Tabcorp joins Tigers’ Community (RFC)

[Ox]

Gambling is a huge problem in our society.
Now you have places like Betfair etc.

unecessary negativity is a bigger problem as it drives people to drink, take drugs or gamble to escape the bleak outlook people force upon them. Now excuse me while I go to the casino, have a shot of Bacardi 151, smoke a cigar, do a line and hit the tables all at once.

i like this

[jackstar is back again]

jack after your post i dont know whether to jump for joy or cry.....re-the tabcorp announcement

Like it or not its the truth.
Cigeratte Advertising and sponsorships are banned in sports.
Give it 5 years and the likes of Betfair, Tabcorp, Luxbet, IAS etc etc. will be given the stuff as well.
Gambling is not welcomed in sport!
How on earth does betfair still  sponsors is beyond belief

Considering the law was recently passed that made it LEGAL for betting agencies to sponsor teams I'd suggest it is welcomed to sport more than ever.

Sure it's about surface "corporate responsibility" promotion but all they are doing is playing by the rules and doing extra things voluntarily for their perception that isn't damaging so why blame them?

We aren't a nanny state, well not yet  , if people can't control their addictions it's their own responsibility. 

Gambling is a huge problem in our society.
Now you have places like Betfair etc.

BetFair.  Greatest thing to happen to betting in quite a while. 

Can tell you this, beinng an ex harness racing driver of 15 years, betfair is the worst thing ever to happen

[jackstar is back again]

well ciggarette ads are banned.
Gambling should be banned as well
Tabcorp/ Betfair etc are a disgrace !

Fair enough as everyone has a view

But 3 points

1/ No-one forces people to gamble, smoke or drink for that matter. So individuals have to take some responsibility for their OWN actions. Do you honestly think banning the advertising is going to stop the problem? It hasn't stopped all the smoking in the world

2/ FWIW - as part of the clubs sponsorship with Luxbet there is alot of work and promotion that goes into education into relation to "problem gambling". So there is more to the deal than just taking the $$$$

3/ Bottom line is in this day and age where sponsorship $$$ are so hard to source sporting clubs have to take on these type of deals to survive. So unless you can find someone else to cough up the $$$ (I would estimate it is around $1 mil a year) then we have little choice

Thats funny.
Luxbet, Tabcorp, Betfair  cause the problems.   Oh yeah, lets have a ""BIG 6"" LOL .

[tigersalive]

jack after your post i dont know whether to jump for joy or cry.....re-the tabcorp announcement

Like it or not its the truth.
Cigeratte Advertising and sponsorships are banned in sports.
Give it 5 years and the likes of Betfair, Tabcorp, Luxbet, IAS etc etc. will be given the stuff as well.
Gambling is not welcomed in sport!
How on earth does betfair still  sponsors is beyond belief

Considering the law was recently passed that made it LEGAL for betting agencies to sponsor teams I'd suggest it is welcomed to sport more than ever.

Sure it's about surface "corporate responsibility" promotion but all they are doing is playing by the rules and doing extra things voluntarily for their perception that isn't damaging so why blame them?

We aren't a nanny state, well not yet  , if people can't control their addictions it's their own responsibility. 

Gambling is a huge problem in our society.
Now you have places like Betfair etc.

BetFair.  Greatest thing to happen to betting in quite a while. 

Can tell you this, beinng an ex harness racing driver of 15 years, betfair is the worst thing ever to happen

Not for gamblers though, and not for gamblers who couldn't care less about harness racing, or dishlickers for that matter and see them as stale viewing.

Corporate bookmakers are just a fact of life now so those faced with struggles need to update and re-invent.

[jackstar is back again]

Corporate Bookmakers arent a fact of life and are crippling the Racing Industry. Problem is they put nothing back into Horse Racing etc.
Tabcorp at least pay a dividenend to the Racing Clubs to be distributed for prizemoney and upkeep.
Betfair is a disgrace
Go and log on and watch was happens, funny how favorites get laid and get beat, very strange, Someone not trying to win perhaps, nah that never happens

[Penelope]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogj5ztTE0zw

Thats a big problem up here Jack with the Bookies trying to reduce what they put back into the industry

[WA Tiger]

Good on ya Tiges, well done another great relationship to further advance our club.

There are millions of things out there that ruin peoples lives......... if YOU CHOOSE to do them!!!!!

[jackstar is back again]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogj5ztTE0zw

Thats a big problem up here Jack with the Bookies trying to reduce what they put back into the industry

Thats because the Corporate "'Parasites "" put nothing back , so they others have to reduced there contribution to remain competitve and in business..
See where things are at in 5 years time.
The Corporates have  stuffed everything up!

[Infamy]

LOL Tabcorp giving something back to the community
.Gambling has ruined many peoples lives in our community

Taxation of the stupid

well ciggarette ads are banned.
Gambling should be banned as well
Tabcorp/ Betfair etc are a disgrace !

What's the point? Banning cigarette advertising doesn't make people stop smoking. Problem gamblers will always gamble, be it legally or otherwise. Banning/prohibition solves nothing, better to legalise everything, slap a "vice tax" on it and use the generated income to assist those who are abusing it.

[Penelope]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogj5ztTE0zw

Thats a big problem up here Jack with the Bookies trying to reduce what they put back into the industry

Thats because the Corporate "'Parasites "" put nothing back , so they others have to reduced there contribution to remain competitve and in business..
See where things are at in 5 years time.
The Corporates have  stuffed everything up!

That's who I was referring to. I couldnt even say for sure if there are any Rails Bookies  still up here. Havnt been to the races for quite a while.

[WilliamPowell]

Thats funny.
Luxbet, Tabcorp, Betfair  cause the problems.   Oh yeah, lets have a ""BIG 6"" LOL .

That's where you argument fails IMHO Jack ..this view that these betting agencies cause the gambling problems.

They are NOT the cause. Are they part of the problem? Perhaps but to say they CAUSE gambling addiction is laughable. People chose to gamble. These agencies don't stand there forcing people to gamble

But gee isn't easy to point the finger of blame at someone else

In other words how easy it is to someone else for an individual's choice that ends up being a monumental stuff up.

Taking some responsibility for ones actions.... what a novel idea

[jackstar is back again]

well explain Betfair WP!
The source of real evil

[tigersalive]

Good on ya Tiges, well done another great relationship to further advance our club.

There are millions of things out there that ruin peoples lives......... if YOU CHOOSE to do them!!!!!

 

Corporate Bookmakers arent a fact of life and are crippling the Racing Industry. Problem is they put nothing back into Horse Racing etc.
Tabcorp at least pay a dividenend to the Racing Clubs to be distributed for prizemoney and upkeep.
Betfair is a disgrace
Go and log on and watch was happens, funny how favorites get laid and get beat, very strange, Someone not trying to win perhaps, nah that never happens

Or are they crippling themselves?  Reletively no one cares about Harness racing or Greyhounds anymore and the Ponies only get massive interest through the spring carnival and are just hit and miss there-after by seasoned gamblers.  I don't think they deserve all that much as they don't command much in my eyes while their industry keeps losing public interest.

[Penelope]

People with a gambling addiction "choose" to do so no more than an alcoholic, a person suffering a compulsive disorder or even someone suffering depression. They all have their roots in the brain chemistry not being right and are psychological disorders.

[WA Tiger]

People with a gambling addiction "choose" to do so no more than an alcoholic, a person suffering a compulsive disorder or even someone suffering depression. They all have their roots in the brain chemistry not being right and are psychological disorders.

Al, how can you possibly associate or even compare (if that is what you are implying) alcholism and gambling with depression or compulsive disorders??? Alcohlics and gamblers choose to take that first drink or make that first bet and they both go back. Depression and compulsion is with you from birth and in your chemistry as you say.