Jackie.olden
@jackie-olden.bsky.social
Not anti-gambling, just pro safer gambling.
Read why here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/17/in-the-grip-of-slot-machine-addiction-id-keep-loading-20s-in-i-could-be-in-a-daze
Read why here: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/mar/17/in-the-grip-of-slot-machine-addiction-id-keep-loading-20s-in-i-could-be-in-a-daze
People of the UK overwhelmingly support increasing tax on gambling.
Government response?
'Sorry, my friends in the gambling lobby wont let me'
Government response?
'Sorry, my friends in the gambling lobby wont let me'
October 16, 2025 at 9:53 AM
People of the UK overwhelmingly support increasing tax on gambling.
Government response?
'Sorry, my friends in the gambling lobby wont let me'
Government response?
'Sorry, my friends in the gambling lobby wont let me'
When I raised a complaint about an adult gaming centre, my local authority immediately escalated it to the gambling commission.
The gambling commission weren't interested. Now they want to blame local authorities for their own lack of action.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The gambling commission weren't interested. Now they want to blame local authorities for their own lack of action.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
High street gambling venues left unchecked by councils, BBC finds
Zoe found her ex-partner Kester had spent £250,000 on his secret gambling addiction.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
When I raised a complaint about an adult gaming centre, my local authority immediately escalated it to the gambling commission.
The gambling commission weren't interested. Now they want to blame local authorities for their own lack of action.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The gambling commission weren't interested. Now they want to blame local authorities for their own lack of action.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Venue managers at Merkur Slots earn a bonus of up to 80% of their salary for exploiting vulnerable people.
Grim.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Grim.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
High street slot machine shops pay staff bonuses linked to how much gamblers lose
Exclusive: MPs and campaigners condemn ‘appalling’ reward scheme for Merkur venue managers
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Venue managers at Merkur Slots earn a bonus of up to 80% of their salary for exploiting vulnerable people.
Grim.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Grim.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
I was already unhappy about having to verify to be allowed access to my inbox.
Surely this is taking the piss though? 😂
Surely this is taking the piss though? 😂
September 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I was already unhappy about having to verify to be allowed access to my inbox.
Surely this is taking the piss though? 😂
Surely this is taking the piss though? 😂
This is outstanding.
August 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is outstanding.
There are more places to gamble on the high street than there are GP surgeries.
A chicken shop would be inspected every year. Why are we allowing these places to behave with impunity on our high streets?
19 inspections is absurd.
www.thetimes.com/article/camp...
A chicken shop would be inspected every year. Why are we allowing these places to behave with impunity on our high streets?
19 inspections is absurd.
www.thetimes.com/article/camp...
June 16, 2025 at 7:23 AM
There are more places to gamble on the high street than there are GP surgeries.
A chicken shop would be inspected every year. Why are we allowing these places to behave with impunity on our high streets?
19 inspections is absurd.
www.thetimes.com/article/camp...
A chicken shop would be inspected every year. Why are we allowing these places to behave with impunity on our high streets?
19 inspections is absurd.
www.thetimes.com/article/camp...
Considering having a living hedge installed?
Probably avoid this guy.
If this is how he behaves on his business account, in public, imagine what he's like when he thinks no one is listening?
Probably avoid this guy.
If this is how he behaves on his business account, in public, imagine what he's like when he thinks no one is listening?
June 14, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Considering having a living hedge installed?
Probably avoid this guy.
If this is how he behaves on his business account, in public, imagine what he's like when he thinks no one is listening?
Probably avoid this guy.
If this is how he behaves on his business account, in public, imagine what he's like when he thinks no one is listening?
We're over 35k signatures!! Thank you to anyone who has signed and shared!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets
My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
June 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
We're over 35k signatures!! Thank you to anyone who has signed and shared!
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
May 18, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Orchestrated campaign?? Well funded?
No. Just victims of these companies telling their stories.
No. Just victims of these companies telling their stories.
BACTA getting their knickers in a twist.. not “reading the room” local councils DO want more power to say NO to more gambling on our high streets! What part of enough don’t they understand. www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...
Bacta to fight back to protect Britain’s Adult Gaming Centres - Gaming Intelligence
Bacta has formed a rapid response unit to fight back against the propaganda campaign targeting Britain’s Adult Gaming Centres
www.gamingintelligence.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Orchestrated campaign?? Well funded?
No. Just victims of these companies telling their stories.
No. Just victims of these companies telling their stories.
There's no malicious, well funded campaign. Just individuals who have suffered at the hands of Merkur Slots and others like them telling their stories.
Instead of cleaning up their act, they've decided to attack and blame the victims.
www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...
Instead of cleaning up their act, they've decided to attack and blame the victims.
www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...
Bacta to fight back to protect Britain’s Adult Gaming Centres - Gaming Intelligence
Bacta has formed a rapid response unit to fight back against the propaganda campaign targeting Britain’s Adult Gaming Centres
www.gamingintelligence.com
May 12, 2025 at 5:11 PM
There's no malicious, well funded campaign. Just individuals who have suffered at the hands of Merkur Slots and others like them telling their stories.
Instead of cleaning up their act, they've decided to attack and blame the victims.
www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...
Instead of cleaning up their act, they've decided to attack and blame the victims.
www.gamingintelligence.com/sectors/land...
This sentencing remark from a judge to a drug dealer could very easily apply to adult gaming centres, and slots in general.
May 10, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This sentencing remark from a judge to a drug dealer could very easily apply to adult gaming centres, and slots in general.
Merkur slots back in the spotlight. Same venue, same licence breaches, another gambling commission investigation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Spin doctors: gambling firms adopt hard tactics to flood towns with 24hr slot machines
Companies deploys highly paid lawyers and appears to mislead councillors – but local authorities are fighting back
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Merkur slots back in the spotlight. Same venue, same licence breaches, another gambling commission investigation.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Possibly the best £4 I've ever spent. Invincible ball is apparently loads of fun.
April 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Possibly the best £4 I've ever spent. Invincible ball is apparently loads of fun.
April 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Good news!
If most people play at 30p per spin, there's really no need to increase the number of £2 per spin machines.
Unless the gambling industry isn't being honest...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If most people play at 30p per spin, there's really no need to increase the number of £2 per spin machines.
Unless the gambling industry isn't being honest...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Government pauses plans to ease slot machine rules across Great Britain
Fast-growing AGC sector ‘frustrated’ by decision to shelve relaxation of ‘80/20’ regulations
www.theguardian.com
April 23, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Good news!
If most people play at 30p per spin, there's really no need to increase the number of £2 per spin machines.
Unless the gambling industry isn't being honest...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
If most people play at 30p per spin, there's really no need to increase the number of £2 per spin machines.
Unless the gambling industry isn't being honest...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
25,000 signatures!
Thank you for your support 🤎
If you haven't signed yet, please join us
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Thank you for your support 🤎
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April 21, 2025 at 8:04 PM
25,000 signatures!
Thank you for your support 🤎
If you haven't signed yet, please join us
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Thank you for your support 🤎
If you haven't signed yet, please join us
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This lunatic has been out for a total of 5 miles over 2 walkies, plus an hour of charging round the garden the second it stopped raining, and still found the time to rip all the stuffing out of her bed.
April 21, 2025 at 7:13 PM
This lunatic has been out for a total of 5 miles over 2 walkies, plus an hour of charging round the garden the second it stopped raining, and still found the time to rip all the stuffing out of her bed.
Reposted by Jackie.olden
Gambling - an industry that in many forms is doing enormous damage to individuals and communities
www.ft.com/content/66f8...
www.ft.com/content/66f8...
Crypto casino takings top $80bn as gamblers bypass blocks
Platforms now rival traditional betting groups in scale despite their services being illegal in most countries
www.ft.com
April 21, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Gambling - an industry that in many forms is doing enormous damage to individuals and communities
www.ft.com/content/66f8...
www.ft.com/content/66f8...
April 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
@premnsikka.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @stuzipants.bsky.social
We've smashed through 15k signatures today 🙂
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
We've smashed through 15k signatures today 🙂
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets
My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 20, 2025 at 6:27 PM
@premnsikka.bsky.social @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social @stuzipants.bsky.social
We've smashed through 15k signatures today 🙂
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
We've smashed through 15k signatures today 🙂
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Over 13,000 people have signed!! Come and join us!
My mum was sucked in by a slots venue while undergoing cancer treatment.
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets
My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 20, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Over 13,000 people have signed!! Come and join us!
Reposted by Jackie.olden
My mum was sucked in by a slots venue while undergoing cancer treatment.
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Stop 24-hour slots venues killing our high streets
My mum, Wendy, was preyed on by a 24-hour slots venue in the town where I live, Stockport, when she was undergoing cancer treatment. Wendy spent hours each day gambling on the machines, losing many th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
April 16, 2025 at 7:53 AM
My mum was sucked in by a slots venue while undergoing cancer treatment.
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
She'd spend every penny she had there, & often money she didn't have.
Councils can't stop these venues multiplying until the laws change.
Please sign my petition to make it happen
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
Reposted by Jackie.olden
My first bluesky post ever...
Today we went live enoughgambling.com - people with lived experience and the things that seem to be missed when Gambling reforms are discussed. We are looking at land based operators. We don't need any more !
Today we went live enoughgambling.com - people with lived experience and the things that seem to be missed when Gambling reforms are discussed. We are looking at land based operators. We don't need any more !
April 7, 2025 at 11:50 AM
My first bluesky post ever...
Today we went live enoughgambling.com - people with lived experience and the things that seem to be missed when Gambling reforms are discussed. We are looking at land based operators. We don't need any more !
Today we went live enoughgambling.com - people with lived experience and the things that seem to be missed when Gambling reforms are discussed. We are looking at land based operators. We don't need any more !