The relationship between football and betting companies

Tbh I see betting companies the same way as payday loans companies.

Companies set up to prey on and take advantage of uneducated/down on their luck people to exploit them ruthlessly.

Kind of like banks then.

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Betting can be fun if you aren’t addicted.

You can’t say the same for money lending shops with insane interest rates

Lloyd’s doesn’t charge you 3,211% apr.

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Only because they can’t though. Not because they don’t want to.

It’s ridiculous anyone was ever allowed to do that legally.

Honestly think this is the biggest issue when it comes to payday loan companies.

I don’t think UK schools do a good enough job in teaching financial literacy.

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I could go on for hours about how the educational system lets kids down from the get to.

Fuck Shakespeare, inflation and interest rates are much more important.

It astounds me that the system is still set up as it is.

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Good read. The Tranmere chairman talking about gambling sponsorship. The bit that got me was the plan to put betting terminals in the stadium. Not a chance that’s living up to the legal obligation to protect children and the vulnerable.

I was trying to figure out what he’d done wrong and finally found this tweet. This is absolute bullshit if this is what he’s been banned for.

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Yeah it’s pretty stupid.

If gambling firms want to offer odds on stupid things which people actually know the outcome to then that should go down as a risk they’re willing to take.

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Is Trippier employed by this betting company? Or do they sponsor the FA so he has some obligation? If not why the hell should he care? If he wants to talk to his friends it’s of no concern of the betting company.

All things you can bet money on these days :man_facepalming:t3: It’s hard to predict you will score 3 goals in the next game, but silly bets like transfers or what hair colour a player will have are legit? Idiots.

Just read this. Shocking. A lot of people have lost thousands of pounds now its collapsed

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Clubs and TV companies have to move away from gambling related sponsorship. The actual story doesn’t really bother me up until the point where you have clubs sponsoring a company with a dubious business model.

They have an obligation and responsibility to their support and football fans

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Fucking William Hill highjacking the sweet Caroline song to peddle their business :face_with_symbols_over_mouth: hear it all the time now during adverts

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I still haven’t forgiven the industry for Kriss AccaBoosty tbh

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Have already heard the advert about a dozen times this morning. Fuck William Hill and their aggressive advertising at this time on a Sunday morning. Cunts :grin:

This is a really interesting read. No surprise it’s some random non UK site running the story. I’ve often wondered who the fuck these betting companies I’ve never heard of were and this gets as close to answering that as anyone can.

tldr: dodgy fucks and the regulators don’t care.

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Good for them, I much prefer a decentralised approach in dropping betting partners