The ACCC wont get involved unless a complaint is laid.

Plenty of complaints were made DD & nothing done.

Were they to the ACCC Though.?

The only thing the ACCC will do is thank you for your complaint and refer you to Beyondblue and Lifeline!

I'm talking from experience. They're not a toothless tiger, just an under resourced one, with plenty of complaints to sort through, like carbon tax, bank charges, etc. Punters are low on the priority list, just seen as gamblers and deserve what they get! .....Not my viewpoint, but one shared by many, as gambling isn't seen as an 'honest' living. Ever noticed at a party, when someone asks, what you do for a living? "Yeah, I'm a gambler"......("whisper, whisper....one of those desperate types" snicker, snicker)

Nowaday's, I just say,"I'm unemployed!"

I say I'm a 'turf accountant, room for a pony!'

Agree 100%.

But imagine how the problem sounds to an outsider... "waah, I want to get rich without working, and those bookies aren't helping me. The government should force them go broke so that I can get rich!"

I just say that I am retired. Which is true - this is just one of my hobbies.

They have been ready to go for ages. The owner is being held up by other parties taking their sweet time. He didn't specify who but he mentioned "red tape".

I have a feeling that red tape is going to be far more complicated than they anticipate.

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An open letter to Bet365.

Dear bet365

You were right to limit my place bets on $10 chances to $4.30 & $3.87, as I must be some sort of punting genius (can't see it myself), although how you came to those amounts is beyond me. Even though they were both unplaced and you would have profited times 10 what you did, you are living up to your hype of being one of the biggest bookies in the world. But limiting my next bet to 80c is surely a bad joke. No, indeed it is you that are the joke. Get out of the game before you embarrass yourself further.

PS I rang my 12yo nephew who let me on for the rest of the bet. I now owe him $18.20. Rumour is he split it with his 9yo brother.

LUXBET and TAB still outright refusing $5 fixed odds bets @ 1.10

They are fully not complying.