Regarding the argument on "Some people shouldn't play the lower stakes just for the promo". Does that mean high stakes cash/MTT/DYM players are not allowed to play the DTD games just to try and win the league and get bonus tournament entries....
So Sky Poker devise another promotion aimed at ALL players to reward the top 20 in each group, depending on how many hands of poker they have played over the w/end. Two words spring to mind - 'responsible gambling'! How can this be applied in this promotion? It is basically asking you to play more MTT's/STT's regardless of your win/lose ratio or BR, as there may be a small financial reward at the end of it. 'Gamble more/spend more' philosophy will not be a good thing for most players IMHO. Yes, there are players on the leader board who have the BR to chuck at this promotion, and it will probably be those who are rewarded in the end too. It is the ones who have not got the BR and will not get anything out of it that worries me. I have started this thread as a DISCUSSION thread, not a moan thread or a them and us thread. I have heard so many going/gone bust stories recently, I hope some good advice/discussions comes from this thread. Posted by MAXALLY
totally agree with this post 100%,not done on a win rate success but as many games as u can play, that is not responsible gambling,but i soppose sky have to dangle a carrott to the regs every now and then and make loads of rake from it, never took part myself coz i didnt agree with it.
I'm going to write to Tesco, inform them i have 500 club card points but demand that i get the same rewards as somebody with 10,000 points. Wonder how far i will get with that...
This is essentially the same thing. Sky, a private for profit company is seeking to enoucrage its customers to spend more money with them and not their competitors. They do this by rewarding people more the more they spend, which encourages brand loyalty. I'ts a pretty common practice across the industry.
I'm going to write to Tesco, inform them i have 500 club card points but demand that i get the same rewards as somebody with 10,000 points. Wonder how far i will get with that... This is essentially the same thing. Sky, a private for profit company is seeking to enoucrage its customers to spend more money with them and not their competitors. They do this by rewarding people more the more they spend, which encourages brand loyalty. I'ts a pretty common practice across the industry. Posted by BrownnDog
I totally agree!
However as a long time winning player on Sky, would you prefer to be rewarded for your skill and percentage win rate? or the volume of games you played?
Sky could set a minimum number of games to take part so would still achieve their objective!
I like wining money, call me selfish - I don't care about the exploited or de generate gamblers
If someone wants to gamble then why should we say no don't do it.
Sky is responsible and has exclusion options.
Should all the pubs close because there are alcholics everywhere ? If I was a landlord, I want you to be a alcholic If I ran a gamling website, I want you to be a de gen If I ran a live casino I may even pay for your hotel room bill so you come to my casino because your a de gen.
There enough help out there for gamblers and alcholics, so why should we feel bad or more to the point why should Sky not promote gambling.
I do remember when there was no restriction on smoking adversting, no there is. Maybe times will change to limits on what you can advertise.
Not yet though )
it's been a funny thread though
To the op Max, when you have won money at poker - have you ever given a secound thought to the people who have contributed to the prize pool. How many de gens gambling with there rent money have you managed to knock them out for them only to go and rob some old dear of her pension money.
You can't gamble and then take the other view of "this is wroung" Just makes you sound like a hypercrite
Should we ban promotions on cakes in case people get fat? Should we ban promotions on sun beds in case people get skin cancer? Should we ban promotions on alcohol in case people get liver disease?
Just because some people cant control themselves is no reason to penalise evrybody else
I like wining money, call me selfish - I don't care about the exploited or de generate gamblers If someone wants to gamble then why should we say no don't do it. Sky is responsible and has exclusion options. Should all the pubs close because there are alcholics everywhere ? If I was a landlord, I want you to be a alcholic If I ran a gamling website, I want you to be a de genIf I ran a live casino I may even pay for your hotel room bill so you come to my casino because your a de gen. There enough help out there for gamblers and alcholics, so why should we feel bad or more to the point why should Sky not promote gambling. I do remember when there was no restriction on smoking adversting, no there is. Maybe times will change to limits on what you can advertise. Not yet though ) it's been a funny thread though To the op Max, when you have won money at poker - have you ever given a secound thought to the people who have contributed to the prize pool. How many de gens gambling with there rent money have you managed to knock them out for them only to go and rob some old dear of her pension money. You can't gamble and then take the other view of "this is wroung" Just makes you sound like a hypercrite Posted by rancid
It would be a pretty unscrupulous landlord/ pokersite/ casino. It's good to have ethics. A Pub/ gambling website/ casino do not need alcholics mad gamblers, indeed decent establishments would deter this. There is a balance.
Poker, maybe part gambling but a lot of skill too, and while some poker players may be mad gamblers the vast majority are not. So i dont see anything at all hypocritical from OP in the slightest.
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If someone wants to gamble then why should we say no don't do it.
Sky is responsible and has exclusion options.
Should all the pubs close because there are alcholics everywhere ?
If I was a landlord, I want you to be a alcholic
If I ran a gamling website, I want you to be a de gen
If I ran a live casino I may even pay for your hotel room bill so you come to my casino because your a de gen.
There enough help out there for gamblers and alcholics, so why should we feel bad or more to the point why should Sky not promote gambling.
I do remember when there was no restriction on smoking adversting, no there is.
Maybe times will change to limits on what you can advertise.
Not yet though )
it's been a funny thread though
To the op Max, when you have won money at poker - have you ever given a secound thought to the people who have contributed to the prize pool. How many de gens gambling with there rent money have you managed to knock them out for them only to go and rob some old dear of her pension money.
You can't gamble and then take the other view of "this is wroung"
Just makes you sound like a hypercrite
Oh for goodness sake
Should we ban promotions on cakes in case people get fat?
Should we ban promotions on sun beds in case people get skin cancer?
Should we ban promotions on alcohol in case people get liver disease?
Just because some people cant control themselves is no reason to penalise evrybody else
Poker, maybe part gambling but a lot of skill too, and while some poker players may be mad gamblers the vast majority are not. So i dont see anything at all hypocritical from OP in the slightest.