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Daifuse

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Has anyone else noticed how every other email seems to offer xNo. of free spins, spend £10 and get £20 of free entry to Sparkle bingo games. Are we becoming a nation of gamblers who expect to get loads of dosh for nought? I refuse to join in with these games. And of course, the only people who actually win and make money are the promoters. Are we really becoming that greedy and avaricious?
 
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Oddly I never get those..
I get all sorts of other crap but never related to chucking lolly at bookies of one type or another
 
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Local business went into receivership recently. Panned out that the lad who owned it had run up multiple £10,000 of debts .... gambling online.
Dangerous and destructive and needs curbing.
 
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I'm not getting the emails but I am astonded at how many adverts on the TV are to do with gambling. Online casino, online bingo, fruit machines, inplay football. The list is endless. They most be making some serious dosh to be able to afford these adverts and sponsorship and it's some poor individuals who are paying for it. It's just plain wrong!!!
 
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Hi.
The promoters have tapped into a growing trend of people wanting "Something for nothing". You are very lucky to have your feet set firmly on the floor,there are some who want to start at the top nowadays,and a big wedge of cash can supply this,also,some unfortunate people who are,"drowning" in troubles and see this action as a "Last toss of the dice".
I think it wants to be more strictly monitored,it seems just to easy to get into debt nowadays,no credit history/bank checks etc.
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I can resist anything...except temptation. Luckily gambling not among them! never do lottery or anything..even in Las Vegas didn't really bother. have worked with poeple over the years that ruined theselves and their family's..bringing real hardship into their lives

Its something I can never forgive a labour government for..that and the Iraq war:coffee:
 
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I withdrew just under £500 from my Skybet account yesterday :whistle:

Don't tell 'er indoors ;)

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Hi NicNic.
Worked with a chap who kept a little book,in this book he put down what he would have wagered and the win/loss made. Over the years,he said he had roughly broken even,having said that,i used to do the Lotto and sometimes the Euro-millions,have been told,(not verified it),that here in Portugal,if you win the E/millions,anything over 1000 eu's is taxable............ I will be looking into this...........
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Judge Mental

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Are you speaking from experience Eddy? :rofl::rofl:

Honestly!:blush:

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appydaze

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I answered one of those penis enlargement adverts last month............. my new nickname is now tripod....... I wish.... ;):LOL:
 
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I do the Lottery (£6 per week), but that buys me the ability to lay back in the bath and dream about what I'm going to do with the winnings, fairly cheap for such a good fantasy !! But never been in a betting shop and would not touch on-line gambling.

We were in Vegas couple of years ago, Sheila was very happy playing the 1 cent slots and getting free drinks, I had two games of poker. But we saw a guy feed $50 into a machine within the space of 10 minutes, lost the lot, but the sad thing was that while playing, his face never flinched, no emotion, neither elation when he won a couple of spins, nor pain when he lost !! What a waste of part of his life.
 

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Sign up to gmail and such spam will stop overnight. You should still be able to keep your existing email address but set it up so everything incoming is diverted to gmail and it will chuck out the rubbish.

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Sign up to gmail and such spam will stop overnight. You should still be able to keep your existing email address but set it up so everything incoming is diverted to gmail and it will chuck out the rubbish.

Our rugby club email addresses are hosted by Google and I think their spam filters are far too aggressive. I need to check the spam folder for my account at least once a day as there is almost always something in there that should have got through.
 

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I answered one of those penis enlargement adverts last month

I used to dream of having an eight inch Penis.......................














..........................................................instead of this MONSTER


............................................it's just another cross I have to bear
 

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Local business went into receivership recently. Panned out that the lad who owned it had run up multiple £10,000 of debts .... gambling online.
Dangerous and destructive and needs curbing.

Bet he never .................

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Its something I can never forgive a labour government for..that and the Iraq war:coffee:
Gambling deregulation
Iraq and Afganistan wars
Green energy bill
PFI
Mass immigration
What a bunch of w@nkers that Liebour government was.
 
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Only ever backed one horse in my life
That was in the grand national
Me horse pulled just after the start
I lost not had a bet since

Only done the lottery since or euro millions
On odd occasions
At least I know I'm gonna lose and should I win
Well I'll have to think of something to buy
Bag of crisps or a new camper
My luck I'd just manage a Lego one

Never seen the point of gambling to be honest
Think they are in the same corale as loan sharks
Legal maybe immoral yes
 

DanielFord

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I do get the emails for p*nis enlargement and hair restorer so I do think they are audience targeted:(
For some reason I get loads offering breast augmentation, a female friend of mine gets the penis enlargement ones. We forward them to each other accordingly! :D

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One thing that we can be thankful to Gordon Brown for was to put the kibosh on Tony Blair's plan for a number of "Las Vagas" super casino cities. Blackpool was to be first. Well done son of the manse on that if nothing else.

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Griff be happy with the one you have got! you don"t know where they might put it.

I don't know where I've put it half the time, good job I tie a little bit of red cotton to it; bit like a leash. :rofl:

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Funny that this comes up right now ,I know an accountant who took over from another accountant doing a companies books ,anyhow the original accountant was found to be creaming off money ,on closer inspection it went into tens of thousands , the reason was that the individual was playing online bingo and her addiction was running wild, looks like the individual was spending 40k a year on bingo
 

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