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Topic: Do you feel sorry for Mr Badcock?

Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc started this discussion 4 months ago #129,417

"Sam Badcock was 23 when he lost £100 – a birthday gift from his brother – on a gambling machine"

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/sep/26/addicts-slot-machines-gambling-uk

Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc (OP) double-posted this 4 months ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #1,392,661

"I’d be working 10-12 hour shifts and if you were lucky they’d let you have a 10-minute fag break”

They sound like hellish places to work in.

Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 4 hours later, 4 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,392,665

Humans like their vices, but one could propose that it's a net negative on society for sure. I don't care if a local cork sniffer comes in and loses $5K, I do care about the poor tax and people ruining their lives though.

Oatmeal Fucker !BYUc1TwJMU joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 51 minutes later, 5 hours after the original post[^] [v] #1,392,671

At first you can say well, they choose to go in there. But I've known people who get caught by these machines and the suffering they cause.

I agree with him that there should be membership cards that can enforce exclusion and probably also a maximum monthly amount by law, maybe £200 a month.

Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 4 days later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,506

@1,392,661 (Father Dave !RsSxeehGwc)
Not as bad as TNK-BP

boof joined in and replied with this 4 months ago, 7 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^] [v] #1,393,526

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