2006-12-01 12:22:43 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in News & Events ➔ Media & Journalism
yes I do
they entice you in with ridiculously easy q's & someone who keeps hitting redial could get into serious debt
why are they on every channel at this time of night?
it is just as bad as the leaflets drooping through your door, the banks, the store cards all desperate to lend you money so that they can rob your house when you can't pay back what you've borrowed
2006-12-01 12:26:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I just choose to not watch them, nor do I gamble on line and I routinely recycle any mail that is not personally addressed to me. There is a thing called 'free will', and if some people wish to participate in what is patently a scam then they should be allowed to. However I really do think that as it is a scam OFCOM should protect those people less than capable of realising that they are being ripped off.
2006-12-01 19:22:27 · answer #2 · answered by Wulff1e 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe they are being investigated - and about bloody time - apparently the complaint came only because some people called - despite there being a half hour or more silence on air with no one calling (all to encourage people to call to answer the "simple" questions) only to not make it on air...all random and strangely someone finally took offence - the findings will take forever and the answer will be a fudge - horrible horrible rip off merchants should be fined a fortune!
2006-12-02 06:06:36 · answer #3 · answered by Gilly S 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes.
but i doubt much will come of it.
curbed or regulated the UK is about 2 explode with a gambling habit.
the government aim 2 make a lot of tax from gambling.
where as when retail-outlets shut and a charity shop springs up in it's place, now it'll b a betting shop. and the decision on super-casinos is due this month.
gordon brown thinks it could plug a gap in the public coffers.
gambling is a nasty destructive habit, devastating families and should b discouraged, so trust New Labour 2 want it!
2006-12-01 16:50:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
most definitely. not only are there too many of them and they are crap, some of them are probably broadcasting illegally and the people in charge don't have proper licences to run them
2006-12-02 23:59:05 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
OMG ....I work nights and they are on almost every channel ! They are abysmal .... and yes they should be investigated !!
2006-12-01 12:30:57 · answer #6 · answered by jizzumonkey 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋