Nick

Nick Gunn is a dedicated bingo player from Newcastle. In his late sixties, he loves online bingo, which he discovered after he retired. He and his wife, Sheila are both self-confessed bingo bingers, playing for hours online every day, and at weekends they try and head down to the halls. The two originally met at a bingo hall in Newcastle over forty years ago!

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Cheap gimmicks from Labour

Ah yes, it is that time of the week again when politicians once again feel the need to attack the gambling industry. Damn, just when we so very nearly made it to the end of the week, you may very well think to yourself. Well, you didn’t honestly believe they were going to leave us… Read more »

Gross double standards regarding the gambling industry

We often hear about the immorality of tax evasion. Certainly, it is an issue that irritates people. And, in all fairness, why shouldn’t it? People work hard, and don’t necessarily like the government taking from them. I know I certainly don’t. And, I suspect, you don’t much, either. Tax is one of those life certainties,… Read more »

The government’s online gambling legislation will backfire

People don’t like gambling, of that there is no doubt. It is hardly a badly-kept secret that people view betting with disdain. Reader, you know what I mean. That visceral judgement you see people pass on you when they know that you gamble and it’s not something which passes their bien pesant morality. It seems like little… Read more »

What happened to bingo?

Do you remember the days when bingo was a nice quiet, peaceful game? I’m sure you do. Even at my tender age, I certainly do. Back when I played with my Nan as a kid, I recall it was always a peaceful and joyous occasion. However, looking at the bingo news over the last week… Read more »

The EU can bog off

It seems the bureaucrats at the European Parliament are now focusing their energy on a new vice. Reader, is it my imagination or do they ever stop pontificating from atop their pedestals? It would seem that a day doesn’t go by nowadays when they are not lecturing sovereign states about something – whether cigarette packaging,… Read more »

Nanny-state is now attacking Tesco gambling

Is there any private space that busy-bodies don’t like sticking their nose in? Whether it is smoking in your car, or nasty politicians telling you how much sugar you can eat, it seems that every space is now totally and utterly violated by the nanny-state. Well, unsurprisingly now some jobsworth councillor in Dundee, Scotland, called… Read more »

So it turns out politicians are hypocrites, who knew?

So, there you have it. If ever you needed an example of why you should never trust a politician this is it – instead of working, as we pay them to do, most politicians and their aides have been gambling online in-between arranging affairs and watching pornography, as revealed this weekend. Most of them in… Read more »

British politicians gamble online

British politicians gamble online whilst working in Westminster, according to a freedom of information request. The Mail on Sunday reported that there were 3,844,636 attempts to access gaming websites from Parliamentary IT server between January 2013 and January 2014. Other sites accessed include pornography, dragon role-playing, virtual farming, and an extra marital affair website called… Read more »