U.S. election to set new British betting record
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:thumbsup: 'twas a major culture shock to me when I moved here and saw gambling be advertised as if it were a perfectly normal part of daily life. Given your comment here, it probably isn't all that normal/acceptable among decent people, but the gambling "industry" would desperately like everyone to think otherwise. The adverts appear to portray sports gambling as even a "cool" thing to take part in. :rolleyes:
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
it probably isn't all that normal/acceptable among decent people
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
it probably isn't all that normal/acceptable among decent people
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
Munchies_Matt wrote:
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
It's pretty rampant here Rajesh, it's been a saying for decades that Australians would bet on two flies on a wall. For a period of time (no more than a decade or so ago) NSW was home to 25% of the worlds poker machines. Many of our governments State and Federal rely on taxes from gambling, cigarettes and alcohol. Funnily enough the first and last can still advertse but need disclaimers advising they are bad and addictive.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Rajesh R Subramanian wrote:
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
It's pretty rampant here Rajesh, it's been a saying for decades that Australians would bet on two flies on a wall. For a period of time (no more than a decade or so ago) NSW was home to 25% of the worlds poker machines. Many of our governments State and Federal rely on taxes from gambling, cigarettes and alcohol. Funnily enough the first and last can still advertse but need disclaimers advising they are bad and addictive.
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Michael Martin wrote:
NSW was home to 25% of the worlds poker machines
That says a lot; I stand corrected, and I'm speechless. :omg: :wtf: It somehow comes across as a "not so good" thing to me no matter how many of the adverts I see. It might probably have something to do with the society I grew up in where gambling is mostly illegal and is looked down upon.
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The U.K. gambling industry...
This kind of abuse of the word "industry" irks me somehow. There is nothing industrious nor productive in the betting "industry".
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Yes, there is: separating the dumb from their money is like separating the chaff from the wheat.
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
No, I dont, but in British society it is very common.
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Munchies_Matt wrote:
You are wrong, it is very common at all levels of society.
Which society? Oh, don't bother. I take that as your way of saying that you gamble.
In Italy there are a dozen of lotteries, two very popular number-extracting games (Lotto and SuperEnalotto), a couple of soccer-related betting games (Totocalcio and Totogoal) and since 15 years videopokers in every bar (we have a LOT of bars, about 1 every 200 m on average with peaks of 5 bars in the same square... they are called bars but actually are coffee shops but sell also liquors and pastries) and several betting shops where yuo can bet using the handful of legal and taxed betting companies. All kind of population bets: consummate professionals, athletes, celebrities, old people who spend the whole pension or sell their houses, students who pool togehter in organized betting schemes, unoccupied people... It's far more popular than what it looks on the outside. I don't bet, except seldomly with/against friendly people on common occurrences ("I bet 10 coffees that the boss will tell us to do ", "5€ that will greet us with ", etc). Or when I'm 100% sure to win but that exploiting dumbness.
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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No, I dont, but in British society it is very common.
Bingo! :D which it's gaining popularity in Italy as well!
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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Yes, there is: separating the dumb from their money is like separating the chaff from the wheat.
DURA LEX, SED LEX GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
den2k88 wrote:
Yes, there is: separating the dumb from their money is like separating the chaff from the wheat.
Because you have to thrash both of them?
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:thumbsup: 'twas a major culture shock to me when I moved here and saw gambling be advertised as if it were a perfectly normal part of daily life. Given your comment here, it probably isn't all that normal/acceptable among decent people, but the gambling "industry" would desperately like everyone to think otherwise. The adverts appear to portray sports gambling as even a "cool" thing to take part in. :rolleyes: