Who said gambling was bad for you?
Posted on 18-06-2007 | Posted in General by Gambling Diva
I do not know who said gambling was bad for you and I suppose for a few people it can be, the same way that drinking too much or smoking can also be described as bad for you. Anything taken to excess can be described as bad for you and if I thought that I or my family were suffering from me taking part at my favourite pastimes at the online casino or placing bets at the online betting exchange I would have to reconsider.
Like hundreds of millions of others, I gamble, we all gamble in some form or another, they say life is a gamble and I cannot disagree. The lottery is a gamble but who has not bought a ticket? What about buying a raffle ticket or playing on the tombola at the school fete, it is all a form of gambling and this form of gambling often raises millions of dollars in money for causes that it would be difficult raise in other ways.
I find that online gaming sites operate a sensible policy and they normally restrict the amounts that can be deposited, almost always when first registering at the sites. No I do not think that gambling is bad for you, I get immense pleasure from playing online poker and I know that my Gran just loves to go down to the bingo hall and to have a nights entertainment with her friends. The way that we play bingo is changing in this modern world and I like to take part in the fantastic online bingo games that are on the website at all times which means that I can play when it suits me.
I still do not know who said that gambling is bad for you, and I am sure that you are like me and enjoy the online casinos and take the pleasure that they are offering to us.
26.Biggles | June 25, 2007 @ 8:42 am
This is so true and also relates to another of your posts about gambling being a waste of money. Its all realtive isnt it? Everyone has a vice of some sort…
37.Kim | June 26, 2007 @ 8:59 am
Its only bad for you if you lose - repeatedly!!
Bet wisely and you can beat the bookie!
381.malcolm | November 7, 2007 @ 11:43 am
The European Union is among many others trying to get France to relax its stance on online gambling, saying it breaches fair trade. However, despite these calls for riles to be relaxed, France is standing its ground and refuses to move. The only flexibility they are allowing for is Horse Racing. This is a smiliar move to the USA which is tough on all forms of gambling online with the exception of state run lotteries and horse racing.
Eric Woerth, who is the budget minister for France said “we are not opposed to a certain opening but we will remain firm on certain points.” His reasons were that he wanted to “retain control” of “authorisations” and the fact that some countries open their door to operators does not mean that France will follow suit.
The Secretary of the European State and Betting Association, Sigrid Ligne believes that the French could just be stalling. This is all to do with the arrest of Unibet CEO Petter Nylander in October on the grounds that Unibet broke teh French Monolopy law which dates back to 1836. It could turn out that the laws are not in line with EU legislation which would mean that France arrested an innocent man. “There was an earlier French arrest based on the French legislation in place and that was therefore invoked by the Dutch border police.”