I personally wouldn’t mind all the checks and rules if I thought they were there solely to help those who cannot control themselves but we’ve all heard too many stories of people getting a win and all of a sudden needing to explain transactions from 5 years ago.
Yet we can walk into a bookies and blow a couple of grand with no oversight.
It has all got so boring now, I actually think the new rules force people to gamble for much longer, making the behaviour more entrenched.
I used to enjoy having a little go of the slots on train journeys, but I know now 45 minutes isn’t enough time to get a bonus.
Think how rich we would all be if we had never started! Although, I would say, until this year I’ve classes my gambling as value for money. That’s now all changed!