Social cost of gambling estimated to be £1 to 1.7 billion so it affects us all

as the taxpayer picks up the cost of a lot of the damage that it causes.

Privitise the profits and socialise the costs, the way of many industries....

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Posted By: Knitted Jesus on November 26th 2025 at 17:10:44

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New mansion tax announced (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 13:13:20
- Could let homeless sleep in all the mansions tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - footymadman, Nov 26, 15:28:29
- Couldn’t care less (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 26, 14:48:47
  - exactly (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 26, 15:02:34
  - I'm considerably richer than you (General Chat) - Charles21, Nov 26, 14:59:29
    - Great news (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 26, 15:14:16
- gaming tax 40% wtf, betting only 21% (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 26, 13:26:29
  - This is a tax on the profits businesses make from misery (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 13:37:59
    - One mans misery is another man's pleasure. (General Chat) - Men without hats, Nov 26, 13:43:54
      - They make vast profits, so that's a lot of misery (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 13:46:02
        
        Social cost of gambling estimated to be £1 to 1.7 billion so it affects us all (General Chat) - Knitted Jesus, Nov 26, 17:10:44
        
        the social cost of alcohol abuse in 2024 dwarfs gambling at ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 26, 17:49:39
- Why? Has he got a bedsit in Clapham? (n/m) (General Chat) - Snakepit Divorceee, Nov 26, 13:18:56
- or lots of people who happen to live in the south east of england (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 26, 13:15:02
  - Starts at £2m though (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 13:15:55
    - yep ..thats why it starts at 2 million ... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 26, 13:33:56
      - If you are "cash poor" you have a massive asset you can easily get a cheap loan against. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Nov 26, 13:52:29
        
        Or sell (General Chat) - CWC, Nov 26, 14:46:39
        
        is it though... (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 26, 14:55:45
        
        so thats where that post went (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 26, 15:32:46
        
        how do you propose paying the interest? (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 26, 14:10:08
        
        Get a job? (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 26, 14:54:13
        
        Ooooh. How to find 140 quid a year. Equity Release is clearly an existing solution. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Nov 26, 14:14:57
        
        he was taking the piss (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Nov 26, 14:11:52
        
        I tried to borrow £30k against my house and it was surprisingly difficult. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Nov 26, 13:59:37
        
        No doubt. But you managed it. So it is possible. (n/m) (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Nov 26, 14:05:30
      - fucked farmers again (n/m) (General Chat) - Tony Martin, Nov 26, 13:50:43
      - Nice problem to have tbf (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 13:35:21
        
        and the solution is relatively simple (n/m) (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 26, 13:58:57
        
        'Oh no, I'm going to have to sell my £2m house' (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 14:02:35
        
        Bit extreme, it's only £2.5k (General Chat) - Ken Dodds Dads Dog, Nov 26, 14:15:05
        
        And no more takeaway coffees (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 14:16:50
        
        First they came for the millionaires (General Chat) - lurd, Nov 26, 13:36:21
        
        Lolz (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 26, 14:49:25
        
        Yeah tax the fuckers! Shouldn't be rich should be poor like the plebs. (n/m) (General Chat) - Men without hats, Nov 26, 14:00:29
        
        Poor widdle multi multi millionaires and their ickle houses worth more than 2 mil (General Chat) - Under soil heating, Nov 26, 13:56:10
        
        Currently trying to work whether any of his other houses is worth more than £2m (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 26, 15:00:18
        
        I'm wondering how they're going to value all these houses (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Nov 26, 15:03:51
    - That's a 1 room bedsit in London (n/m) (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Nov 26, 13:24:57
      - with a mortgage (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, Nov 26, 13:45:48
    - Think I'm OK! (n/m) (General Chat) - BSE Canary, Nov 26, 13:18:18

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