- Jul 7, 2003
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Good news, guys.
Pissed all your wages away down the bookies?
Gambled your last pennies on some godforsaken glue-factory wannabe at Tocester?
Couldn't resist the urge to burn £300,000 on the outcome of the Ryder Cup?
Then have no fear, help is at hand, for this gentleman has come up with the answer! Sue the bookies! Well done, Mr Calvert, you're taking the "It's everyone's fault but mine" culture in this country to a whole new level.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/14/gambling.law?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
A compulsive gambler is suing a betting chain for negligence after losing £2m when he was supposed to be barred.
Greyhound trainer Graham Calvert, 28, from Tyne and Wear, wants William Hill to pay back his losses on the grounds it failed in its duty of care.
"If I'd known I had the problem and didn't do anything about it, I would see myself as being 100% responsible," he told the BBC. "The fact is that I did try to go through the right procedures and I was let down."
Calvert said he told William Hill to ban him in May 2006 but later opened another account and lost £2m, including £347,000 on a bet that the US would win the Ryder Cup.
He was earning up to £30,000 a month from training greyhounds and had built up savings of nearly £700,000.
He began gambling in 2005 and was soon placing up to 20 bets a day at up to £30,000 a punt. In May 2006, he opened an account with William Hill. After placing some big bets – and realising his habit was getting out of hand - he closed the account and claims he was offered "self exclusion" – where an individual asks not to be allowed to place further bets.
Two months later, Calvert opened a new account with William Hill in his own name and went on to lose £2m.
His legal team claims William Hill was negligent in allowing him to continue to gamble after agreeing he would be self excluded and it should be held responsible for the consequences.
The case opens at the high court next week. William Hill said it would contest the allegations.
Pissed all your wages away down the bookies?
Gambled your last pennies on some godforsaken glue-factory wannabe at Tocester?
Couldn't resist the urge to burn £300,000 on the outcome of the Ryder Cup?
Then have no fear, help is at hand, for this gentleman has come up with the answer! Sue the bookies! Well done, Mr Calvert, you're taking the "It's everyone's fault but mine" culture in this country to a whole new level.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/feb/14/gambling.law?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront
A compulsive gambler is suing a betting chain for negligence after losing £2m when he was supposed to be barred.
Greyhound trainer Graham Calvert, 28, from Tyne and Wear, wants William Hill to pay back his losses on the grounds it failed in its duty of care.
"If I'd known I had the problem and didn't do anything about it, I would see myself as being 100% responsible," he told the BBC. "The fact is that I did try to go through the right procedures and I was let down."
Calvert said he told William Hill to ban him in May 2006 but later opened another account and lost £2m, including £347,000 on a bet that the US would win the Ryder Cup.
He was earning up to £30,000 a month from training greyhounds and had built up savings of nearly £700,000.
He began gambling in 2005 and was soon placing up to 20 bets a day at up to £30,000 a punt. In May 2006, he opened an account with William Hill. After placing some big bets – and realising his habit was getting out of hand - he closed the account and claims he was offered "self exclusion" – where an individual asks not to be allowed to place further bets.
Two months later, Calvert opened a new account with William Hill in his own name and went on to lose £2m.
His legal team claims William Hill was negligent in allowing him to continue to gamble after agreeing he would be self excluded and it should be held responsible for the consequences.
The case opens at the high court next week. William Hill said it would contest the allegations.
