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Gambling is a legal service. Drug dealing is not. Pimping is not.

Thanks for expressing sorrow i appreciate that. I didn't and still don't consider it as a disease,I saw it as an addiction not an disease. The theme of this thread has been how damaging the machines are and that the bookies are 'extracting' money. Nobody as far as I can recall has mentioned...

A very fair point although I do think as an adult you should be capable of making a rational decision as to whether taking out a credit card is a good or bad decision.

As I've already said someone extremely close to me had an alcohol addiction with fatal consequences, so i would say I do have a knowledge of addiction. If a friend had a gambling addiction i would sympathise to a point but i would not entertain the thought its the fault of the bookies though.

Totally different scenarios. How can you compare a medical addiction to a gambling one? Trouble is nowadays it's always someone else's fault. Obesity the fault of fast food chains. Alcoholism the fault of the pubs / supermarkets. Large credit card debts the fault of banks offering them to...

Thanks for answering for me!!!

Mate I really have got a clue, I'm not going to detail on a chat forum about personal matters but I really have seen what an addiction (alcohol) can do to you. My stance 'take personal responsibility' is not one from having led a sheltered life having had no exposure to gambling and alcohol.

Ok cancer not AIDS.

An adult does.Instead of blaming the betting co's take some personal responsibility. Nobody physically drags you into a betting shop and forces you to put money into the machines. BTW I speak as someone who does like a bet so gambling is not an alien culture to me.

No it's not, cancer or AIDS is a disease.

They are not extracting money from anyone, you have a choice as to whether you play on them.

Neither. Adults who can't control their gambling only have themselves to blame not the betting companies. The gambling companies are simply providing a service, nobody makes you have a bet. As an adult you are making a choice to gamble, if you bet more than you can afford blame ya self and not...

I think you should be allowed to gamble unlimited amounts on these machines. Nobody 'extracts' money from the 'vulnerable' these people aren't 'victims'. Individuals should take some personal responsibility for their actions and not look to blame others. It's the same with fast food restaurants...