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[Football] Dissertation Survey - Gambling Accessibility
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Knocky's Nose
Mon nez est en Valenciennes..
Any addiction from which money can be made will be exploited. It's good business.
Gambling employs people, pays tax to the government, and keeps the wheels of industry turning. The only way to stop it is by the whole of the general public deeming it morally wrong, which we won't - and the government will do little to help as it's a great revenue stream.
Badger Boy
Mr Badger
- Jan 28, 2016
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I had a problem, and I sought help. Not everyone is as able as I am to change my habits but the accessibility is a big issue, especially online. I am regularly hounded with adverts for various betting companies and although I understand why, it annoys me.
StevenageResearcher
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- Feb 15, 2019
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Done.
The main problem with bookies is that they make it very accessible to have a bet if you lose, not so much if you win. Just Today, a nameless local William Hills shop wouldn't lay me £200 on a 13/8 shot, offered £50 instead
The idea behind the survey is to identify which methods of gambling are accessible for different demographics. I will be combining the survey with a couple of secondary data sources to link gambling accessibility and exposure to advertising with social demographic indicators. A quick run of the data collected so far produces interesting results with regard to the link between perceived accessibility, as from the survey, social deprivation, and physical accessibility with site locations.
Iggle Piggle
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- Sep 3, 2010
- 5,318
I did the survey but like [MENTION=232]Simster[/MENTION] says id like to know a bit of context. Gambling is highly accessible along the high street or online but only if you are losing. If you win or punt intelligently the product becomes completely unaccessable and in reality you have to assume a new identity.
Back overnight on the horses at fancy prices, tipped up golfers from the likes of Steve Rawlings or stick to the offers and you will be banned.
Back overnight on the horses at fancy prices, tipped up golfers from the likes of Steve Rawlings or stick to the offers and you will be banned.
dejavuatbtn
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Done - when you really think about it, adverts and opportunities for betting are everywhere. The next big social disease.
BBassic
I changed this.
- Jul 28, 2011
- 12,309
I was slightly dismayed when we started slinging betting adverts around the pitch on those electric hoardings.
With the PL TV money do we really need to take money from gambling firms as well? Then I remembered what Uncle Tony is well known for and became even more confused.
Kind of hard to get uppity about gambling / betting firms when we're owned by a professional poker player.
n1 gull
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Done. Good luck with your dissertation
Done.......
It's become hugely pervasive and everyone seems to be doing it. Particularly concerning is the number of younger (yes, like you
) people getting into it. When I was a yoof it didn't occur to me to go into a grubby betting shop full of sad old men, but doing it through a glitzy website, after I've been bombarded with adverts, is a million miles away from that. Way too accessible really.
It's become hugely pervasive and everyone seems to be doing it. Particularly concerning is the number of younger (yes, like you
) people getting into it. When I was a yoof it didn't occur to me to go into a grubby betting shop full of sad old men, but doing it through a glitzy website, after I've been bombarded with adverts, is a million miles away from that. Way too accessible really.
Guy Fawkes
The voice of treason
- Sep 29, 2007
- 8,196
Done. Personally I only bet once a year, on the Grand National and find it easy to ignore adverts, etc that are designed to encourage me to bet.
It could / would have been an interesting slant on this if you'd also looked at how susceptible responders would be to the influence of the advertising they saw and to what degree it would make them more likely to bet, and where (ie online adverts leading the responder to go to bookie to bet compared to betting on their site online or how much more likely an advert in the bookies window would make people go online to bet, go in and bet, etc.....)
It could / would have been an interesting slant on this if you'd also looked at how susceptible responders would be to the influence of the advertising they saw and to what degree it would make them more likely to bet, and where (ie online adverts leading the responder to go to bookie to bet compared to betting on their site online or how much more likely an advert in the bookies window would make people go online to bet, go in and bet, etc.....)
Are you looking at social deprivation and gambling as a specific aspect of the research? It would be interesting to look at who plays the lottery and who does not - just general attitudes towards the perception of what gambling promises.
Accept Uncle Tony is not interested in fixed odds betting, which is where so many problems with gambling start.
Done - good luck
Billy Seagull
Bookie Basher
- Jul 5, 2003
- 1,432
His Lizard company are very much interested in fixed odds betting.
Grombleton
Surrounded by <div>s
- Dec 31, 2011
- 7,356
Done!
Iggle Piggle
Well-known member
- Sep 3, 2010
- 5,318
Done.......
It's become hugely pervasive and everyone seems to be doing it. Particularly concerning is the number of younger (yes, like you
You didn't hang around with the right people! I spent my yoof in Labrokes on Fiveways. Never had any trouble getting in or bets on and the environment was like a social club rather than the arcade it was to become from the age of 15. Once you got to know the people in there it was like a local pub albeit my mum was always asking why I smelt of smoke.
In the evenings, we used to walk to Hove dogs on a Thursday and a Saturday. Whilst we struggled to get served in the Park View, we could get beer with no questions asked at the dog track and have a bet.
dejavuatbtn
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Yes, pitch advertising was one of a number of “others” on my survey list.
LOL.....I was brought up in a small village, we never even had a betting shop. Placing a bet meant a ‘trip to town’. My parents rarely bet, but occasionally put a few quid on based on tips from ‘Lurch’. All the neighbours did if he happened to provide one - and they nearly always came in. All very dodgy when looking back at it.
You know that do you? Hmmm.