General Chat

[Magpie]

Ok Quevega, that a good shout, will have a look later today. Thanks.

[Istabraq]

Don't forget you can go to the desktop site and view them there.
It made me feel better this morning to see them.

This was the response they gave me a few weeks ago when all the values were wrong, just seems poor/lazy customer services to me, I'm sure most people access sites via the app than laptop these days so it must be hurting Hills somewhere.
Sad but probably stinks of a business that have culled all non fee earning staff, they're certainly a shadow of the business they once were...

[Kevloaf]

Of the people affected by this WH situation...

How many are considering boycotting them after this festival?

Shall I do a poll

[Nortons who]

This was the response they gave me a few weeks ago when all the values were wrong, just seems poor/lazy customer services to me, I'm sure most people access sites via the app than laptop these days so it must be hurting Hills somewhere.
Sad but probably stinks of a business that have culled all non fee earning staff, they're certainly a shadow of the business they once were...

Don't know for sure but potentially a slightly different issue to previously. All of my hundrreds of AP bets pre October are now showing correctly on both mobile phone and tablet via the App. I can't check as I only have Samsung devices but Im wondering if this could be device or Android version of software specific, which they might be working their way through fixing.

[Atlantic Viking]

Only seen this thread now but mine are all fine on the WH mobile app. Still the issue of older bets not showing as boosted mind.

[BeigeBuffetSelection]

Total newbie question this but hard to know whilst they've got the issue with My Bets, do Hills ever offer cashout on Antepost selections?

[Nortons who]

Total newbie question this but hard to know whilst they've got the issue with My Bets, do Hills ever offer cashout on Antepost selections?

No, they never have. I asked them a while back if they were going to consider doing it and they said no. Now they are being sold, I guess it depends on who buys the online UK business and whether they want to change things.

[Quevega]

https://www.racingpost.com/news/comment/affordability-checks-are-even-worse-than-you-might-think-and-heres-why/471244

When you consider the number of accounts that get closed or restricted when winning regularly.
These new proposals for affordability checks will close this forum.
Surely can't happen.

Like getting a fucking mortgage.

[Magpie]

I did the survey about this the other day, Quevega, and sent in back to give my views. It’s one thing to help problem gamblers (all in favour off), but giving private information fior affordability checks is outrageous. It’s like a communist state.

[Quevega]

I did the survey about this the other day, Quevega, and sent in back to give my views. It’s one thing to help problem gamblers (all in favour off), but giving private information fior affordability checks is outrageous. It’s like a communist state.

Yep, there is all sorts wrong with it.
Multiple accounts ?

Never mind what I mentioned previously.
Imagine being closed down when you win and having to apply with all your financial details to lose !!
I fucking stake more than my monthly earnings in a week more often than not.
And if they don't count dividends then I'll be betting with 2p's.

[Quevega]

It should be voluntary.
Like all other methods available for problem gamblers.

If you want ti limit your losses because you can;t afford to lose and have a problem then this would be a decent idea.

[Istabraq]

I did the survey about this the other day.

I did aswell, I tried to post the link in here for everyone to have a go but it proved beyond my abilities sadly.
The Racing Post have been all over this in recent days, they know the impact restrictions will have on levy and bookmakers (and therefore their ad revenue income) but the whole debacle is nonsense.

You can literally buy as much booze as you want to kill yourself or rack up mammouth debts from store credit/shopping but losing ?100 a month demands deep financial interrogation, how can that make any sense ?
The way racing is funded will collapse and we could very well find that only a handful of racecourses survive...

[Magpie]

It’s has all sorts of implications , it will affect the money to support racing itself. I don’t want to get into a conversation on a racing forum, about non racing matters, but this country is curtailing freedom of thought in so many ways. Comedy is more or less sanctioned now, anything dangerous will no longer get commissioned by terrestrial channels, if you have a view, it will be generally shouted down if not in line with the liberal elite. Just want to make clear I am not talking about anything covid related, just the way this country is going. Rant over!

[ryanh97]

Completely agree with all above. If there's a petition anywhere, send it to me please. I have 8 days of isolation left that I will dedicate to getting it signed by every person I know.

As Tom says in his article, stating that people's disposable income cannot be sent how they see fit, is nothing to do with affordability, and everything to do with prohibitionism and control.

It started with the reduction on FOBT stakes and also sugar tax, but our civil liberties are genuinely at risk of errosion.

Honestly, I'm not one for hyperbole, just find this shocking, bordering on dangerous.

[Istabraq]

Completely agree with all above. If there's a petition anywhere, send it to me please

I think it was closed earlier this week ryan, I received it from At The Racesmso worth having a look there...