
The childhood thieves
Time seems to pass ever so slowly before the age of about sixteen. Childhood seems to last an eternity. A defining feature of adulthood...

Join us in demanding change in gambling
https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/5XRGKB7 The Open Door blog is today promoting a new initiative by the Beat The Odds campaign to demand...

Gambling addicts, the Institute of Economic Affairs needs you!
According to right wing think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs, there is “no obvious reason why a reasonably sized town or city...
Our invitation to Ray Winstone to meet with gambling addicts and hear their stories.
The actor Ray Winstone has appeared in one of the most controversial but effective gambling adverts in recent years. In the letter below,...

Excessive Gambling Wales 2018 - Conference Report
By Open Door Correspondent "Bernie" At teatime on the 23rd of June, just a couple of days ago, a frantic week of activity at the Living...

Seven unreasonable suggestions to the government over gambling
Industries can be loosely grouped into two categories, value adding and value extracting. A business that solves problems by...

Today has been an epic victory against the bookies, but don't be fooled, they'll be back.
In 1942, following the allied victory at the Battle of El Alamein, Winston Churchill famously and sagely said: '...this is not the end....

Are Democracy and the Gambling Industry Incompatible?
Democracies are not simply societies where elections periodically happen. Nor are they just societies where newspapers are free to...

The gambling industry is organised to protect its interests, we must be too.
For a decade since the financial crisis since 2008, the costs of paying for the damage done to the economy has been shifted onto the...




