Samuel Badcock is campaigning for change to help others
'A gambling addict is campaigning to change industry rules after losing an estimated £100,000 over the last 14 years. Samuel Badcock, 36, first got hooked on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBT) after visiting a Bristol branch of Betfred on his 23rd birthday.'
'After a decade of addiction to gambling, a Newcastle man is calling for widespread changes in how victims of problem gambling can be protected.
Sam Badcock became addicted to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals - what he calls the "crack cocaine of the high street" - when he was 23, and has been struggling with gambling ever since.'
For refusing to remove Sam's data, despite mis-representing their self-exclusion, therefore Sam could not make an informed decision.
For misleading Sam.
For over-reaching
47 year retention period!
For facilitating Gamprotect
For being a member of GamProtect and not realizing that a private company has no right to do this!
Can't say at this stage, it'll ruin everything!
Soon. Please bear with
For offering non-membership-based, self-exclusion, despite the fact it hurts people and as a reward, gets to keep people's data.
For facilitating Gamprotect
For operating non-membership-based, self-exclusion, despite the fact it hurts people and as a reward, gets to keep their data.
For being a member of GamProtect and not realizing that a private company has no right to do this!
For facilitating Gamprotect
We are fighting back!
For facilitating Gamprotect
We are fighting back!
I'm super proud of myself and UK journalism. I recently spoke with a journalist via my phone, and they sent a professional photographer all the way up from the North West of England to take my head shots. I'm about to feature in an article regarding, well, I'll not say now...
Big shout out to Jackie Olden, because she was the person that made the introduction!
I know Danny Cheetham had a hand to play in this too! This has been a real coordinated team effort, and it's going to make a real difference! So huge thanks to everyone that made it possible!
If it wasn't for what these people (above) did to help The Verified Members Only Campaign (me), I'd still be stuck reaching for the button, everything changed after the BBC and the NHS!
Thanks to me too, obviously.
It should be named THEM-Exclusion, not, SELF-Exclusion.
There's currently no SELF, in self-exclusion, in the UK!
A national gambling app with one self-exclusion app-based provider is the ultimate key and could go worldwide!
SELF-serve, via your phone, is the world-wide solution to gambling and SELF-exclusion from it!