Ban the use of credit cards for gambling.

juno

You already can't use credit cards to buy lottery tickets/scratchcards

Dave_®f©

If you can't afford to lose it then don't gamble....simple!

The answer is in your head my friend and not in your wallet.

jamesd

juno, do you know of a petition to allow the purchase of lottery tickets and scratchcards with credit cards? Seems like an unfortunate and undesirable inconvenience when doing the shopping and wanting to make a single payment for all purchases.

weegie.geek

Paul_Herring wrote: »

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

First off, he did it online.

Second, it was a series of bets. If he has the funds to spend £2m on a series of bets, who's to say they weren't done by credit card?

Thirdly, my point was that since that story hit the news, there's been a pile of threads on various forums about the evils of gambling and how it should be made more difficult.

weegie.geek

jamesd wrote: »

juno, do you know of a petition to allow the purchase of lottery tickets and scratchcards with credit cards? Seems like an unfortunate and undesirable inconvenience when doing the shopping and wanting to make a single payment for all purchases.

There's always buying them online.

ravenk

Should you be allowed to buy booze with credit cards ?

Also If I exceed the 70 MPH limit on a motorway and get a ticket , I will sue Honda for selling me a car that can run at 115MPH.

Have to go now ...I'm in the middle of writing a letter to McDonalds for letting me eat all those BigMacs. It's all thier fault I'm getting fat.

mrmajika

juno wrote: »

You already can't use credit cards to buy lottery tickets/scratchcards

You definitely can do in both Tesco and Co-op stores. I believe most allow it now. Initially, Camelot didn't allow it - now they don't seem to mind.

Zebedee69

Dont see why the rest of us should suffer because some stupid bloke gambled his life away........................

What annoys me is that this country allows people to play the hard done by trick and get free houses, dss, compensation and lots of pats on the back. Meanwhile the rest of us who work hard to achieve and manage our lives and money responsibly get nothing but a big f u c k y o u.......

Makes you want to stop trying, get some kids, a council house and spend my life down William Hill with a can of Special Vat. When you want to retire just sue William Hill and move to Spain................. nice!

Paul_Herring

Zebedee69 wrote: »

Dont see why the rest of us should suffer because some stupid bloke gambled his life away........................

Mildly amusing article in The Guardian yesterday about him: http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/feb/16/gambling

The_Guardian wrote:

His argument is that the betting chain "failed in its duty of care" by allowing him to bet after he had requested "self-exclusion", and should pay back his losses. "If I'd known I had the problem and didn't do anything about it, I would see myself as being 100% responsible," he bleats mournfully. "The fact is that I did try to go through the right procedures and I was let down." Which roughly translates as: "I'm stupid, and I told you I was stupid, so you had a duty to stop me being stupid."

Graham, dear, you seem to have confused William Hill with your mum.

jamesd

Zebedee69, it is worth remembering that people do get addicted to gambling, smoking, drinking and all sorts of other things. It's eventually not a 100% voluntary choice even though the solution does belong with the gambler themselves dealing with their problem.