I work for a company who writes the client side software for UK gambling cabinets. What's your take on the recent controversy around FOBTs?
The government have discussed banning them or introducing laws to reduce the maximum stakes because they say that they're addictive. In my opinion they're no different from online betting sites. In fact the maximum stakes can be a lot higher in online gambling sites than on FOBTs. If people are dumb enough to bet money that they can't afford to lose then that's their business and I don't think there should be laws that only exist to prevent stupidity when these people aren't harming anyone but themselves.
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I work for a company who writes the client side software for UK gambling cabinets. What's your take on the recent controversy around FOBTs?
The government have discussed banning them or introducing laws to reduce the maximum stakes because they say that they're addictive. In my opinion they're no different from online betting sites. In fact the maximum stakes can be a lot higher in online gambling sites than on FOBTs. If people are dumb enough to bet money that they can't afford to lose then that's their business and I don't think there should be laws that only exist to prevent stupidity when these people aren't harming anyone but themselves.
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