The Problem Gamblers Federation

Are you fed up with the lack of awareness out there about how gambling really affects people's lives?

Are you fed up with our respective government's around the world and the gambling industry getting greedier and greedier and making bigger and bigger profits of the backs of problem gamblers?

Are you fed up with the lies and spin that everyone seems to pump out about how we are the tiny minority and how the problem is not really a significant one?

Shall we continue to let the greed and ignorance of a few continue to blight our communities and our families all around the world?

I propose that us problem gamblers and people whose lives have been turned upside down by gambling need a voice - a voice that can represent them at all levels - a voice that can grow and grow and become so powerful by uniting together that they cannot ignore us anymore - a voice that can affect policy, educate the media, influence the industry and create a better understanding of how gambling works to everyone around the world.

A voice that is not manufactured around its own greedy ego but one that is centred around the facts. And those facts are how gambling has seriously affected us all spiritually, emotionally and financially?

The problem gambler federation is a call to you to help change the status quo - to join the fight against the greedy ignorant captains of the gambling industry who only care about profits and use lies and spin to say that they care about responsible gambling.

INTERESTED?

How it would work?

1. Together we build a huge membership organisation that cannot be ignored

2. There must be a commitment to fill in a questionaire so that we can conduct our own studies and research - Information that we can use as our weapons in this fight. This can all be done completely anonymously. At the moment we have to rely on studies that are commissioned by the government - and these are the ones who are creating all the problems - I say that they are not best placed to be wearing both hats. There needs to be an alternative.

3. We can provide informed experts with information to back up our case and be ready to present our work to the media, government and the industry and bring about change and raise overall awareness.

How to join?

1. This is a concept that relies on your willing particpation if it is ever going to become a living breathing reality. So if you like what is being said here then send me an email saying 'Jake - I'm in' click here to send an email - sorry if the link doesn't work but you can mail me at jakewanttostopgambling@hotmail.com

2. That's it, nothing more until I get enough names and email addresses (say about 1000)  which will signify to me that I am not alone in my thoughts. That there is enough of us out there who wants to do something about this problem of lack of awareness and to what is really going on.

3. When we reach 1000 names I will construct a questionairre that will demonstrate how problem gambling severely affects us in every area of our lives. This applies to two sets of people. People who are or have been problem gamblers and those whose lives have been seriously affected by problem gamblers. There must be a committment to fill in this questionairre so we can start to have information that we can use as a tool to raise that awareness.

4. After that I publish the findings on a new website and then we grow. Grow and grow until we become a voice that cannot be ignored.

What do you think? 

Are you with me?    click here to send an email - sorry if the link doesn't work but you can mail me at jakewanttostopgambling@hotmail.com

Members so far (76) - 30th August 2009

Margo from Aus - Lynda from US - Tony from Australia - Alex from UK - Hugh from Australia - Mark from Scotland - Duane from Uk - Amanda from Scotland - Barbara from UK - Nena from USA - Nancy from US - Nick from UK - Frank from Holland - Lee from UK - James from Scotland - Darrell from USA - Tracey from Canada - Debbie from US - Scott from UK - Tony from UK - Dick from N.IRE - Tim from AUS - David from UK - Timothy from USA - Julie from UK - Peter from UK - Garry from UK  - Eddie from UK - John from UK - Ruth from AUS - Barry from UK - Maxwella from UK - Kim from AUS - Evan from UK - Vincent from AUS
PLUS
Jake Brindell, Jesse, Maria123456, Gary, Stephen, Jaonparis, Storm, Moe11, Cindylou026, Troubleinwa, Time flies, Gerard, Dorothy eyes, Shawn Jordan, Drew Hartt, Baz, MTwallet, Alan, Sandy, Dunc1968, Raymond, Pam, Brycew66, Lexus Guy, Roz, Mayb, Dianne, Pat123, Gull991, MrsKSmith, Westere, Carol, Sky, Gisli, Tricia, Adam, Darren, Jimbo, Anne, Felix, Mina, Nick G