Pensioners playing bingo

Is this one of the most pathetic council political correctness decisions ever made ?

A council near me has decided that a dozen or so pensioners in an old folks home are breaking the law and holding ilegal gambling sessions in their old folks home, and have been for over 40 years.

They play bingo once a week for stakes of between £1 and £6 . The winner gets half the stake money and the rest goes towards food for the home and special outings/days out for the residents.

They've told them they must apply for a Gambling License { cost £900 } and then purchase the License themselves { another cost of {£1,300 } .

What a load of ●□■□●□■○ .
I'm sorry but this has really made my blood boil.

These are not hardened gamblers running a private gambling club for Gods sake, they're a little group of pensioners having an afternoon of fun.

Will they start going around pubs etc stopping Quiz nights, card games , pool matches/tournaments darts matches. I could go on and on here but i think you can get my message.

 

It is disgusting. A similar thing happened here in Lagos a year or so ago where a cafe was raided for gambling when it was a charity quiz but bottles of booze were being given away. Apparently a license was required.

On the other hand we have hookers sitting proudly on the main road leaving little to the imagination through Algarve touting their wares and cops just pass them by!

 

Love the grumpy faces!!! Pensioners banned from bingo for 'running illegal gambling den' | Metro News

 

Maybe they could buy tokens or vouchers for a pound each, then use them as a form of money to play bingo with.

Where I work the boss had to buy a licence to play music in public because some busy body came round and noticed we had a radio in the workshop, the four of us are considered "public" apparently, or maybe there is the chance that someone might come into the workshop from outside, horror, and actually hear the radio.

The world has gone MAD.