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View LeedsResearcher's Profile LeedsResearcher Flag 20 Feb 19 10.50am Send a Private Message to LeedsResearcher Add LeedsResearcher as a friend

Morning guys. Hope posting in here is ok. With the increasing rate at which gambling and football are becoming linked, I'm writing an undergraduate dissertation on accessibility to gambling and targeting football forums. I would really appreciate it if you could take 2 minutes to fill it in.

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Thanks very much!

 

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View ASCPFC's Profile ASCPFC Flag Pro-Cathedral/caravan park 20 Feb 19 12.29pm Send a Private Message to ASCPFC Add ASCPFC as a friend

Seems too short to be that helpful. I will make this comment; I have a friend who is addicted to gambling.
This has made me consider recently how even non-advertising channels such as the BBC still mention terms like 'the odds' or 'that would be a good bet' etc. Commentary is full of betting terms that have little to do with the sport on show. Interesting how the two are so intertwined.

 


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View Mapletree's Profile Mapletree Flag Croydon 20 Feb 19 12.49pm Send a Private Message to Mapletree Add Mapletree as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Seems too short to be that helpful. I will make this comment; I have a friend who is addicted to gambling.
This has made me consider recently how even non-advertising channels such as the BBC still mention terms like 'the odds' or 'that would be a good bet' etc. Commentary is full of betting terms that have little to do with the sport on show. Interesting how the two are so intertwined.

I have a hatred of gambling which is simply a tax on people, often those that can least afford it because it is a potential way out of their troubles

But we all live with having to manage risk on a day to day basis. As such, I don't think you can ever neutralise words around assessing and managing risk, including e.g. odds. We gamble in everything we do. Change jobs, make an investment, even buying a drink in a bar in Greece (makes you go blind, sometimes).

One way or another we have to come to balance the gambles we take and not get sold into taking the wrong ones. Online gambling to me is particularly pernicious.

 

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View LeedsResearcher's Profile LeedsResearcher Flag 20 Feb 19 1.06pm Send a Private Message to LeedsResearcher Add LeedsResearcher as a friend

Originally posted by ASCPFC

Seems too short to be that helpful. I will make this comment; I have a friend who is addicted to gambling.
This has made me consider recently how even non-advertising channels such as the BBC still mention terms like 'the odds' or 'that would be a good bet' etc. Commentary is full of betting terms that have little to do with the sport on show. Interesting how the two are so intertwined.

Thanks for the feedback. It is short but it is being combined with secondary data to link perceived accessibility, physical accessibility and links with deprivation

 

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ChrisGC Flag Wantage 20 Feb 19 6.15pm

Originally posted by Mapletree

I have a hatred of gambling which is simply a tax on people, often those that can least afford it because it is a potential way out of their troubles

But we all live with having to manage risk on a day to day basis. As such, I don't think you can ever neutralise words around assessing and managing risk, including e.g. odds. We gamble in everything we do. Change jobs, make an investment, even buying a drink in a bar in Greece (makes you go blind, sometimes).

One way or another we have to come to balance the gambles we take and not get sold into taking the wrong ones. Online gambling to me is particularly pernicious.

f*** me, something you've said that I strongly agree with. The rest went a bit sideways, but there you go.

 

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View sitdownstandup's Profile sitdownstandup Flag 20 Feb 19 7.56pm Send a Private Message to sitdownstandup Add sitdownstandup as a friend

Im not a gambler at all. I think gambling has a lot of negative side effects -the horses that are killed after their careers finish and the same for greyhounds. Also the effects on peoples live as a result of gambling addictions. I remember growing up and betting was pretty popular - pools, betting shops but nowadays it's everywhere especially in the last 5 - 10 years. The online betting, the tv advertising, the growing number of shops. I think it's pretty crap myself. I know some people enjoy it and some even make some money out of it but Im glad Im not into it and I wish there wasn't so much advertising of it too.

 


Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature. Unaware that this Nature he’s destroying is this God he’s worshipping.

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