can i suggest

[dot.hawkes]

that gambling is a waste of money and also can lead to crime, the bookies around the corner from me is full all the time with the unemployed, they live between there and the pub, none of them will come on here to gain advice on how to lose any more of their dole.

[B00]

Errrr eh?

[dot.hawkes]

check out the new eds blog B00

[B00]

Ahhh, sorry, geddit now!

Where's the Beauty section some of us need so badly eh? :-(

And i'm not quite sure what a gambling category would entail- would you ask which horse is gonna win the derby in it?

[dot.hawkes]

no B00 that would be in sport, you might ask what are the odds of a certain horse at the bookies, but you would need to know the form too, so u buy a paper, you may want to bet on a footie match , maybe some people actually would want to discuss how to play poker, not sure why, that would be silly, gambling at cards and not knowing how to play, i wonder if we will have a sub-section on the techniques of Russian roulette

[B00]

well with all due respect to the Ed (Ed if you're reading- don't hit me!) I think a Gambling section is frankly pants :-(

Was it one of the options on the poll we did few weeks ago? If it was, i'm sure the beauty one was ahead...........

[dot.hawkes]

Oh I have just seen the reasoning behind it, William Hill have paid for a flashy ad, they must be gambling on gaining some business from the people on ab, online betting is as bad as online porn as far as I am concerned,

[B00]

Well yeah sorta but at least with porn, for free you can....................no never mind!!!!

[gen2]

dot, How did you find out we've got a new ED? Is the New ED M or F? What else have you found out about the New Ed?

[dot.hawkes]

flashy Ad not Ed gen2, keep up, don't bet on us informing you of everything, life is a gamble mate, what are the odds on you making that mistake eh?

[gen2]

No dot, I refer to your post above replying to BOO

"check out the new eds blog B00"

[-Zorro-]

I could have bet a million pounds youd be the 1st to post about the new section Dot

[B00]

I think she meant...the Ed's new blog...........but i could be wrong.

[dot.hawkes]

it is the ab editor's blog and it is new so it is the new ed's blog

[gen2]

Sorry dot, for a while there, I thought you had inside knowledge or advance information.

Incidentally I fully agree with you regarding the gambling section. Also, this is supposed to be a child-friendly site and I didn't think they were allowed to gamble. At this rate, the ED will be offering a smoking section next, and not just for the Marlbro' questions!

[juliefer]

Only if the tobacco companies are willing to pay for the advertising, I suspect, gen2.

I don't object to people gambling in principle and I have the occasional flutter myself but I do think it is socially irresponsible to have a gambling section on AB. Gambling addiction is apparently increasing already with deleterious effects for the people affected, their families and, as dot points out, society. This new AB Section could encourage addiction and should have been a non-starter. (Much like some of the horses I've backed.)

[B00]

furiously looks up the word 'deleterous' in th'dictionary so as not to appear thick

[dot.hawkes]

me too B00 panic not! harmful!

[shaneystar2]

So....gambling is OK ...we can all lose our shirts at the bookies ..but woe betide anyone who complains about the Marlboro people ..Oh dear that would seen as advertising the dreaded cigarettes.So ..you can either smoke yourself to death or gamble yourself bankrupt and end up underneath the arches .
Double standards spring to mind .A section for gambling but no sections for Hobbies and pastimes ,sub sections in B&S or Q&Por any of the other sensible things people have asked for time and time again .Money talks.

[steviep165]

i cant be gambling my life savings away. what would i use to buy my fresh marlboro lights (with that original and distinctive flavour of sweet virginia tobaccy) with.
heavens forbid billy hills offer me a lucrative lucky 15 on which i could lose a fortune. in which case i would dearly need to go and sit on a park bench and ponder how my life fell apart. all the while contemplating the smooth fresh taste of phillip morris's finest, (good for you, make the opposite sex like you, while the govt taxes you to death for the pleasure), woodbines.

[shaneystar2]

Gambling is an addiction ..much like smoking,I used to work in the licenced trade and have seen first hand what gambling can do to people and their loved ones.For AB to promote this sort of thing ,as far as I am concerned is wrong.I can concur with the Editor on the Marlboro thing as this would be seen as advertising cigarettes ....so why do the powers that be think that gambling is less harmful....it isn't .If you have never seen someone win a grand on the Derby and promise his wife and kids the world only to lose the lot five minutes later on a non starter at Kempton Park then think again.