Amex: Exclusive behind the scenes tour passes to be won (involves gambling)

[clippedgull]

from seagulls.co.uk


Albion are offering one lucky supporter the unique chance to win an exclusive tour for two around the American Express Community Stadium.

This money-can't-buy prize offers the winner an opportunity to get behind the scenes at the new £95million home of the Seagulls, with the tour guided by chief executive and stadium project manager Martin Perry.

The stadium has been 14-years in the waiting, and Perry has been spearheading the project every step of the way, which is due for completion during the summer 2011, ready for Gus Poyet's side for the start of the 2011/12 season.

To enter the competition you must be over 18 years of age. Supporters need simply to sign-up to Albion's official betting partner Coral and then deposit and bet £5.

Confirmation of your bet should then be emailed to will.jago@bhafc.co.uk.

Entries must be submitted by Friday 14th January and the winner of two exclusive tour passes will be selected at random and announced on Monday 17th January.

The tour is open to adults only, and the tour date will be arranged at the convenience of all parties.

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I think the Albion have got this wrong.

Why not sell raffle tickets for a fiver, have the same two tour passes as prizes and send the money to a charity rather than a gambling outfit.

 

[Beach Hut]

So providing you gamble you can enter the prize - very irresponsible

 

[brighton_girl87]

Done it, I just put my £5 bet on us beating Pompey.

 

[Conkers]

Is this for new customers only or for existing ones too?

 

[burrish-gull]

So providing you gamble you can enter the prize - very irresponsible

Agreed not the wisest "marketing" ploy the club have ever entered into, why not just email in and get pulled out randomly? I hate betting sites and hate the way football is infilrated with this nonsense, should'nt be allowed anywhere near the game, jockeys and snooker players need only apply.

 

[8ace]

So providing you gamble you can enter the prize - very irresponsible

Much like the lottery or a raffle then

 

[magoo]

Is this for new customers only or for existing ones too?

I emailed WILL yesterday to ask but had no reply.

 

[Notters]

They obviously stand to make money out of it themselves...

 

[hastings]

Will be interested to know the outcome Magoo has i too had the same thought.

 

[Billy the Fish]

I think the Albion have got this wrong.

Why not sell raffle tickets for a fiver, have the same two tour passes as prizes and send the money to a charity rather than a gambling outfit.

Because a charity isn't our partner/sponsor.

I don't think anyone can really get on their high horse about this one considering where the money to build the stadium came from.

 

[Couldn't Be Hyypia]

Brighton will be paid a sign up commission by Corals for each new member who makes a deposit (assume the threshold is £5). It's called a CPA payment (cost per acquisition). Current CPA on Tradedoubler, the affiliate platform, seems to be between £15 and £30 per sign up. Nice little earner for the club and a small start at whittling down the £100m or so debt.

 

[Springal]

Because a charity isn't our partner/sponsor.

I don't think anyone can really get on their high horse about this one considering where the money to build the stadium came from.

Exactly...... alot of people need to get off their high horses about this one, either enter and meet the requirements, or don't.....

 

[clippedgull]

Because a charity isn't our partner/sponsor.

I don't think anyone can really get on their high horse about this one considering where the money to build the stadium came from.

You have a fair point.

I still think its unwise of the club though.

 

[Springal]

Do people think it'd be any better if they said, go to Donatello's and spend £20 on food and send in your receipt? It is obviously a 'partner' driven competition and with such tight guidelines on gambling, I am pretty sure this meets those guidelines.

 

[Lord Bracknell]

Agreed not the wisest "marketing" ploy the club have ever entered into, why not just email in and get pulled out randomly? I hate betting sites and hate the way football is infilrated with this nonsense, should'nt be allowed anywhere near the game, jockeys and snooker players need only apply.

I'm ASTONISHED that Tony Bloom should sully his hands with such a ploy. Football and gambling? Nah.

 

[house your seagull]

i put something on the tslr website about this ... it seems a bit pukey from the club.

 

[magoo]

I hear that the heritage stones cost less than a fiver supplied and engraved...

 

[Fungus]

I don't think anyone can really get on their high horse about this one considering where the money to build the stadium came from.

I thought Bloom's big money came from his property business - the gambling was just pocket money?

 

[Notters]

I thought Bloom's big money came from his property business - the gambling was just pocket money?

I believe he made a mint selling Premierbet to Victor Chandler, though it seems some aren't happy with his dealings:

There Is Sweetness In Revenge
Leisure punters should be aware that leading London-based bookmaker Premierbet is no longer in business and, although visitors to their website are being told that the site is "unavailable for essential maintenance work", the truth is that the company is not available for the essential payment of its debt obligations to clients.
Football Is Fixed have warned readers about this company previously and it is no surprise to our Trading Team that this highly unprofessional operation has entered oblivion.
Premierbet's parent company is Interactive Gaming Holdings plc (IGH) who are listed on the AIM in London. The company stock was suspended on August 17th and yet the bookmaker continued accepting bets over last weekend in the full knowledge that any trades enacted and any monies deposited were to disappear into the black hole of IGH's illiquid bank accounts. IGH were seeking interim funding from General Capital Venture Finance Limited but the venture people pulled the plug on August 15th and, despite company claims, there is no other saviour waiting in the wings.
Premierbet were previously in financial uproar in 2005 when IGH bought it for a nominal fee after the bookmaker had been mismanaged for years by self-styled industry mogul, Tony Bloom (see below for our assessment of Bloom). From day one, there was no coordinated decision on whether the new operation was going to trade at the cutting edge of the gambling sector by offering accounts to winning professional traders or whether the concern was merely going to cream slices of profit off the leisure betting punter. By gyrating between these two options, Premierbet ended up offering inappropriate levels of service to both pros and amateurs. Furthermore, the company was heavily dependent on accepting bets illegally from American clients and, when the Bush administration started arresting British executives for such behaviour, Premierbet's profits and shareprice plummeted. The industry giants always disliked Bloom's operations and continued to target Premierbet after his loss of the company with the result that Premierbet repeatedly developed highly imbalanced trading books on events with the inevitable ensuing losses. Now lets make this clear, the system is so tilted in favour of bookmaking operations that only incompetence of the highest degree may explain an inability to retain market presence and Premierbet were astounding in their degree of unprofessionalism. This culture dated back to Bloom's megalomaniacal style when in charge of the company and, as all buyout merchants understand, a company culture is the most difficult aspect to adjust after takeover.
In a competitive capitalist system, companies obviously must suffer the consequences of a lack of financial rigour but it is only the gambling sector and the illegal black and grey market sectors that provide no comeback for customers who are financially compromised by bankruptcy. There will be no assessment of creditors losses or needs and the directors of this shoddy operation will be able to walk away prior to reinventing themselves in some other form to be able to fleece the uninformed all over again. This is something that Britain's new Gambling Act ostentatiously fails to address - gambling winnings and banked money are not recoverable under law. The upshot of this tawdry state of affairs is that the sector will continue to attract the most abusive type of business charlatan.
The word charlatan rather neatly brings us onto the operator that is Anthony Grant Bloom. Bloom is a criminal although this is not an entirely unbiased opinion as he still owes monies to several members of the Dietrological team. Bloom established himself as a broker who illegally accepted bets for the underground Asian betting markets in the mid-nineties. Through the links that he established in Thailand and Singapore while working with Gibraltar-based Victor Chandler International bookmakers, he provided professionals with access to the Far East markets while treating such a role as the creative buying of information. Bloom has built up considerable assets from this entirely illegal operation and no taxes were ever paid on these illicit earnings. Bloom continued offering consultancy services to Premierbet after the takeover by IGH and there is a certain air of jollity around our trading room this morning that the Lizard has finally got his comeuppance. The Lizard is Bloom's poker playing nickname (he plays professionally) and, as a final act of revenge, we would like to take this opportunity to undermine his effectiveness in this area of his slimy existence. On two occasions, Bloom reached the final of the Ladbrokes Million poker tournament. On the latter occasion, he was virtually assured of victory if he merely played the probabilities but his addiction to flair resulted in him blowing the opportunity by a ridiculous bluff. The first time that he reached the final was more revealing however. All people have a tick. This involuntary bodily response to lying is utilised in negotiations, interviews, by the police and by poker players. Bloom's tick is a tremor at the corner of his eye which reveals itself whenever he is taking the piss at the poker table. All poker professionals should share and use this information so that Bloom's criminal gains are slowly but repeatedly removed from his grubby grasp in the years ahead.
Wow! That's better!!
Finally, we would advise all leisure traders to frequently check Sportsbook Review (SBR) (SBR - Sportsbook Review - Online Sports Betting Research, Best Online Sportsbooks
). This website focuses on the corrupt bookmakers in the global betting markets and warns readers of crises before such crises impact upon the bank accounts of the gambler. Premierbet were on SBR's Black List for a considerable period before the issue of bankruptcy came to light and one angry punter writes "I can't understand how they are allowed to go on trading. My account is still open, and I have £1500 credit still showing. Can you advise me on anything I can do? They are ignoring my emails,and phone calls are directed to a London number which is constantly on answer machine."
IGH and Premierbet claimed to provide customers "with a complete gaming experience offering seamless integration between traditional sports betting and its casino products."
What it actually offered was primary level corruption.

Update: Premierbet has just returned online on Wednesday August 21st at 15:00 GMT but there are no prices available for current events. At IGH, Mitchell Petchenik and Robert Spriddell have both resigned, as executive vice president and non-executive director respectively, with immediate effect. Additionally, Arbuthnot Securities Limited have resigned as the company's nominated adviser and broker with immediate effect. Do not deposit any monies with this bunch of cowboys.
Update #2: It is no surprise that Premierbet is once again offline on Thursday am. RIP.

 

[portlock seagull]

This promo seems to have been withdrawn by the club. Can't find it at all on the website.