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Originally Posted by Livia

I think the worst and most dangerous sponsorship around sport is betting.

Sorry TS x

I 100% agree, I've been out of the gambling industry for over 2 years now but to be fair - I fully agreed while I was working in it anyway. Football betting is one of the "less" harmful ones but I see it as sort of a "gateway drug of gambling" - a LOT of 18-year-old boys have their first little punt on Football and end up sliding sideways into dog & horse betting, or worse, the slots, by the time they're in their mid-20's. They'd never have set foot in a shop (or onto a site) if it wasn't for "a harmless little £5 football acca on a Saturday".

It's a deliberate tactic of course. Tempt 'em in with a football bet, then bait them into a bigger money-sink with a free bet on Horses or a "competition" free-play on the machines.

I had a vague plan to actually engage in some anti-gambling stuff when I left, but to be honest once I was actually out of there I just wanted nothing more to do with it. Maybe one day.