Why is the Government pushing them, havent we got enough problems without creating more, there must already be enough small Casino's to satisfy the craving for gambling why build these things
2007-01-29 20:28:10 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Games & Recreation ➔ Gambling
The changes to the law are more than just 'Super casinos' and will help protect people from the lottery and on-line gaming.
Scratch cards do more financial damage to low income households than casinos in most countries where they are legal.
The old 1968 law has no provision for player protection, for example it doesn't even mention pathological gambling.
So an update is needed. The issue of if anyone 'needs' a super casino is as usual one of hype.
Casinos of this size exist all over the World but normally in areas where there is a gaming 'hub' eg. Atlantic City or Las Vegas. One on it's own will possibly not work properly and it will certainly be nagged to death by the media and NGO's with a fund to raise. As for the existing small British casinos they are out of date product wise, give terrible customer service (if you have a virtual monopoly why be 'nice') and have had no true competition for years.
Some of the negative comments you hear in the media are planted there by current license holders who want to keep the pie for themselves. So from today, I think they are living in interesting times!
2007-01-30 00:21:17 · answer #1 · answered by stephen t 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Britain is a free country. If there is a market for larger casinos I don't see why there should be a problem building them. Frankly I don't see why the government is dictating how large a casino is allowed to be and where it may be built. Who cares if they build ten of them? They will only stay in business if people want to go to them. If people want them, who are the government to make some 'moral' ruling that people can't.
Britain has a culture of gambling. There is a bookie in every town, major towns have a casino, most pubs have fruit/slot machines, most clubs have high payout slot machines. The lottery is huge, more than 23 million people own premium bonds. So with a clear public interest in gambling, there is no reason to restrict it so strictly.
2007-01-30 00:20:00 · answer #2 · answered by ZCT 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's stupid. It'll create more gambling addicts and more chaos. We're not exactly the quietest country, you'd think Mr.Blair would realise the best thing to do would be to stay chilled out for a while instead of causing all this hoo-haa. I don't know. Sometimes I think that I, a 16 year old girl, could run the country better than that muppet.
2007-01-29 20:32:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes because Gordon Brown needs to screw more taxes out of us. If he doesn't get it from gamblers he will have to get it from the rest of us. Build it and build it fast!
2007-01-29 20:31:50 · answer #4 · answered by Reg Tedious 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Because i think that the government just enjoys making honest hardworking people poorer while the fat cats just get richer.
2007-01-29 20:41:36 · answer #5 · answered by Mike B 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
This will attract big high rollers from all over the world to UK. It is free money from wealthy people and will be good for local economy.
2007-01-29 20:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Bill H 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
I know now they want to put them in small probity towns
2007-01-30 12:57:55 · answer #7 · answered by yessy yes no 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and their talking about putting one in Blackpool! isn't there enough gambling places there?!
2007-01-29 20:30:31 · answer #8 · answered by sofinalou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so people can loose their money super fast, and the government can make MORE money super fast.
2007-01-29 20:30:54 · answer #9 · answered by lilmthead 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No bad idea
2007-01-29 20:35:48 · answer #10 · answered by richardwales79 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋