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    Richiesta di una riforma del gioco d’azzardo nel Regno Unito dopo che una donna “generosa e premurosa” si è tolta la vita

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    1. HaveYuHeardAboutCunt on

      They need to ban advertising, like with tobacco.

      At the very least the gambling ads are the most obnoxious and annoying.

    2. The-Peel on

      It won’t ever happen because the gambling firms are some of the biggest financial donors to MPs.

      In opposition, MPs campaign hard for greater controls on the gambling industry, and as soon as they take power they receive thousands in money from those same firms in exchange for leaving them be.

      In another country, these financial donors would be called “Oligarchs”, but Brits love to obscure the truth.

    3. Br0kenCompass on

      My American husband moved here with me when we got married and the first thing he noticed was the abundance of gambling adverts. He genuinely asked if the UK had a gambling problem and it suddenly struck me how deeply ingrained gambling is. I thinks reform on adverts would definitely help

    4. Lost-Explanation1215 on

      Gambling is one of biggest problems in society I believe . I this country that is getting ignored, maybe its the vast sums paid in lobbying, maybe the vast sums paid out in advertising, and the vast sums in taxes.

      It’s really bad but noone is willing to to step in due to the money involved.

    5. Regular_Block9876542 on

      Really sad how many peoples lives get ruined by gambling and there is near zero government regulation around it or even attempts to ban the most addictive forms of it.

      I think in the future people will look back at this time period and find it as strange as how we currently look back and see old smoking adverts from the 40s like “More Doctors Smoke Camels”.

    6. bio4m on

      She was using unlicensed platforms that aren’t legally allowed to operate in the UK

      So theres really 2 options :

      1) We acknowledge that adults should take personal responsibility for their actions

      or

      2) Go super nanny state and censor the entire internet so people cant access anything thats not government approved.

      Personally im for the first option

    7. Consistent-Pirate-23 on

      Try living in a northern town

      “Can we have literally any other shop?”
      “No, you can have an amusement arcade and like it”

      Also Gamstop is useless

    8. limeflavoured on

      Ban advertising and sponsorship, as they did with tobacco.

    9. SaltPomegranate4 on

      Really sad, and could happen to anyone. Poor woman.

    10. jenny_905 on

      Sorry, best we can do is one less gambling ad per day across all channels

    11. Ulysses1978ii on

      Gambling addiction is strange as it’s the act of the betting itself that gives the rush. Id have thought it would be the winning

    12. LuinAelin on

      Worked in the industry. It’s evil, doesn’t care and numbs you to the damage as well

    13. Lucifer_606381 on

      While tragic, and while I feel bad for her family, gambling will always happen, just like drug use and sex work. It cannot realistically be banned. I would rather it be regulated than driven underground.

      If someone dies because of alcohol, are we going to ban that as well? I do not want to appear callous here, and the family has every right to ask these questions while they are grieving. They clearly want, in good faith, to prevent this from happening to anyone else. However, practically speaking, it does not make sense.

      They state that the gambling industry allows this to happen. With respect to the family and their loss, where do you draw the line? Do food companies make people fat? Do pubs make people addicted to alcohol? Should we ban fast food and pubs?

      I feel like this happens every time in the UK. Rather than addressing the fact that this woman had other issues that were not dealt with, likely for a number of reasons, we jump to the simplest knee jerk reaction. In typical UK fashion, it makes no sense and does not work.

    14. _Taggerung_ on

      Gambling is really insidious in this country, constant barrage of adverts. Government needs to be clamping down on that as much as junk food ads. RIP to this poor lady

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