“ha ha ha nice one Kelly's Eye!”

“Gambling addiciton is as serious as any other addiciton, my brother is a gambling addict, and after 1 failed marriage due to this he is close to his 2nd marriage breakdown despite all of this he still gambles.

My brother is a very intelligent man, very well educated, well respected too, but cannot control his addiction, it may just be a matter of time before he ends up doing something illegal, the root cause is to look at the psychological issues of gambling addiction and not just put people away in jail as a result of theft etc, surely any thinking person can see that the root cause must be tackled otherwise we end up with people being released with the same issues and reoffending.

Regards
Frank”

“Lol...... George - by your own admission, you're not an addict so how can you possibly have any reality from an addicts perspective. I fully understand why a none-addict would express a similar point of view to yours - and in return it would be nice if none-addicts could perhaps at least try to understand that it is a very different story when you do have an addiction. There are no right or wrong opinions/views on this subject - just different perceptions and realities, and that's great, because hearing those different points of view helps to give us choice. I would ask (George) that you re-read my comment...... I, for one, do not BLAME tv etc for addiction - I merely pointed out that adverts etc don't help matters.”

“I like to have a drink and have a gamble but I'm not an addict because I'm not an idiot or a thief, I know when to stop.
According to some of you, the telly's to blame for you being addicts because they advertise these things ?, what utter nonsense, it's because you've no self control or discipline.
Typical of people who are in the wrong to try & blame everything or everyone else instead of looking in the mirror at themselves.
Drug users are not addicted to the drugs before they take them are they ?, they're just idiots for taking the stuff in the 1st place.”

“Its ok saying a fool and there money are soon parted. Its when its someone elses the problems occure”

“More cases like this will need to go through the courts before the government will latch on to the fact that gambling is as bad an addiction as Drugs, Cigarettes and Alcohol can be...... and advertising bingo, poker and casinos on the TV is absolutely wrong! I fell into the gambling trap and it took me 15 years to stop. I'm not "stupid" - I have a degree in engineering! It started out as a social thing (bingo) and ended up with me losing thousands of pounds to online casinos . I know how hard it can be to understand how someone can be affected by gambling in this way - I've heard many people say "why don't you just stop?" - and the answer is exactly the same as it is for the millions of people who smoke, drink and take drugs........ I can't!. To compound matters further, there is an acute lack of support for people who have a gambling problem - you go into a doctors surgery and there are posters all around with telephone numbers of organisations who can help with alcohol, drug and tobacco addictions....... where are the posters offering the same service to gamblers?? As with other addictions, I personally had to hit rock bottom before I could "recover" - It was a frightening and lonely place to be. Frightening because of my own thoughts - lonely because unlike drugs, alcohol and tobacco addicts, gamblers can generally continue with their addiction completely undetected - no-one gets to know about it. We certainly don't admit it, we don't "smell" differently as a smoker would if he had a sly fag, we don't smell of alcohol, and we don't suffer the noticeable effects of drug abuse. Gambling is a silent killer. It kills self confidence and self esteem, it destroys families and friendships, it often leads to the death of the victims career, and it signifies certain death to the finances of the addict. So PLEASE, all you people sitting on the outside who either don't gamble, have the occassional flutter or can happily go to a casino once in a blue moon with £30 and just enjoy a great night out, please don't judge those of us who have crossed over to the dark side and struggled to find our way back - we are only human and make mistakes like all others, and if you're genuinely willing to help we'll be happy to accept. THE GOOD NEWS........ is that it can be beaten but you have to learn how. I know - I've done it.”

“George, you obviously dont understand addiction addicts have no choice they are compelled to gamble.”

“How is it a scam Mary ?
If people had half a brain cell they wouldn't go anywhere near these sites, but as they say "a fool & his/her money are easily parted".
She only has herself to blame for being a "thief", nobody else.”

“the companies that run these scams are at fault they know how addictive it is and play on that to get people hooked, i for one feel sorry for her.”

“I thought bingo was a place to go for those sweet ,old ,grey haired ladies who loved to blow all their pension money every week?do these ladies know about the online bingo or do they just love turning into nasty spiteful,snarling old bags clutching on to their bingo cards and markers when they see someone sat it their chair?”