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Poorest Areas Gamble £13 Billion!
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I am not surprised by this at all. Bookies have always been more prevalent in working class areas than other areas.
I was visiting a council estate in Cardiff recently, that an Estate Agent might describe as "being full of local colour" and in its 1960's parade of shops there were 3 bookies, 2 moneylenders and 3 shops, one of which had a sign over the shop door that read "cheap ciggies and booze"
Bookies cynically target these kind of areas because they know that educational attainment is low...its a simple as that.
All those gambling machines should be banned as far as I am concerned. They just make poor people poorer.
I was visiting a council estate in Cardiff recently, that an Estate Agent might describe as "being full of local colour" and in its 1960's parade of shops there were 3 bookies, 2 moneylenders and 3 shops, one of which had a sign over the shop door that read "cheap ciggies and booze"
Bookies cynically target these kind of areas because they know that educational attainment is low...its a simple as that.
All those gambling machines should be banned as far as I am concerned. They just make poor people poorer.
In my local Indian paper shop - there is a cash machine charging £1.65 per shot and they cant be arsed to go down the rd 100m where there is a free one.
and no I dont think they realise that they are paying £1.65 not to walk 100m. unfortunately this also extends to rent ( wont pay the landlord unless he deserves it )
and no I dont think they realise that they are paying £1.65 not to walk 100m. unfortunately this also extends to rent ( wont pay the landlord unless he deserves it )
I am a firm believer in the power that education gives to people.
Most of the poor are poor because they lack the education to be otherwise. These ghastly gambling machines are just another manifestation of the situation. I can't see that they perform any useful purpose whatsoever, apart from making bookies even richer than they already are.
Most of the poor are poor because they lack the education to be otherwise. These ghastly gambling machines are just another manifestation of the situation. I can't see that they perform any useful purpose whatsoever, apart from making bookies even richer than they already are.
As said above, plus it is far more likely that people in richer areas will have accounts with bookmakers rather than stand around in betting shops, and the cost to the bookmaker of having a shop on a rich area is far higher than in a poor one.
That said, it is noticeable how small the rich punter's bet is, having regard to income. Even at Royal Ascot, where you might expect them to splash out, bets of £5 to £20 are usual, and that not on every race. You often see people queueing at the Tote window to put £2 on there.
That said, it is noticeable how small the rich punter's bet is, having regard to income. Even at Royal Ascot, where you might expect them to splash out, bets of £5 to £20 are usual, and that not on every race. You often see people queueing at the Tote window to put £2 on there.
I occasionally venture into a bookies (with my minder) to buy some Irish Lottery tickets.
The speed with which each game is concluded on the FOBTs is frightening - more money is pumped in every few seconds - it seems an entirely joyless, addictive activity (judging by the glum faces of the players).
The speed with which each game is concluded on the FOBTs is frightening - more money is pumped in every few seconds - it seems an entirely joyless, addictive activity (judging by the glum faces of the players).
“I have absolutely no pleasure in the stimulants in which I sometimes so madly indulge. It has not been in the pursuit of pleasure that I have periled life and reputation and reason. It has been the desperate attempt to escape from torturing memories, from a sense of insupportable loneliness and a dread of some strange impending doom.”
― Edgar Allan Poe
― Edgar Allan Poe
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