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Same with estate agents.

They should ban gambling apps while they're at it. Some blokes I work with are constantly betting on things. The conversations they have are basically "first goalscorer, final score, how many goals and so on." All I can think is "how much money are you wasting?"

Dude, that's why we call them 'Douche Flutes'.

Vapes: When the AI robot overlords want a blowjob, you'll be well practiced.

Imagine being able to smile like that while living off the proceeds of other people's misery and addiction. I'd say it takes a special type of person to do that.

Agreed 👍 Good not only for the human gambling addicts, but also for the number of animals' lives that could be saved if nobody gambled on races or fights is enormous!

And alcohol

Here (Aust.) the Govt put gory photos on packs, so smokers bought cases. Then they labelled them all in khaki so the colourful familiar logos vanished. Smokers still bought. Studies reported some degree of health outcomes tho. Totally agree with you on the betting advertising; most is banned here.

In fairness, the general look of the customers going in and out of these shops has worked wonders for putting me off ever going in. Never seen a single one looking like one of life's winners.

The shouted government warning at the end of the jokey laddish betting ads in Australia are good:- "Chances are you're about to lose." "Imagine what you could be buying instead."

How someone could go bankrupt owning your own casino once is a serious fail. Doing it 3 times though, well he's not the businessman he thinks he is.

Ban advertising for it too

This would be hard to pull off, but I think we could ban ads where someone wins every time. Perhaps they should reflect the actual odds. Slot machine that takes a hundred spins to pay out? Sure! But show every last one in your ad

We could always just reinstate the tax on betting. Maybe set it at say, 80-90%? It must be one of the only industries that relies entirely on an openly rigged system to gain vast profits.

We currently having to attend church because we are playing the game to get our kid into the local good secondary school. So, yeah, we take our kids to a building with a gigantic statue of a man being tortured to death every Sunday morning while the vicar tells them they are sinners. Healthy stuff.

You don't need to drink 20 a day for 30 years or eat 20 rashers a day for 30 years to develop cancer. Everyone is different. Also, it's the sodium nitrite (or celery salt) in them which reacts with the meat that makes them carcinogenic. Remove that and you're good.

100% this.

Racking the tax up by 900% (like they have with cigs) on a flutter would also do the trick.

100% 👍🏻