Gambling - Good News or Bad News?

 

“Bet Responsibly” - And have a great life !!!!

How often do we hear the "footie" commentators saying this just before giving the betting odds on a footie match the whole family is watching?

I am in regularly contact with people who sleep on the streets and have lost their homes, their families, their jobs, their children.

Why? Gambling...... and making it back to society through the many debts still owed is often a task insurmountable.

  It is a fact;

• Children  are prohibited by law to enter casinos and clubs where gaming machines or live betting takes place.
• The same does not apply to TV where gambling and betting are concerned. The TAB is invited right into our lounge room and we have no say who watches and partakes in the gambling
• For children to watch sport, hear the odds and the betting market, are our children being taught - Sport = Betting? 

 Consider this.

I know a family, who owns their own house, the parents have jobs and the

children are at school.

On a regular basis;

Dad has a few drinks in front of the TV while watching sport.

The latest betting odds are broadcast throughout the sporting event
Dad and the children have fun selecting odds and winners.
Dad makes a phone call and places the family bet with the betting agency
In the background the announcer can be heard to say

“Don’t forget to bet responsibly” !!!!!   

If the family wins - that goes into the kitty for tomorrow night’s betting
OR
to the kid's piggy bank !

 

If the family looses.... often dad fits the bill

The ultimate result for the child :
To bet and win - "I get money"
To bet and loose - "No problem, mom and dad pay for that"

A gambler is born !