Paddy Power schließt 29 Geschäfte in ganz Irland aufgrund schwieriger Marktbedingungen

That means they’ve finally fleeced the gullible in those areas. The only downside I can see is having some cheap retail space available means they’ll be replaced by vape or phone repair tat.

Hopefully the dominoes keep falling

A fucking scourge

Shame for the staff but gambling should not be so prevalent in our society

Great to be able to gamble conveniently on my phone

Still need to increase the betting levy

Good. Parasites. They should all be shut down.

The pubs beside the 29 shops have closed 1st. Challenging market conditions me arse.

They banned me 6 months ago from trading with them clowns

Just means all the aul lads are using the app now which is far more dangerous.

Time to bring back the 10% betting tax

The majority of those using shops nowadays were either pensioners, on the dole, underage or drug addicts.

Twenty-Nine new Vape shops to open across Ireland

Hopefully brokelads do the same

Maybe just a me thing but I’ve never really seen the appeal of gambling

Now hear me out, what about turning the empty shops into community tea rooms, voluntary staff and cheap like super cheap tea and simple foods, or art spaces or anything community based.

Ah feck I just remembered insurance, health and safety, food hygiene and all that jazz.

Never mind.


Good

Glad to hear this, those places always sadden me. Never fathomed gambling your life away.

As a horse owner also, I hope it brings pressure off the gambling market wound horses. It attracts the worst people trying to profit from the races

I know this means pubs have closed, so their business has dried up, and online gambling is much more popular now. I used to work with a guy who used to go to the bookies on his break. He worked in accounts, so he knew how to keep it small and from his wife checking their accounts.

If he bet that it was going to rain tomorrow, you know its going to be a sunny day. That was his luck. It’s not funny how bad his luck was. We entered covid, and he got internet at home (hes an older guy and just needed his sports channels at night). I came back to the office after COVID, and he lets slip that he had downloaded all the bookies‘ apps and was banned from one of them already.

He genuinely looked in pain when the alert would come up on his phone from one of the apps to say „You’ve a free bet waiting for you!“ or something along those lines. I know some people don’t see gambling as an addiction or as severe an addiction as alcohol or drugs, but it’s the quickest I’ve ever seen someone hit the bottom and go back for more. If you asked him to jump off a cliff, he’d be logical and say no, but if you said, „I bet you …“, he’d do it immediately. Couldn’t turn it down in bet form.
So great these shops are closing, so they can’t be sneaky in there, but the appsneed to be addressed. Not to mention the ads that I, a vehement anti-gambling person, get daily through social media, are mind-numbing. I wiill find where 888 casino are based and show them how mind blowing they are.

If only these closures would stop gambling issues for some people, but it won’t as they can still do it online.