Ban Fixed Odds Betting Terminals from the highstreet Petition: Signature List Feed http://www.gopetition.com/signatures/ban-fixed-odds-betting-terminals-from-the-highstreet.html Online petition signatures en-us Sat, 18 Apr 2026 09:08 UTC GoPetition RSS Feed Generator Copyright 2026 GoPetition mr stewart bain [Signature #108] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18649611?utm_medium=rss Thu, 12 Mar 2015 12:45:54 UTC 18649611 miss Deborah munroe [Signature #107] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18126648?utm_medium=rss These machines ruin lives, I have seen it happen too many times, I used to work in a betting shop and seen people at rock bottom through gambling on these machines, also from a personal side they have ruined two members of my family's lives resulting in one of them losing their house!!!

]]> Tue, 11 Nov 2014 03:46:28 UTC 18126648 Mr Christopher Wright [Signature #106] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/18083085?utm_medium=rss The Machines are fixed and highly addictive, they destroy lives of the addicted as well as their families. the only places these things should be are casinos

]]> Thu, 30 Oct 2014 05:45:57 UTC 18083085 mrs Anonymous [Signature #105] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17673154?utm_medium=rss Tue, 29 Jul 2014 06:07:13 UTC 17673154 Mr Patrick Davidson [Signature #104] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17601470?utm_medium=rss Thu, 10 Jul 2014 05:46:04 UTC 17601470 Mr Lewis James [Signature #103] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/17240612?utm_medium=rss These machines have ruined
Many lives leading to depression and even suicide. They need to be banned. Forget the income that the government earns in tax through fixed odds bettin terminals, this amount is nothing compared to amount spent on tackling the crime that these machines evoke.

]]> Thu, 1 May 2014 01:59:15 UTC 17240612 Mr Adrian Parkinson [Signature #102] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16463957?utm_medium=rss Sun, 22 Dec 2013 11:44:29 UTC 16463957 mr Anonymous [Signature #101] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/16454993?utm_medium=rss Ban these I know a few people who are very addicted I have also spent £1000s on these they are not a good thing well for the bookmakers yes.

]]> Fri, 20 Dec 2013 12:17:14 UTC 16454993 mr yilmaz kaymak [Signature #100] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15633666?utm_medium=rss Fri, 9 Aug 2013 01:27:26 UTC 15633666 Mr David Few [Signature #99] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15531191?utm_medium=rss These terminals cause nothing but misery and despair. Everyone I see who plays them, myself included losses control. You only have to see the amount of bookmakers that keep popping up in such close proximity if each other so the're is more FOBT's as proof.

]]> Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:44:25 UTC 15531191 Mr Anonymous [Signature #98] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15391429?utm_medium=rss these machines are disgusting and should be outlawed if 1000s of jobs are at risk it shows why bookies dont want to lose the massive profits they make ..they are exceptionally addictive ..

]]> Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:13:07 UTC 15391429 Mr David Few [Signature #97] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/15124703?utm_medium=rss FOBT's target the poor and are highly addictive. You lose Control completely when playing them and they cause misery to tens of thousands of people in this country. Myself included.

]]> Wed, 24 Apr 2013 07:13:47 UTC 15124703 mr Anonymous [Signature #96] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14957123?utm_medium=rss addictive ban them

]]> Fri, 22 Mar 2013 07:51:24 UTC 14957123 Mr Anonymous [Signature #95] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14375549?utm_medium=rss I work in a bookmakers and watched a OAP put £2000 in a FOBT today and it make me feel physically sick, I spoke to the man afterwards and he has had three strokes in a year and it put me close to tears, the man obviously was chasing his loses and it is like crack cocaine if you lose. I hate them and they've ruined bookmaking.

]]> Wed, 9 Jan 2013 05:38:20 UTC 14375549 Mr Clive Sherman [Signature #94] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14271553?utm_medium=rss Sat, 22 Dec 2012 01:31:44 UTC 14271553 mr sam hubball [Signature #93] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14187478?utm_medium=rss I work at a bookmakers in a city centre and see the damage these machines do to peoples' lives. They should be only available in casinos and not have 5 or 6 bookies in a city having 4 machines in each mqking gambling a problem and compulsion for many and especially in deprived areas.

]]> Wed, 5 Dec 2012 01:28:22 UTC 14187478 mr oliver dale [Signature #92] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14163252?utm_medium=rss Machines ruined my life. Straight A student reduced to an addicted mess thanks to these fobt's and online varients. Should be banned, self exclusion does not work. A system should be in place protecting players, for instance a site where gamblers sign up who never wish to gamble again, betting companies should recieve this list and not let them play ever. writing this all I can think of is pissing more money up the wall, Iknow I shouldn't but i still do it....

]]> Thu, 29 Nov 2012 06:23:41 UTC 14163252 mr adam kelly [Signature #91] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14143437?utm_medium=rss These FOBT are very addictive, from experience the same people are playing and losing every week. Every Friday they get paid, and go home skint.... Evil

]]> Tue, 27 Nov 2012 07:18:21 UTC 14143437 mr jamie paterson [Signature #90] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14124143?utm_medium=rss i hate fobts

]]> Sat, 24 Nov 2012 07:44:05 UTC 14124143 Me Russell Coverdale [Signature #89] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14054241?utm_medium=rss Wed, 7 Nov 2012 02:18:31 UTC 14054241 mr chris rose [Signature #88] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14045132?utm_medium=rss Mon, 5 Nov 2012 09:12:48 UTC 14045132 Mr Joshua FOrden [Signature #87] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/14018195?utm_medium=rss Ban FOBT's they are having a negative effect on society and they have no redeeming qualities other than causing despair amongst gamblers.

]]> Tue, 30 Oct 2012 06:45:37 UTC 14018195 mr john mcconville [Signature #86] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13921133?utm_medium=rss Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:14:06 UTC 13921133 ben white [Signature #85] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13719388?utm_medium=rss I have almost lost my bisness I cant pay my rent i have never been addictid to any thing but I have lost this though fobs , I agree they should not be avalable on the high streety

]]> Sun, 9 Sep 2012 04:51:33 UTC 13719388 Mr Carlos Attafuah [Signature #84] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13639453?utm_medium=rss I have seen families being split up , people committing suicides due to this very addictive and unfair machines that are flooding all the bookies at the moment. You cannot just walk into a shop and just bet without being tempted by these machines. As an insider i know these machines are rigged heavily in favor of the bookies . Please in these times of austerity, we do not need these elements in our society.

]]> Thu, 30 Aug 2012 03:36:51 UTC 13639453 Mr David Brooks [Signature #83] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13496219?utm_medium=rss I've seen FOBTs from both points of view. I've been a betting shop manager for over 5 years and have seen them create nothing but pain, misery and frustration for people. I have also been somebody who become hooked themselves a while ago and lost thousands of pounds so i am in a better position than an most (particulary MPs who have never set foot in a LBO) to voice an opinion on this "cancer" - and i use the word "cancer" strongly because that is the most suitable word. What is the point in the law saying you can only have 4 FOBTS in a LBO when there is a shop 20yards away with another 4? Without question the most dangerous aspect is the ability to be able to load cash on with your debit card - if they must stay then they should be cash only (as should all gambling in my opinion) it is the only way people can keep a reality check on what they are losing. I would like to point out that the economy would be no worse off because the thousands that we have all lost would most certainly have been spent on mortgages, holidays, home furnishings, cars etc etc. Jeremy HUnt - Act NOW

]]> Tue, 7 Aug 2012 03:51:09 UTC 13496219 mr Anonymous [Signature #82] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13495738?utm_medium=rss Ban these they are ruining my life, as soon as i get money its all gone on these, no matter what, ive never gambled before i was introduced to these things. I work in a professional role, and no its easy for people to say"dont go in the shop", but these fobt are so hypnotic, so easy to become addicted. BAN THEM NOW

]]> Tue, 7 Aug 2012 01:43:42 UTC 13495738 Mr Yolando De abajo [Signature #81] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13492274?utm_medium=rss Please please ban these machines cancer on are society

]]> Mon, 6 Aug 2012 02:33:06 UTC 13492274 mr michael woodburn [Signature #80] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13454811?utm_medium=rss the addicitveness of these is terrible building new shops in poor areas

]]> Tue, 31 Jul 2012 06:39:36 UTC 13454811 Mr Alistair Smith [Signature #79] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/13175354?utm_medium=rss Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:04:42 UTC 13175354 Mr William Burnett [Signature #78] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12748847?utm_medium=rss They are scandalous,just goes to show how greedy the bookmakers, and the goverment are they should be banned immediatley

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 07:25:57 UTC 12748847 Mr Ross Buchanan [Signature #77] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12684503?utm_medium=rss YOu may be lucky enough to have avoided these things but I haven't. It could be a loved one next, these machines create gamblers, not enable them

]]> Fri, 4 May 2012 08:03:58 UTC 12684503 mr philip parkyn [Signature #76] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12672164?utm_medium=rss Thu, 3 May 2012 05:57:09 UTC 12672164 Mr Mike Wilkins [Signature #75] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12432817?utm_medium=rss Have got fed up with being conned by the so-called random nature ob the cursed machines.

]]> Sat, 24 Mar 2012 06:18:59 UTC 12432817 Shohil Pravlit [Signature #74] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12409994?utm_medium=rss Tue, 20 Mar 2012 03:30:31 UTC 12409994 mr Naveed Butt [Signature #73] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12403524?utm_medium=rss Ban the crack cocaine of gambling!!!

]]> Mon, 19 Mar 2012 05:06:06 UTC 12403524 Miss Katie Eve [Signature #72] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12353558?utm_medium=rss Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:27:55 UTC 12353558 Mr Jamie Thornton [Signature #71] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12353546?utm_medium=rss These machines are a menace to society and are particularly addictive compared to other forms of gambling.

]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2012 07:26:01 UTC 12353546 MR JONATHAN KEIZER [Signature #70] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12294989?utm_medium=rss these machine give the impression that you are playing roulette...infact you are playing a machine with a predetermined result which is according to you stake/win loss from previous games etc Roulette is a RANDOM Game which has does Not have a predetirminded Result when played in a Casino UNLIKE THESE TERMINALS
The bookmakers are also misleading their customers that they are playing a random game which these terminals are NOT

]]> Thu, 1 Mar 2012 06:06:47 UTC 12294989 mr Anonymous [Signature #69] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/12217829?utm_medium=rss Fri, 17 Feb 2012 02:33:22 UTC 12217829 Mr Dominick Mcgowan [Signature #68] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11996136?utm_medium=rss Sat, 14 Jan 2012 08:06:22 UTC 11996136 mr Anonymous [Signature #67] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11855209?utm_medium=rss Thu, 15 Dec 2011 05:11:33 UTC 11855209 Mr Mark Mc Court [Signature #66] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11828561?utm_medium=rss I want these machines banned as they are destroying lives!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Sat, 10 Dec 2011 08:31:43 UTC 11828561 Simon Wood [Signature #65] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11808456?utm_medium=rss Ban on FOBTS - Very accessible and very addicitve. Follow the irish government, Please.

]]> Tue, 6 Dec 2011 04:52:29 UTC 11808456 Mr Anup Tejura [Signature #64] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11701078?utm_medium=rss Sun, 20 Nov 2011 04:28:42 UTC 11701078 Mr Nick Smith [Signature #63] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11518006?utm_medium=rss ban these bloodsucking evil things

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 09:35:15 UTC 11518006 mr peter fernandes [Signature #62] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11517672?utm_medium=rss These machines are the crack cocaine of gambling too many youngsters are now hooked on them. They destroy lives because they are addictive.

]]> Tue, 15 Nov 2011 08:24:23 UTC 11517672 ms dawn zabojskyj [Signature #61] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11337386?utm_medium=rss Ban these evil machines NOW !!!

]]> Mon, 17 Oct 2011 11:47:47 UTC 11337386 mr paul rourke [Signature #60] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11216483?utm_medium=rss Since these fobt were put in betting shops an so easy to get to they took over an ruined my life an my mental state of. Mind. Please take them off our streets for good

]]> Mon, 26 Sep 2011 07:35:15 UTC 11216483 mr robert cunningham [Signature #59] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11213063?utm_medium=rss i have seen my life pretty much destroyed due to these machines and would love to see them banned

]]> Sun, 25 Sep 2011 10:35:14 UTC 11213063 mr michael beckinsale [Signature #58] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11096423?utm_medium=rss Fobt m/cs are taking more than a little entertainment money off people . Can anyone really justify taking thousands off anyone , even if it was given to them on a plate . Obviously something wrong !

]]> Wed, 31 Aug 2011 08:28:54 UTC 11096423 Mr Nicholas Smith [Signature #57] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11056892?utm_medium=rss ban them, they are like crack cocaine to gamblers

]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2011 03:16:02 UTC 11056892 mr aneil kumar [Signature #56] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/11001275?utm_medium=rss We urge the powers be to look into FOBT in betting shops. They should be illegal as they do not fit into the fair game categary of the gaming industry. they are actually in affect looting money of vulnerable people . The machines supposedly uses random number generators that is highly doubtful. I have suffered considerably by these machines and now would not want anybody entering may shoes.

]]> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:19:06 UTC 11001275 mr david jones [Signature #55] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10891595?utm_medium=rss fixed odds betting terminals cause nothing but misery and destroys peoples lifes, they should be banned.

]]> Fri, 22 Jul 2011 09:31:42 UTC 10891595 Mr Bradley Wain [Signature #54] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10822667?utm_medium=rss These machines within 10 years will become a bigger epidemic than any form of drug. They will cripple the youth of Britain and have knock on effects which will see increases in Crime such as armed robbery to fuel the addiction. Suicide rates will also increase. Im speaking from experience!!!

]]> Fri, 8 Jul 2011 06:02:58 UTC 10822667 mr colin edge [Signature #53] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10729346?utm_medium=rss These machines are destroying lives on a daily basis and need far stronger regulating and definitely need removing from our high streets

]]> Thu, 23 Jun 2011 07:38:48 UTC 10729346 mr john mcconville [Signature #52] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10681158?utm_medium=rss Tue, 14 Jun 2011 03:53:41 UTC 10681158 Mr Matt Conti [Signature #51] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10442712?utm_medium=rss Utter poisoin, if there is any social concsience left in this country then act now - they are breaking people

]]> Thu, 12 May 2011 07:11:52 UTC 10442712 Mr Anonymous [Signature #50] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10345474?utm_medium=rss I have spent over £30,000 in 7 years on this addiction. My previous betting my limited to £1 a week on football. The Fobt have ruined my life, self-exclusion doesn't work. Please ban the for the sake of the British public.

]]> Fri, 29 Apr 2011 11:42:31 UTC 10345474 Mr Jack ilner [Signature #49] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10267767?utm_medium=rss Mon, 18 Apr 2011 03:10:52 UTC 10267767 Mr Anonymous [Signature #48] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10255645?utm_medium=rss Sun, 17 Apr 2011 07:47:47 UTC 10255645 Mr Paul Michaelides [Signature #47] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10145355?utm_medium=rss Sun, 3 Apr 2011 04:58:21 UTC 10145355 Mr Paul Brown [Signature #46] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/10030461?utm_medium=rss People are sufferung greatly with these FOBT's

]]> Sun, 20 Mar 2011 01:53:42 UTC 10030461 mr jonpaul wright [Signature #45] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9722209?utm_medium=rss please ban these this is causing lots of social unrest and problem gambling epidemic is rising considerably

]]> Sun, 20 Feb 2011 01:41:36 UTC 9722209 Mr Andrew Hall [Signature #44] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9712229?utm_medium=rss Sat, 19 Feb 2011 09:30:06 UTC 9712229 Mr Anonymous [Signature #43] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9607985?utm_medium=rss FOBT terminals have ruined my life where I can't walk past a machine without putting every penny I owe in them. Im hard working and have no other vice's but this is putting me tousands in debt.

Please Please ban them for everyone's sake

]]> Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:19:53 UTC 9607985 mr ashley allen [Signature #42] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9481243?utm_medium=rss These machines should definetely be banned, im convinced that they are all pre determined, and not random, they work in the same concept as a fruit machine. roulette should stay in the casinos where you have a 100% safe chance of winning. and not banking that the machine is in a gd mood to pay you out, im infore these dirty things to be banned immedietly. they can not be trusted and get you more and more addicted.

]]> Wed, 2 Feb 2011 08:18:54 UTC 9481243 mr steve wilson [Signature #41] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9416285?utm_medium=rss youre killing peoples lifes with these evil machines! why the hell have you got them on the high street!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

]]> Thu, 27 Jan 2011 11:51:09 UTC 9416285 Mr Hugh Barr [Signature #40] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9404241?utm_medium=rss These machines are evil. FOBT's have no place in a so called civilised country. The machines are highly addictive and cause social misery for users and immediate family. Shame on the Labour politicians who allowed this type of gambling.

]]> Wed, 26 Jan 2011 03:05:24 UTC 9404241 neil malcomson [Signature #39] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9362283?utm_medium=rss These things are causing misery to thousands of families.Why on earth are they on the high street?!

]]> Fri, 21 Jan 2011 08:29:53 UTC 9362283 MR SAID ALI [Signature #38] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9313350?utm_medium=rss The effect of these fixed odds machines is devastated, it ruins the country manpower, more and more people are getting addicted from these machines, is about time the government listen to those who are affected with these machines.

]]> Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:25:26 UTC 9313350 Mr Aidan Moran [Signature #37] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9237426?utm_medium=rss These machines are well known as he crack cocaine of gambling. They belong in a casino where you need ID to enter, not in every high street in the country.

]]> Fri, 7 Jan 2011 12:10:06 UTC 9237426 mayt matt c [Signature #36] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9151771?utm_medium=rss Literally wrecked my life, I was normal before these came out, turned me into a penniless liar. Lost everything. For gods sake they are ruining people, Ban them now!

]]> Thu, 23 Dec 2010 02:44:20 UTC 9151771 MR VICTOR DUXBURY [Signature #35] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/9028926?utm_medium=rss 6-6-6-15-15-15-30-0-3-15-15-15-6-6-6 were the consecutive numbers I got playing roulette on a betting shop machine, and the government tells us these machines are being monitored for fair play. The industry is running amok in a loosely controlled environment with no end in sight, and more and more betting shops are opening to plunder the easy loot available. It is morally wrong to have this system in place whereby addictive gambling becomes acceptable, and responsible gambling does not exist.

]]> Thu, 2 Dec 2010 03:59:12 UTC 9028926 mrr ed nelmes [Signature #34] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8949273?utm_medium=rss they are a joke and hghly addictive i have been havibg counselling for 5 years and nearly ruined my life completely

]]> Fri, 19 Nov 2010 01:51:14 UTC 8949273 Mr Mohammed Vorajee [Signature #33] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8900154?utm_medium=rss IVE LOST OVER 1 MILLION TO THESE MACHINES. PLEASE GET RID ITS FINISHED ME

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2010 10:20:44 UTC 8900154 Mr Christopher Avery [Signature #32] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8882608?utm_medium=rss Sat, 13 Nov 2010 04:07:42 UTC 8882608 MR RAYMOND PYGALL [Signature #31] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8826984?utm_medium=rss I call these evil on the doorstep .They are almost every shopping parade. Even if you just want a small bet on the horse racing they suck you in like a river weir when you just wanted a swim.Gambling changes one`s personality these machines can drive one to financial dispair. They can be a worse than drugs they seem to engrain a seed in one`s mind you remember the ball dropping in the winning numbers but not the number of times it drops next door.For moral reasons they should be banned .

]]> Thu, 4 Nov 2010 04:56:18 UTC 8826984 Mr Michael Philliskirk [Signature #30] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8646212?utm_medium=rss Wed, 6 Oct 2010 06:51:41 UTC 8646212 Mr Aaron Gill [Signature #29] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8644787?utm_medium=rss Casinos are not allowed in many cities yet these machines put a casino on every street corner in the UK

]]> Wed, 6 Oct 2010 03:31:34 UTC 8644787 mr Martin Grace [Signature #28] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8642907?utm_medium=rss I think the gambling commission have questions to answer about passing the buck on this HUGE issue.

]]> Tue, 5 Oct 2010 11:07:06 UTC 8642907 Mr Anonymous [Signature #27] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8641361?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Oct 2010 06:40:39 UTC 8641361 mr Anonymous [Signature #26] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8640620?utm_medium=rss These machines have made a lot of people miserable. Bookies should be restricted to sports betting and not fleece punters with this vile and addictive game.

]]> Tue, 5 Oct 2010 04:21:10 UTC 8640620 mr andrew mullinger [Signature #25] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8640493?utm_medium=rss Tue, 5 Oct 2010 04:02:00 UTC 8640493 Mr Anonymous [Signature #24] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8640418?utm_medium=rss These machines should be for use in Casino's only and . These machines are so addictive that they are virtually being played none stop everyday, by less than high-net worth individuals thinking they can win everytime or win back the large sums of money they have fed into them. I have witnessed people having emotional breakdowns infront of the machines to people smashing the screens in frustration on a regular basis when they have lost. Also prime use for Money Laundering springs to mind.

]]> Tue, 5 Oct 2010 03:50:02 UTC 8640418 Mr Ian Martin [Signature #23] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8605585?utm_medium=rss I have lost everything in my life because of these machines. I know i'll probably lose but I'll still keep playing until I've lost everything and more. I'm at the point I'm scared to have cash or my bankcard on me, as I know I'll go to play these disgusting machines. Please Please I urge you to take the epidemic seriously. Please remove them from bookmakers. Go into any bookmakers, ask any person playing these machines. They'll all tell you the same thing. They want them removed.

]]> Thu, 30 Sep 2010 03:51:51 UTC 8605585 mr Ian Preston [Signature #22] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8592082?utm_medium=rss government gave in to powerful lobbying by bookmakersin late nineties who were worried by rise of betfair in traditional betting, i.e. sports and horseracing. They needed new income stream and hence these wretched machines were born. governments fault!

]]> Tue, 28 Sep 2010 09:36:13 UTC 8592082 Mr Alexander Millar [Signature #21] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8583036?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 11:38:23 UTC 8583036 Mr Ajay Ramgoolam [Signature #20] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8582502?utm_medium=rss I've seen people lose friends, partners and homes due to these wretched machines. They need to be banned completely.

]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:56:00 UTC 8582502 Mr Jack Milner [Signature #19] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8582408?utm_medium=rss These are bad for society.

]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2010 08:20:08 UTC 8582408 Mr Anonymous [Signature #18] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8582336?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:51:52 UTC 8582336 Mr Martin Pennington [Signature #17] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8582314?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:46:11 UTC 8582314 Mr Denis Beary [Signature #16] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8582252?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 07:25:51 UTC 8582252 Mr Phil Walker [Signature #15] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8581973?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 05:46:04 UTC 8581973 Peter Henn [Signature #14] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8581671?utm_medium=rss Sun, 26 Sep 2010 03:27:32 UTC 8581671 Mr Alan Morgan [Signature #13] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8558998?utm_medium=rss License to ruin peoples lives.

]]> Tue, 21 Sep 2010 09:44:18 UTC 8558998 Mr Agron Shala [Signature #12] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8500628?utm_medium=rss Mon, 13 Sep 2010 11:06:56 UTC 8500628 mr darren dorling [Signature #11] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8485890?utm_medium=rss Sat, 11 Sep 2010 04:14:54 UTC 8485890 danny turp [Signature #10] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8471957?utm_medium=rss please please ban this scum.

]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2010 03:22:55 UTC 8471957 Mr Anonymous [Signature #9] https://www.gopetition.com/signature/locate/8435156?utm_medium=rss These machines are highly addictive, I used to be very controlled in my gambling. I would bet on the football once a week and no more than £20. I would spend a few pounds on the Grand National and thats was it. Now I go in and spend £50 - £250 on these machines a time. I find myself going in and playing the machines everyday and often go i 3 or 4 shops one after another. Yes I am an adult and should be able to control myself. Also take look at the youngsters that are hooked. Ban them now.

]]> Fri, 3 Sep 2010 05:35:31 UTC 8435156