Stuart Chapman
Newbie member
- Joined
- Feb 4, 2025
- Location
- Poole
Some might think I'm exaggerating here but I can assure you that it's a fair reflection of all which I've experienced on bookies FOBT over the last 8 or so years:
Yesterday I put well over £400 in a bookies (WH) FOBT Slot (brand new game) and recieved Precisely ZERO Gameplay or Value For Money for the cash inserted At All, this is about the 1,000th time that this exact same experience has happened to me for similar or larger amounts of money lost over the best part of the last decade or so and it is Patently Obvious to me now that I am not recieving any fairness or fair chance of winning anything at all . . . So, the question undoubtedly is 'What On Earth Is Wrong With Bookmakers FOBT Slot Offerings!!?'.
Despicable would literally be an understatement to describe how appalling the nature of the constant losing spins 'gameplay' I have received for my money on these 'slot machines' has actually been in reality.
At this point in 2025 it actually feels more so than ever like these high street shops are basically just stealing my money now without even so much as a cursory nod towards fairness at all and judging from all I've seen during my own 'gameplay' and that of other players losing their money right next to me, I'm certain that I'm not alone in how angry I feel.
The bottom line is that the FOBT Slots gambling currently 'On Offer' to UK Gamblers is Appallingly Unfair and I have proven this beyond all doubt through my very own shockingly bad experiences and the huge financial losses that these sessions have inflicted upon me cumulatively.
Who should I make representation to about these losses and the unfairness reflected in the dreadful rtp% performance throughout my own woeful experiences playing(?) the FOBT units in these high street chains / shops because The UKGC has openly informed me in writing that they no longer enforce or check rtp% performance of any gambling products (neither the hardware nor software) anywhere within the UK because it would be 'Impractical To Do So!', and also where do I complain about the lack of real world lawful performance of FOBT units at these high street establishments, If indeed that is (as I strongly suspect) what is actually occurring on a daily basis within these establishments in reality?
Yesterday I put well over £400 in a bookies (WH) FOBT Slot (brand new game) and recieved Precisely ZERO Gameplay or Value For Money for the cash inserted At All, this is about the 1,000th time that this exact same experience has happened to me for similar or larger amounts of money lost over the best part of the last decade or so and it is Patently Obvious to me now that I am not recieving any fairness or fair chance of winning anything at all . . . So, the question undoubtedly is 'What On Earth Is Wrong With Bookmakers FOBT Slot Offerings!!?'.
Despicable would literally be an understatement to describe how appalling the nature of the constant losing spins 'gameplay' I have received for my money on these 'slot machines' has actually been in reality.
At this point in 2025 it actually feels more so than ever like these high street shops are basically just stealing my money now without even so much as a cursory nod towards fairness at all and judging from all I've seen during my own 'gameplay' and that of other players losing their money right next to me, I'm certain that I'm not alone in how angry I feel.
The bottom line is that the FOBT Slots gambling currently 'On Offer' to UK Gamblers is Appallingly Unfair and I have proven this beyond all doubt through my very own shockingly bad experiences and the huge financial losses that these sessions have inflicted upon me cumulatively.
Who should I make representation to about these losses and the unfairness reflected in the dreadful rtp% performance throughout my own woeful experiences playing(?) the FOBT units in these high street chains / shops because The UKGC has openly informed me in writing that they no longer enforce or check rtp% performance of any gambling products (neither the hardware nor software) anywhere within the UK because it would be 'Impractical To Do So!', and also where do I complain about the lack of real world lawful performance of FOBT units at these high street establishments, If indeed that is (as I strongly suspect) what is actually occurring on a daily basis within these establishments in reality?
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