Ban the use of credit cards for gambling.

bigstevex

Cancel cards and never have free cash on you, simple, thats how i stopped!

Datasafe_2

Credit cards have a place in society , but it makes me mad when people say things like " they shouldn't let me spend what I can't afford" like someone holds a gun to their heads or something.

UK007BullDog

This was on TV. Geezer gambled his financial life away and wants the bookie "D Hill" to pay for his debts, suing them.

jamesd

People should be allowed to transfer money to gambling places using whatever method they like, be it credit card, debit card or cash. Stopping the use of credit cards directly does not stop the use of overdrafts and cash advances so it's useless and merely inconveniences the responsible betters, like those making money from gambling introductory offers.

weegie.geek

Not that the OP will ever return to the forum, but I though I'd put in my tuppenceworth.

I'm guessing this has been prompted by the whole Graham Calvert thing.

I disagree with the OP completely. There are already restrictions from some issuers regarding gambling, and I think it's really out of order. I should be able to spend my money on whatever I like, within the boundaries of what's legal where I am.

If my card was blocked from being able to be used on gambling sites, there are a dozen ways for me to still use it to fund gambling anyway, so it's hardly been thought out properly.

Unfortunately, these government petitions don't allow me to sign saying that i DISAGREE with them.

heppy23

It's like saying ban the use of chainsaws for cutting toenails.

sundog

maybe if you'd racked up a massive debt buying designer clothes/shoes/handbags/holidays you may get more sympathy.

if this makes it harder for people to spend/ gamble money they dont have then its a good thing

weegie.geek

heppy23 wrote: »

It's like saying ban the use of chainsaws for cutting toenails.

Some idiot would still sue the chainsaw manufacturers.

Superheavy

sundog wrote: »

maybe if you'd racked up a massive debt buying designer clothes/shoes/handbags/holidays you may get more sympathy.

if this makes it harder for people to spend/ gamble money they dont have then its a good thing

Yeah, totally agree. Spending money on gambling is the same as anything else for me, and although I've used my card for the occasional flutter in the past, once they started charging a cash advance fee for it I stopped that sharpish.

Gambling can become an addiction much like anything else....that gets sympathy in my book, however stopping the use of cards isn't the answer in my mind.

Paul_Herring

weegie.geek wrote: »

I'm guessing this has been prompted by the whole Graham Calvert thing.

I don't. What credit card do you know that you can take down to William Hills and spend over £2,000,000 on?