Petition Gambling to face tighter regulations in advertising, use of credit cards & FOBT

Compulsive gambling is a cancer in this country. The government need to do more. Tobacco advertising was banned as it is a killer. So is gambling. Advertising should be banned, the use of credit cards to gamble must be banned and FOTB need to be outlawed. Stop it before more lives are ruined!

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http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dad-whose-gambling-addicted-son-10922618#ICID=sharebar_whatsapp

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3456358/Mesmerising-horror-watching-middle-class-accountant-lose-3-000-hour-crack-cocaine-gambling-machines.html?ito=whatsapp_share_mobile-top

Just two examples of lives being destroyed! My life has been ruined by gambling. I have wrecked my financial future & my family have left me. I take responsibility but more needs to be done to protect

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28 signatures

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Date closed 23 August 2016
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