Britain's High Street Gamble
Britain's High Street Gamble
Monday 6 August Channel 4 9.00 p.m.
Britain's high streets are struggling to survive, but one business is booming; betting shops. On average one new bookie opens every week. In one London high street there are now 10 within yards and the locals are fed up.
What's driving this gambling boom and what's the impact on our communities? Michael Crick investigates the rise of High Street gambling. He hears from an apologetic politician who now admits they got the gambling laws wrong, and from those most affected by the spread of the betting shops.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/disp ... /episode-1
Britain's high streets are struggling to survive, but one business is booming; betting shops. On average one new bookie opens every week. In one London high street there are now 10 within yards and the locals are fed up.
What's driving this gambling boom and what's the impact on our communities? Michael Crick investigates the rise of High Street gambling. He hears from an apologetic politician who now admits they got the gambling laws wrong, and from those most affected by the spread of the betting shops.
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/disp ... /episode-1
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quote:A spokesman for Ladbrokes said:"FOBTs are popular products because they offer high payouts to customers and there is no evidence to suggest that they are addictive"
quote: A spokesman from fruitchat said:" i'm looking forward to all the negative publicity that these greedy cunting bookmakers are gonna get as a result of the dispatches programme"
quote: A spokesman from fruitchat said:" i'm looking forward to all the negative publicity that these greedy cunting bookmakers are gonna get as a result of the dispatches programme"
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pretty damning stuff by dispatches, but we on here already knew what a bad state of affairs it is.
i doubt anything major will be done but at least councils are starting to make a stand against more springing up.
my local council recently refused ladbrokes an extension into neighbouring properties on their main premises in the town also.
i doubt anything major will be done but at least councils are starting to make a stand against more springing up.
my local council recently refused ladbrokes an extension into neighbouring properties on their main premises in the town also.
Personally I think it wasn't damning enough! Too much focus on the underage gambling. Shame that they couldn't have extended the investigation into 'problem gamblers'. Personally I would put the figures higher. Also, a detailed look at the games on offer would've been interesting, picking up on some of the points raised here. And surely more questions should've been asked of the establishment!
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