2018/2019 PETITION

https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-help-protect-our-communities-from-gambling-harm-with-sufficient-self-exclusion




Hi folks, I've been off the map a while with all this having been concentrating on my new book about my childhood story - Poems From a Runaway.

But now I'm back with a new petition, and perhaps a lot more easily achievable than my first.

It's such a simple idea that I think if enough of us take just a moment to sign the petition then we could make it happen.

THE PROBLEM 

Currently as it stands, when a person goes into a betting shop and loses all their money (whether on sports betting or the machines) , they can only self-exclude themselves from the shop if they go and get two passport photos of themselves.
Just think about it, who after losing all their money, or most of it, is going to afford this?

The reality is is that most people simply fall into a depression with no way out, and having still made no steps to self-exclude themselves due to poverty- it's highly likely that because they live far closer to a bookies than they do a photo-booth, the cycle easily repeats.


THE SOLUTION

I'm proposing the most simplest solution in the world.
A small handheld camera in each shop that betting shop staff can use to self-exclude anyone that wished to do so.
Like how much is a camera going to cost simply to take photos. No more than £50 I should imagine!

Easy peasy lemon squeezy.

I think this can help a lot of people.

Please sign the petition at https://www.change.org/p/theresa-may-mp-help-protect-our-communities-from-gambling-harm-with-sufficient-self-exclusion