| William Hill to close 700 shops 10:45 - Jul 4 with 1964 views | Highjack |
4500 jobs at risk, they are blaming it on a loss of revenue due to the governments laws on maximum stake gambling on the fixed odds machines.
No mention of brexit yet. |  |
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| William Hill to close 700 shops on 10:57 - Jul 4 with 1936 views | sainthelens |
The amount of profit this fobt must have generated in approx 10 years, gotta feel sorry for the guys who'll lose their jobs. Where's the money gone? |  | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 11:23 - Jul 4 with 1894 views | Highjack |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 10:57 - Jul 4 by sainthelens |
The amount of profit this fobt must have generated in approx 10 years, gotta feel sorry for the guys who'll lose their jobs. Where's the money gone? |
Shareholders. | |
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| William Hill to close 700 shops on 14:02 - Jul 4 with 1779 views | blackpooljack |
I worked for these lot for over 10 years and rightly feel sorry for the staff but as for the company and upper management they have got just what they deserved, utter utter greed. |  | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 15:06 - Jul 4 with 1741 views | trinityann |
Another victim to the internet for the high street. The odds in the shops are poor compared to online. Even if you done a small football accumulator on the weekend your gain so much value if you know where the best odds are. | | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 15:15 - Jul 4 with 1724 views | Gwyn737 |
You'd have to imagine it's another case of the online experience taking over. | | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 17:51 - Jul 4 with 1614 views | taffpunk |
A combination of the machine gambling reductions and the popularity of online betting. Inevitable really. | |
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| William Hill to close 700 shops on 18:38 - Jul 4 with 1585 views | Whiterockin |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 15:15 - Jul 4 by Gwyn737 |
You'd have to imagine it's another case of the online experience taking over. |
And all those thoughtless football clubs advertising them on their shirts. |  | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 09:10 - Jul 7 with 1389 views | Nookiejack |
Apparently William Hill himself was against legalised betting shops.
“When the UK legalized betting shops, effective May 1, 1961, he was outspoken against them. He went as far as calling them a cancer on society that preyed on the working man. In his opinion, betting was a recreational activity and competition for those who could afford it”
https://www.gamblingsites.org/history/william-hill/ | | | |
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| William Hill to close 700 shops on 09:18 - Jul 7 with 1382 views | Nookiejack |
You must have no empathy for fellow human beings to have unleashed these crack cosine of gambling machines on the high street. Especially in poor areas.
To have research departments where you make these machines as addictive as possible.
From attached article looks note the pawn shops sprouting up next to them.
https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jan/22/fobt-thre
How do you look yourself in the mirror as a greedy executive preying on vulnerable people and resultant damage on their families. | | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 09:20 - Jul 7 with 1376 views | Gowerjack |
Mugs game. |  |
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| William Hill to close 700 shops on 10:41 - Jul 9 with 1213 views | controversial_jack |
Gambling is just another of many addictions.The vast majority do it sensibly without coming to any harm whatsoever, it's just a minority that take it to the extreme | | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 11:16 - Jul 9 with 1199 views | AlfieMooresSon |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 15:06 - Jul 4 by trinityann |
Another victim to the internet for the high street. The odds in the shops are poor compared to online. Even if you done a small football accumulator on the weekend your gain so much value if you know where the best odds are. |
Exactly competition there are millions of online bookies now. | | | |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 11:46 - Jul 9 with 1189 views | Nookiejack |
| William Hill to close 700 shops on 10:41 - Jul 9 by controversial_jack |
Gambling is just another of many addictions.The vast majority do it sensibly without coming to any harm whatsoever, it's just a minority that take it to the extreme |
That’s a fair comment you can just imagine though the research departments of these FOBT operators. Doing everything in designing these machines to create a buzz (adrenaline rush) every say 30 seconds.
In the old days there would be at least 15 mins between each horse race - so sometimes had time to reassess when going through a bad run.
Today there is continuous action, live horse and greyhound racing, virtual horse and greyhound racing, countless lotteries and FOBT machines.
Continuous action - adrenaline rush every few seconds if you want it. Hence how they then prey on one’s addiction. | | | |
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