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All Bets R Off – Facebook group
I was reading Peter Fitzsimons’ column in the SMH online this morning, and he made mention of a Facebook group called All Bets R Off. It’s for people who “think that the insidious nature of sports gambling getting into live sports broadcasts, sports shows and sports coverage generally has gone way too far.” A worthy cause indeed, and one I’ve ranted about here.
June 21st, 2010 on 8:54 pm
I’m a sport enthusiast and greyhound form analysist who believes that gambling is taking over in extremeties beyond belief.
The increased amount of gambling advertisement is nothing short of amazing. Simply look at the Herald Sun and in the last 5 pages there is on average 3 gambling adverts.
Then you have the Herald Sun editorials condeming the Government for allowing extra pokie machines…….. Opps.
I am a gambler, but I also realise that playing pokie machines is ridiculous. Why you would play a game where the odds are stupendous as against the payout is beyond me. There are much better forms of gambling out there.
But we know it isn’t about the realisation of chance. It is about the entry into a new world that you can be whoever you want to be.