Report says UK has 3.5 million online gamblers

Report says UK has 3.5 million online gamblers - Telegraph: “The extent of Britain’s internet gambling culture was revealed on Wednesday after an official report found 3.5 million people are now regularly betting online. 3.5 million people are now regularly betting online That number represents a six-fold increase in just five years”

“On Wednesday evening, it emerged that the Government is consider forcing gambling companies to pay an “addict tax” to help punters who become trapped in a spiral of debt.”

Britain’s answer to every social problem is a tax. The costs of the tax will just be passed on to other gamblers making more gambling losers. How about parents and teachers teaching their children to take personal responsibility for “their” own choices in life? The social engineers want to make everything an addiction instead of what it really is, “irresponsible human behavior”.