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Lukeslaw

My husband loved LCFC and needs your support 💙

By Lukeslaw, in Leicester City Forum

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Big Dave

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Signed and shared.

I am so sorry for your devastating loss.

Gambling companies really are a scourge to our society.

Would love to see free bets banned.

Would love to see all gambling advertising and sponsorship banned.

Gambling companies really do need to be more accountable for their companies actions and greed.

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Spudulike

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So sorry for your sad loss. It brings it home when it's one of our own. 

 

I am frightened by these gambling companies but I'm not afraid to admit it. I know that I could easily get drawn into it. 

 

Thank you for your campaign. Signed. 

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Ric Flair

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20 hours ago, Lukeslaw said:

My husband loved LCFC, he went all over the place to watch them and started many of chants when he was watching the games in the home and away stands. He would often come home with destroyed vocal chords. City was everything to him. 

However, I recently lost my husband through a gambling addiction. He was a happy man but was sucked into a hole after being given 'free bets' which ultimately cost him his life. I have made a video that explains more here.
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10159682032749728&id=572159727

I have set up a petition asking the government to ban 'free bets'. This is where I am asking for your support. Could you sign and possibly share it.
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/587806
Sorry for asking but I am trying to gain as much support for this as possible and as he put his all into being a huge supporter, I thought I would give this a go. Signing will take 1 minute and sharing will take even less time. Hope you do not mind me posting.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/587806

So sorry for your loss. I posted this in the gambling addiction thread we have on this forum yesterday after seeing it on social media.

 

This is very close to my heart as I am a recovering compulsive gambler who could easily have hit the depths that some get to where they think there's no way out. I am so so sorry this is happening to you and your family. I wish you all the very best in your future and I hope to see the reforms in gambling that can help prevent this happening. 

 

Take care

 

I've signed and shared amongst many people I know.

 

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Heskey2011

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Wow, well done getting this started. I used to work in a bookies and have seen how gambling ruins lives. 

Even so i have to admit during the lockdown I've been tempted by the stocks and shares apps for crypto etc. I've lost a couple hundred quid but it really does feel like I'm gambling again, and to be honest, love Top and they can't do wrong etc but....It doesn't sit well with me that our shirt sponsors are in gambling/ trading. 

Does that bother anyone else?

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dynamark

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Well done you.It doesnt help at all when lotterys of all shapes and sizes are in our faces all day every day.I know several perfectly sane individuals who throw money at lotterys looking for the win of a lifetime.It will be brave politics to do anything about it but lets hope something happens .Just finished Willie Thornes book double or quits and that is a sobering story. 

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enmac

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Signed. 

Anyone tempted to gamble should realise where their money goes:

 

"Denise Coates has been paid over £1bn by Bet365 since 2016

A betting boss has been handed a pay packet of £469m. Denise Coates, the founder of Bet365, is said to have earned a £421m salary in a 12-month period, along with £48m in dividends – thought to be one of the biggest packages in UK corporate history."1 Apr 2021

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STUHILL

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Signed and shared. 

 

Government needs to step in and stop free bets and any other trick the betting companies specifically use to draw people in and get them addicted. 

 

Thank you for sharing your story. I know that would have been difficult to post Xx 

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Spudulike

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1 hour ago, Heskey2011 said:

Wow, well done getting this started. I used to work in a bookies and have seen how gambling ruins lives. 

Even so i have to admit during the lockdown I've been tempted by the stocks and shares apps for crypto etc. I've lost a couple hundred quid but it really does feel like I'm gambling again, and to be honest, love Top and they can't do wrong etc but....It doesn't sit well with me that our shirt sponsors are in gambling/ trading. 

Does that bother anyone else?

At least it seems that Parimatch deal has ended? All advertising logos etc removed from training gear. 

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casablancas

casablancas

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Signed. This is so sad and what’s worse is that it’s been coming. The close association between football and gambling has become a real problem. I hate the fact that in 120 mins of football / ‘punditry’ there’s probably 8 gambling adverts. Condolences and the lass in the video is so so so brave and I’d like to thank her for raising this in such an eloquent manner. 

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Vardinio'sCat

Vardinio'sCat

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Signed. It's like a crack dealer giving out a free bag.

 

Regular capitalism I can work with, but predatory/ambush capitalism is a different matter entirely. There is a place for proper regulation in the markets.

 

My sympathies for your loss, I think your response does you great credit.:appl:

 

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lifted*fox

lifted*fox

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predatory corporations targeting people with gambling is just another gross injustice mostly vulnerable people are hurt by. 

 

I wonder why more isn't done to stop it - and then I remember people high up don't want to stop it, because they get lobbied to keep it as it is - and all the rich men keep their money at the expense and suffering of others - not by accident, but by design. 

 

I've signed - sorry for your loss, I hope you go all the way with it. 

 

 

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UPinCarolina

UPinCarolina

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Cannot sign as I'm a citizen of the States, but I am deeply sorry for your loss and wholly support your petition. The sports betting culture of the UK seems predatory, and it's definitely seeping into my friend groups here as well.

Riyad_Suarez

Riyad_Suarez

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Signed.

 

Sorry for your loss.

 

I really hope this petition gets the momentum it deserves and saves others from having to go through what you and your family have had to go through. 🙏🏻

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