https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/uk-high-street-betting-shops-to-reopen-april-12/ Latest Casino and Gaming News Wed, 07 Jul 2021 09:27:24 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4 https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/uk-high-street-betting-shops-to-reopen-april-12/#comment-60148 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 16:47:33 +0000 https://www.abouttanzanitejewelry.com/news/?p=165227#comment-60148 The betting shops are often depicted as dens of vice in the press, and I am old enough ot remember that before 1968 many of them were, but in modern times they are the social life of, particularly, isolated older males. They provided data on which to make bets, comfortable seating, soft drinks, live and recorded coverage of sporting events and the national news and clean toilet facilities. They also provide opportunities for those so inclined ot bet recklessly and it was their stories which tended to hit the headlines – or maybe not..Reading carefully those who had experienced financial crises due to gambling were mostly internet clients rather than betting shop visitors. Normal shop clients expect to lose and look on on occsional winning days as a welcome bonus. You have ot pay for your entertainment and you don’t expect to make a profit on pub, restaurant, cinema or club visits either. My big worry is that the reopening in April will come in with more bonkers rules about no seating (Actually that was illegal under disability discrimination law surely?) and even more cretinous, the toilets closed to prevent hand washing! I guess those who make the rules are geneally not bettingshop visitors?

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