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And that's how you get a Paddy Power next to a William Hill while the rest of the high street is shuttered.
by shermantanktop 1y ago
And that's how you get a Paddy Power next to a William Hill while the rest of the high street is shuttered.
- nly 1y agoAnd Betfred just threatened to close 1,300 high street betting shops if Reeves increases gambling taxes in the budget next month. https://www.ft.com/content/3641f944-38cc-4ed5-853a-03fab3ac4e4e https://www.ft.com/content/3641f944-38cc-4ed5-853a-03fab3ac4...
- UltraSane 1y agoHow is that a threat?
- lmm 1y agoDo you think that's better or worse than an entirely shuttered high street? Why?
- Podrod 1y agoBecause the gambling industry is a parasite.
- shermantanktop 1y agoThose are the choices? I hope not. The forces that made those shops appear and made the greengrocers disappear are not natural, inevitable, and foolish to resist. They are just laws, laws that permitted some things and discouraged others, taxed some things and subsidized others.