Samaritans Criticised Over Paddy Power Betfair Partnership
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Samaritans criticised over Paddy Power Betfair collaboration
31 August 2019
ByDan Whitworth
Money Box reporter
The charity Samaritans has come in for criticism over its relate to the wagering company Paddy Power Betfair.
Staff at the group picked Samaritans as their Charity of the Year.
But critics - consisting of relatives of people with gambling problems who took their own lives - state it is risking its track record by working with the yohaig code firm.
Both organisations state Samaritans' insight and expertise will help Paddy Power Betfair enhance how it assists susceptible clients.
The collaboration includes activities such as fundraising, corporate contribution and volunteering.
Samaritans states it will also help it continue its work "to attempt to minimize the number of deaths by suicide".
"Appalling"
But John Myers, who lost his child Ryan 5 years back when he took his own life aged 27 after ending up being addicted to betting, said that was not a sufficient reason.
"I'm extremely dissatisfied in the Samaritans.
"They're a charitable organisation so they require to get money from other people, anywhere they can. But to toss yourself in with the devil I do not believe is right.
"this promotion code market has destroyed households and ruined lives.
"To even believe about depending on bed with these people is incorrect and I think they ought to rethink it and stop taking their cash."
Carolyn Harris, chairwoman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling Related Harm, informed the BBC she had issues about the tie-up.
"At finest this promotion code is distasteful and at worst it's dreadful," she stated.
"When you see them [Samaritans] aligning themselves to a market with a reputation for being accountable for suicides through dependency to gambling - it troubles me.
"For me it legitimises this promotion code business. I've satisfied a lot of people who've lost enjoyed ones, incomes and homes through addiction to betting.
"Everything Samaritans does is to try to solve the problems that all gambling companies have a function to play in creating.
" [Samaritans] ought to get back to essentials and keep doing what's it's been respected for providing for years - its fantastic work."
In statements both organisations stated the collaboration will not simply help Samaritans' fundraising efforts, but its insight and competence will also assist Paddy Power Betfair look after vulnerable consumers and develop and enhance its policies in this area.
Paddy Power Betfair added it is "eager to gain from the great work the Samaritans already do, in order to continuously improve our accountable gaming tools and interactions".
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