The Dark Horse** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:13 pm

You could say the same about most things nowadays Dr.Pepper, why go to the supermarket when you can order your shopping online, why go shopping for clothes when you can order them online too, why go to work when you can have a conference on your I-pad, why go out to socialise when you can go on Facebook instead.

A bleak cyber future with very little actual human contact seems to be what we're being ushered in to by the looks of things.

I think the betting shops will last a while but eventually they'll disappear like everything else. Cash as a form of money won't exist in the not so distant future, it'll only be electronic transfer of supposed funds, I think this is when most shops etc. will start to be phased out completely.

Drpepper · Post by **Drpepper** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:19 pm

Amen, my dissertation is trying to find solutions for both online companies and betting shops, and essentially, i have "nah you're fucked" for all but the largest and most contemporary bookmakers...

The non-high street bookmaker will soon be extinct, in much the same way that an HMV or a Borders became surplus to requirements.

eddiesdad · Post by **eddiesdad** » Wed Aug 22, 2012 10:19 pm

there will always be those without the knowhow or funds to use smartphones etc.i think we will always see some form of bookie catering for these individuals;say for example you are a 70 yr old pensioner,are you going to the bookies to ?get rich on a 50p bet or are you going for human contact?

Thumper · Post by **Thumper** » Thu Aug 23, 2012 1:04 pm

Bookies will always have a clientele. Most people who frequent them, the 'locals', are there either because they like to 'socialise' and don't have the necessary skills to interact with normal people, or they are simply addicted to gambling and get a buzz off others having an interest in a horse/dog etc.