tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post1429848029510814630..comments2008-02-29T22:45:51.594ZTony Kennickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446535470734199043noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post-69909542262842517702008-02-29T22:45:00.000Z2008-02-29T22:45:00.000ZWell said bonzo, points well made.<BR/><BR/>As for addiction being no excuse...<BR/>well I beg to differ with tony, he obviously has no understanding of addiction and what it can do to a person.<BR/><BR/>It is obvious Hills were more interested in the shareholders profits rather than their duty of care to the customer.<BR/><BR/>The sooner bookmakers take gambling addiction seriously the better.<BR/><BR/>Luckyjims article on the gutshot is interesting or another slant is my own blog post on the same thing.DasLoothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792291992535389214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post-85057685924936508072008-02-20T21:26:00.000Z2008-02-20T21:26:00.000ZThere are gambling sites that don't ask you explicitly for a D.O.B. because they do age checks through agencies like experian.<BR/><BR/>I think the last people we need in on this are the government! Why should they legislate on this matter? Mr Calvert has the freedom to lose his money how he wants, I just don't think he should have any recourse to the courts. Addiction is no excuse.Tony Kennickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00446535470734199043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post-79490609718502402112008-02-20T16:59:00.000Z2008-02-20T16:59:00.000ZWhat a weak argument you have here. <BR/><BR/>There maybe an argument that a person using the exact name and address opened an account and could possibly be a different person. However to negate any confusion, every UK bookmaker requires the person's name. address and date of birth. So it could be a twin with an identical name?<BR/><BR/>Furthermore a customer that places a 370,000 bet does not miss the radar, that bet would have been personally checked and authorised by a senior member of staff. The same customer had losses over over 1 million before he asked to be self excluded, I think at this level the two accounts were tied together and William Hill decided to ignore the fact that there was a self exclusion in place in view of their potential profits. <BR/><BR/>If these bookmakers cannot self regulate themselves to protect people against harmful addiction then maybe the government should look at regulating on our behalf.Bonzohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00588905704652851614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363708686706070383.post-9966578076662049582008-02-15T22:40:00.000Z2008-02-15T22:40:00.000ZFinally a voice of reason in a sea of unfounded sympathy for mr calverttoytigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02792067826902308492noreply@blogger.com