Back your local bookie

betchrider · Post by **betchrider** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 10:38 am

Be nice if they took over counter bets. Shitehawks

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 3:12 pm

Went down my local BetFred earlier and noticed they had that petition on the counter. I only noticed it was there because I was waiting 5 minutes to put my football accumulator on, because the staff were busy asking people whether they wanted to play todays FOBT promotion.

As I stood there I started feeling as though i'd had enough of it all.

I got that same feeling 20 minutes later when the dealer went 4,2,6,2,A,A,5 on Bonus King Blackjack.

I then took part in the promotion which today was Betfred Roulette or some other bollocks. Before the wheel spins Fred Done appears on the screen looking decidedly smug and offers some words of encouragement.

The look on his face and the hideous green tie he was wearing made me feel really sick.

Sick that bookmakers have become digital Casinos.

Sick that they have the cheek to put petitions up moaning that they have to pay 25% tax on FOBT's and using the flimsy argument that the measures are going to cost people jobs when they have rode the gravy for 10 years.

Sick that the government have done fuck all to address the scourge of problem gambling other than line their own pockets,

but mostly sick for all the decent people I know that have ruined their lives, or worse, partly or greatly due to FOBT's.

As I sat there I wished I had a hammer on me, because if I had I honestly believe I would have buried it in each terminal. But I didn't, so I went home to calm down. But I just wasn't able to relax, so went to the garage and found a hammer and picked it up. It was nice and weighty, and as I brandished it I thought how satisfying it would be to have a minute of madness in the bookies and smash all the terminals up, rendering them completely beyond repair. But I wasn't in the bookies, I was at home...

It can only be a matter of time until those factors align.

Roll_With_It_Russ · Post by **Roll_With_It_Russ** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:38 pm

doingthem wrote:Fuck off you annoying cunt

Well put point!, seems to me as though you are bitter at losing money via gambling, perhaps you should concentrate on helping yourself rather than get wound up on a forum that it for those who enjoy gambling.

Roll_With_It_Russ · Post by **Roll_With_It_Russ** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:41 pm

Keep out of the places if thats what they do to you.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Apr 19, 2014 4:48 pm

"Welcome to MMMMMYYYYYY (pride of the North) bonus roulette"

"I hope your lucky number comes up!" - proper cringe innit? I also hate it when he says that as I regularly bet on my unlucky numbers in a bid to trick the terminal.

"I'll do my best - for you!"

Oscar · Post by **Oscar** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 5:34 pm

JG wrote:"Welcome to MMMMMYYYYYY (pride of the North) bonus roulette"

"I hope your lucky number comes up!" - proper cringe innit? I also hate it when he says that as I regularly bet on my unlucky numbers in a bid to trick the terminal.

"I'll do my best - for you!"

I find it nauseating that Fred Done publicises himself in this respect. He is supposed to be a bookie, but is embracing a game which has nothing to do with sport. He may as well be inviting you to shoot up.

Sixbomb · Post by **Sixbomb** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:08 pm

The bookies are cynically using the government rise on FOBT tax as an attack on betting shops. The Racing Post and many others have fallen for it.

The bookies and manufacturers have people on forums spreading their propaganda and more. Lot of industry stooges on this board and JPF - take what they say with a very large pinch of salt.

Sixbomb · Post by **Sixbomb** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 6:34 pm

Oscar wrote:Went down my local BetFred earlier and noticed they had that petition on the counter. I only noticed it was there because I was waiting 5 minutes to put my football accumulator on, because the staff were busy asking people whether they wanted to play todays FOBT promotion.

As I stood there I started feeling as though i'd had enough of it all.

I got that same feeling 20 minutes later when the dealer went 4,2,6,2,A,A,5 on Bonus King Blackjack.

I then took part in the promotion which today was Betfred Roulette or some other bollocks. Before the wheel spins Fred Done appears on the screen looking decidedly smug and offers some words of encouragement.

The look on his face and the hideous green tie he was wearing made me feel really sick.

Sick that bookmakers have become digital Casinos.

Sick that they have the cheek to put petitions up moaning that they have to pay 25% tax on FOBT's and using the flimsy argument that the measures are going to cost people jobs when they have rode the gravy for 10 years.

Sick that the government have done fuck all to address the scourge of problem gambling other than line their own pockets,

but mostly sick for all the decent people I know that have ruined their lives, or worse, partly or greatly due to FOBT's.

As I sat there I wished I had a hammer on me, because if I had I honestly believe I would have buried it in each terminal. But I didn't, so I went home to calm down. But I just wasn't able to relax, so went to the garage and found a hammer and picked it up. It was nice and weighty, and as I brandished it I thought how satisfying it would be to have a minute of madness in the bookies and smash all the terminals up, rendering them completely beyond repair. But I wasn't in the bookies, I was at home...

It can only be a matter of time until those factors align.

Good post.

doingthem · Post by **doingthem** » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:20 pm

Roll_With_It_Russ wrote:Well put point!, seems to me as though you are bitter at losing money via gambling, perhaps you should concentrate on helping yourself rather than get wound up on a forum that it for those who enjoy gambling.

Couldn't be more wrong if you tried,but hey there is nothing new there,you talk nothing but utter shite on here,just winds me up as it is a total liberty how they are moaning about it!!!all you do it sit back and 'try' to pick faults in people's posts and try to prove people wrong and rarely succeed.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:43 pm

Since when has Capitalism had a conscience? This is just human nature doing its thing. Talk about brass necks though, they've got some balls getting those eggs to vote for Easter. I did laugh at the transparency of it all.
That said, I myself admire and respect the diligence my local bookmaker has in facilitating the many ways that I can do brains. When I do my brains in, I really feel I am putting back into the community. If I can brighten up some smackhead's day, by letting him watch me play roulette it warms the ventricles and atria of my heart. If I can network with the diverse multicultural clientele to enable mankind's quest finding a system to beat roulette (blud clot...it shudda done 8 after 17 teething bitch) then once again I am enhancing the spirit of the community.
The one thing we need to eradicate are these tossers betting on horses. And football. Get them out of the fucking shop. I'm wanting to load £500 from my card onto super twat wank-o-spins on terminal one and some plonker wants £1 each way on Man City to win The Grand National. I have to be pushed back in the queue as it's thirty seconds to kick off at the starting gate.
I also enjoy Fred Done's little witticisms. I love it when he says "I'll try MMMMYYYYY best ...... For you"
I mean you can't get angry at that, listen - he's trying his best for you. It's not his fault that he's totally inept at helping you beat the 3% house edge, you can hear in his voice that he really wants you to win and send BetFred's profits tumbling into oblivion. Give the guy a break.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:45 pm

PS I didn't notice the green tie. Perhaps he only wears that if zero is due within the next 500 spins.

JG · Post by JG » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:48 pm

PPS - Can't we just flatten the whole of East Ham and put a giant hyperbookie on the high street?

JG · Post by JG » Sat Apr 19, 2014 11:51 pm

PPI - call themselves capitalists? Why not offer to reclaim people's missold PPI policies and offer the compensation as machine credit to be played through ten times?

Roll_With_It_Russ · Post by **Roll_With_It_Russ** » Sun Apr 20, 2014 9:32 am

doingthem wrote:Couldn't be more wrong if you tried,but hey there is nothing new there,you talk nothing but utter shite on here,just winds me up as it is a total liberty how they are moaning about it!!!all you do it sit back and 'try' to pick faults in people's posts and try to prove people wrong and rarely succeed.

Any market making money will moan if their profits are taxed, energy companies, banks etc.

I only question point that seem to grasp thin incorrect proposed "matter of facts" from no where.

if the industry didn't challenge thd increase it would set the path for further I creases in the future. Its not the same as tabbaco and alcohol, where the duty is paid by the customer, and those selling fuels don't care about the tax since the profits are not made at the point of sale in this this country.

perhaps it should go back to taxing winnings at say 20%, do when you win a 500 jackpot you only get 400 at the counter. Ofcourse you could have the choice of paying say £2.40 stake instead of £2... then keep all the winnings.

JG · Post by JG » Sun Apr 20, 2014 10:23 am

They've got no right to moan. I've done my conkers in roulette so they can all kindly accept the tax increase.