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Quixall Crossett

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I suppose it is good news for many but we have to bear in mind that it is also temporary.
For those who havent read it, it is in the RP and various other outlets.
 
The Gambling Commission has announced a 6 month pilot for “frictionless” affordability checks. This means frictionless for the “vast majority” apparently. Personally I don’t see how any form of affordability check can be frictionless. There must be friction somewhere. Are we really expected to believe the bookies will absorb it all?
 
viking said:
The Gambling Commission has announced a 6 month pilot for “frictionless” affordability checks. This means frictionless for the “vast majority” apparently. Personally I don’t see how any form of affordability check can be frictionless. There must be friction somewhere. Are we really expected to believe the bookies will absorb it all?
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Totally agree Viking. And i always say that it is totally out of order for them to ask for financial details but it is even worse for them to do it behind your back.
If their sole aim is to sicken punters off, chase them away from the game and therefore put horse racing on a one way road to oblivion then i would say they are doing a very good job.
 
At least we punters have some temporary relief. I'm an antepost punter with large turnover, so the original GamReg proposals would have killed me. Keeping usable accounts open would have been the least of my worries, and it would just have been game over. This move at least keeps me in the game.

The truth is though I know I'm on borrowed time now, and the game will be up for me in the next couple of years.
 
Maruco said:
At least we punters have some temporary relief. I'm an antepost punter with large turnover, so the original GamReg proposals would have killed me. Keeping usable accounts open would have been the least of my worries, and it would just have been game over. This move at least keeps me in the game.

The truth is though I know I'm on borrowed time now, and the game will be up for me in the next couple of years.
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Sadly mate, i fear we are all on borrowed time.
Who would have thought it would come to this ????
 
I wonder how much lobbiests influence government monitoring proceedures? It appears to me that the big bookmakers who have their tenticles firmly around politicians shoulders are not subject to enforcement of new rules as sites that don't provide a sportsbook. I am a member of quite a few of the major online bookies although I only use a few and I have never been asked to go through any kind of checks with them where as the likes of Videoslots seem scared stiff of comitting an infraction and getting fines huge amounts for doing so.
Its like a two tier system
 
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