People of the UK overwhelmingly support increasing tax on gambling. Government response? 'Sorry, my friends in the gambling lobby wont let me'

When I raised a complaint about an adult gaming centre, my local authority immediately escalated it to the gambling commission. The gambling commission weren't interested. Now they want to blame local authorities for their own lack of action. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Venue managers at Merkur Slots earn a bonus of up to 80% of their salary for exploiting vulnerable people. Grim. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

I was already unhappy about having to verify to be allowed access to my inbox. Surely this is taking the piss though? 😂

This is outstanding.

There are more places to gamble on the high street than there are GP surgeries. A chicken shop would be inspected every year. Why are we allowing these places to behave with impunity on our high streets? 19 inspections is absurd. www.thetimes.com/article/camp...

Considering having a living hedge installed? Probably avoid this guy. If this is how he behaves on his business account, in public, imagine what he's like when he thinks no one is listening?

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Nice to have the support of Andy Burnham! www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Orchestrated campaign?? Well funded? No. Just victims of these companies telling their stories.

There's no malicious, well funded campaign. Just individuals who have suffered at the hands of Merkur Slots and others like them telling their stories. Instead of cleaning up their act, they've decided to attack and blame the victims. www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...

This sentencing remark from a judge to a drug dealer could very easily apply to adult gaming centres, and slots in general.

Merkur slots back in the spotlight. Same venue, same licence breaches, another gambling commission investigation. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Possibly the best £4 I've ever spent. Invincible ball is apparently loads of fun.

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Good news! If most people play at 30p per spin, there's really no need to increase the number of £2 per spin machines. Unless the gambling industry isn't being honest... www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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This lunatic has been out for a total of 5 miles over 2 walkies, plus an hour of charging round the garden the second it stopped raining, and still found the time to rip all the stuffing out of her bed.

Gambling - an industry that in many forms is doing enormous damage to individuals and communities www.ft.com/content/66f8...

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#BigTobacco - the merchants of death don't give up easily www.thetimes.com/life-style/p...

My mum was sucked in by a slots venue while undergoing cancer treatment. She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have. Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change. Please sign my petition to make it happen you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...

My first bluesky post ever... Today we went live enoughgambling.com - people with lived experience and the things that seem to be missed when Gambling reforms are discussed. We are looking at land based operators. We don't need any more !

We've had enough of 24 hour slot farms. Join us and make your voice heard. Let your mp know you've had enoughgambling.com

As someone who fell into online #gambling while a #carer, I’m shocked at venues popping up in our towns, promoting bingo, inside it’s a slot machine cave. It could and is happening all over the country, it needs to be curbed. Please take a moment to listen, read and sign ✍️ enoughgambling.com

Yes, with no accountability and people can’t go anywhere to resolve a complaint as there’s no duty of care, no ombudsman and even ADR businesses can’t deal with certain things. Meanwhile, the gambling commission also doesn’t deal with complaints. The fox is left in charge of the chicken coup 💯

Gambling - an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals and communities. This has to be treated as a #PublicHealth crisis www.itv.com/news/2025-04...

Manchester council have a decision to make this morning. Do they allow ANOTHER 24 hour slot farm in Manchester? One that's already been fined by the regulator, that no one wants, or do they take a stand and reject it?

Why doesn't the government tax slot machines properly? £1.23 billion, just in betting shops.

Staff in adult gaming centres are trained to recognise harmful gambling. They're also trained to encourage it, with free brews, and even pizza ovens in some places. This isn’t a lack of training, it's greed from the companies. sbcnews.co.uk/retail/2025/...

IBAS directing people to the #gambling commission, who don’t deal with the issue, then tell you to take your complaint to the operator-this is absolutely daft, this page is daft. People are left with no where to turn and probably give up unless they want to pay legal fees. We do need an #ombudsman

Merkur slots in at number 30 on the list of companies who exploit their staff by failing to pay minimum wage. Adult gaming centres made £462 million last year, just from the £2 per spin machines.

Another fine for landbased gambling premises. As usual, social responsibility and anti money laundering failures. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-regis...

Front of shirt gambling sponsorship is soon to be banned. About time, but what about the rest of it?

📢 BREAKING: An investigation by CEGA has found illegal gambling websites promoted by @evertonfc.com and Leicester City FC are still easily accessible to British Consumers, a month after the Gambling Commission warned them of potential prosecution if found to be the case...

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This is incredibly disappointing. The landbased gambling industry is already out of control. Government policy is now clear- we should allow more high stake harmful slot machines operating 24 hours a day on our high streets. This isn’t growth, it's exploitation. £2 a spin is £2880 an hour.

Thanks @racingtv.com for having me on today. Those interested in reducing gambling harm can align with those wanting to defend horse racing by joining growing calls for separate wallets and platforms for online casino and slots

The secrecy of special measures that allows operators, like Betfair, to avoid regulatory action is completely inadequate and allows for deaths to occur. I have now launched a judical review claim to challange the GC's decision not to investigate Betfair. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

“The whole situation with Luke was completely avoidable... You start to see these errors allowing for deaths to occur and lessons are not being learned at all” – @annieashton2705.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

2024 marked 70 years since the tobacco industry, faced with mounting evidence of the harm caused by its products, issued their “Frank Statement” to smokers reassuring them that the link between smoking and lung cancer was yet to be proven.🧵

Merkur slots fined £100k for their exploitation of my terminally ill mum. It doesn't go far enough, but it's a start. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

BREAKING: Following our complaint about illegal marketing, the notorious multi-national gambling operator STAKE will be leaving the UK market. Good riddance. But this will do little to change a system that facilitates predatory gambling ads. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/news/article...

My friends son has lost his life. Please help if you can. gofund.me/dcf192d8

In 2022 the coroner at Jack Ritchie's inquest wrote to multiple gov depts highlighting what needed to happen to prevent future gambling deaths. How many lives could've been saved if the coroner's advice had been acted on? www.thetimes.com/uk/healthcar...

No adult gaming centre follows their social responsibility code of practice Admiral have been fined for the 2nd time for their online activity, and yet we allow them to open more and more high street venues, with no oversight. Completely unregulated. www.gamblingcommission.gov.uk/public-regis...