The State of the AFL

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1 hour ago, daisycutter said:

bd, i don't think us prohibition is a good comparison though lots of people always drag it out when some sort of prohibition is raised. there are plenty of examples of countries where alcohol prohibition has actually been somewhat successful. there were also many special reasons why it was a disaster in the us, plus the us prohibition was a total prohibition, whereas no-one here i think is talking about a total gambling prohibition.

Understand that dc..... was just saying that people will do it wether it is legal or not......If it's not, there is no control at all.

 

1 hour ago, sue said:

I wasn't arguing for banning anything.  I was simply saying a bit of local corruption is no big deal compared to what the introduction of on-line betting will  do and has done because of the scale it can bring.  If you were a crook/terrorist/whatever, think how keen you'd be to launder some money on a curling match in the Shetlands via your friendly on-line gambling site based in Hong Kong.

As I said Sue....Don't know much about the gaming industry

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2 hours ago, Sir Why You Little said:

I understand all that Boss but i don't want to he bombarded with betting ads for a bunch of bloody practice games. 

 

p.s. I don't bet either. 

Would love to see Crown Casino crumble and fall into the Yarra. 

The CBD at night was quite safe to walk until that monstrosity opened.....

I don't care about the ads SWYL      There are many ads for new cars, that I can't afford, junk food that I can't eat, Crap shows on TV that I refuse to watch,

I usually just switch channels.

[daisycutter 29,605]

42 minutes ago, La Dee-vina Comedia said:

Agreed. The overseas online betting sites can exchange info and pay the sports, but are not required to. However, it is their own interests to do so. They're the ones who lose money if there's a scam or a fixed match.

haha, they never will while run by gangsters

[daisycutter 29,605]

23 minutes ago, Bossdog said:

Understand that dc..... was just saying that people will do it wether it is legal or not......If it's not, there is no control at all.

correct, so the only argument is how we regulate and how much legal gambling we allow

imo at the moment we allow too much freedom. and the afl has got too cosy with gambling which will eventually over-compromise them (if not already)

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3 hours ago, Bossdog said:

With all due respect "Sir"    If there was no legal betting on these matches, it would just force the betting underground and make it more vunerable to so called match fixing.

If it's legal authorities can vet betting trends and pick out abnormalities.

I have never punted and don't wish to start so I don't care one way or another.    If you are stupid enough to throw your hard earned away so be it    

I don't think it makes any difference Bd. 

it seems there is legal betting on footy & it seems there is still illegal underground betting as well.  all the underground bookies need do ids offer better odds, better payoffs.

the only way to stop betting on fixed games is to catch the bastarrds & ban them from playing the game, ending careers.

 

a simple punt against afl rules should end up in a 1/4 season suspension, 1st offence.....  5 weeks

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33 minutes ago, daisycutter said:

correct, so the only argument is how we regulate and how much legal gambling we allow

imo at the moment we allow too much freedom. and the afl has got too cosy with gambling which will eventually over-compromise them (if not already)

tis too late

[daisycutter 29,605]

3 hours ago, beelzebub said:

tis too late

that's what worries me