Gambling sites are pos I asked yesterday on fan duel if there was a way I could turn off the casino feature because i mainly use the Sportsbook they closed my account fucking scum
When you lie with the dogs don’t be surprised when you get fleas.
I’m pretty sure they can’t turn off the casino, so they probably did it to protect you.
People often say to me that it’s great players can now open up about their struggles.
Can they really? I certainly wouldn’t encourage it
I’d honestly say the exact same about mental health. When a player opens up everybody will praise them for their bravery and honesty in the moment.
But the minute a discussion about something like being captain/crucial penalties comes up you can guarantee they’ll be a lot of people questioning wether they’re mentally strong enough.
That is mental health in general. A company will often hire a person with mental health problems to be seen as inclusive but as soon as they realise that PTSD and BPD are not some random letters but genuine diagnoseses that greatly affect their new emplyee they want nothing to with you :/
You can also say the same about any support for equality. Look at Hendo, shit that he went to Saudi which somewhat goes against his support, but at least he came out and talked about stuff in the first place, it doesn’t remove the fact that he supports lgbtq+ equality, isn’t homophobic, and is inclusive. There’s countless high profile players who have never made a statement either way on lgbtq+ equality etc and could just be homophobic, they don’t get jumped on for going to Saudi though. I’d rather have people speaking in the first place and for that reason I’ll always defend Hendo (somewhat, the way he’s dealt with it has been a bit shit).
But to get to the point no young players going to look at this and think, yeah it’s really worth speaking up for what I believe in, incase it goes south. And that’s all because of how everyone has treated Jordan.
I feel comparing the mentality to take a penalty vs mental health is weird
People laughed about Paul Mcgrath saying he’s won MOTM whilst drunk and he’s talking about it deadly serious about what a serious issue he had.
He was suicidal and played games with bandages on his wrists from slitting them.
should be noted that most advertisers routinely do this in anything they’re involved in
More importantly, he spoke about gambling subtraction.
If it’s that TalkTV show with a bunch of betting sponsors, why would Caulker want to work there in the first place? Not trying to victim-blame, but aren’t you practically working with these betting companies if you take up the job?
Gambling companies are parasites. They have a long history of trying to enticing people into betting, even giving them incentives with physical goods and extra free bets despite being fully aware they’re an addict.
Basketball is my favorite sport, and one day I was watching a game, when I saw a Fanduel commercial that said people who placed a bet could get 3 months of league pass after placing their first bet or something along those lines. I was honestly tempted to do it just because having league pass would beat the hassle of always needing to find a stream, but it hit me while I was watching that that is EXACTLY how people become problem gamblers. They entice you with something that you want outside of gambling, and once you start, you can’t stop. It’s been getting worse and worse, and it seems like it’s here to stay; NBA players can even invest in betting companies, it’s pushed in every single commercial, and it’s inescapable regardless of sport, Football, Basketball, American Football, etc. Gambling is super predatory, and I don’t trust it at all.
Back during covid with nothing to do, I was betting more than usual, nothing crazy but far more active than I’d been in years. 365 sent me a message in site about my activity basically a check in to make sure I know the warning signs of addiction as I was on the site quite a bit.
Less than 30 seconds after that message they gave me a £5 free bet so I could continue gambling…
I always rail against betting. I fucking hate it.
I have a mate who is always trying to get me to “just sign up” cuz this app is giving a free $50 bet and he’ll get a kickback for my registration, and he’ll just give that to me if I want. Or this app does this, etc etc. He’s not losing his home over his betting, he does small prop bets and shit and cashes out when he’s ahead, but it’s still fucking annoying, and clearly a minor addiction for him.
just pure extraction, has no tangible benefit to anyone apart from the bookies
Soccer Saturday being a six hour advert for skybet whilst Merson works on there turns me off as well.
ban gambling adds
Fuck this, his analysis is great too - seen him on inside spurs and he talks really well, would make a great pundit
gambling addition is nothing compared to gambling multiplication. Don’t even get me started on gambling exponentiation.
Ah our corporate overlord shows its blinking arsheole again
Checks out. Assholes
Utter bastards.
This is shameful of both bet365 and the TV company in question for bending to them.
Moments like this really show betting companies really don’t give 2 shits about the responsible gambling campaigns and only about £
May be unpopular opinion but i dont mind sin companies from advertising, as long as they concede that people are able to talk about them in a healthy way.
Steven Caulker should absolutely be able to talk about gambling addiction while Bet365 is a sponsor, just like an alcoholic or religious person can say they dont drink with Heineken as a sponsor.
Rejecting something that exists in the world completely is unhealthy. You need to be able to talk about it. So if the rules of the game prevented any right for sin companies to react if somebody says something against them, im all for it.