Small Stakes for Lunch - Don’t bet on your colleague buying lunch
Workplace office betting is widespread amongst employees and their managers. WotADonkey.com illustrates the problems affecting the UK workplace with solutions to minimise such issues.
(PRWEB) july 18, 2005 -- If the conclusions of recent research by Vault.com
are believed office employees see workplace gambling as little more than a
lunchtime stake.
61% of full-time employees have taken part in office
betting with an even greater number aware of betting within their
workplace.
Investigation by WotADonkey.com – a licensed UK football
betting pool, discovered widespread gambling amongst office employees with
managers taking part in workplace sweepstakes and betting pools.
It seems
managers are unclear of their companies polices and the legal implications of
small stakes office betting pools. Some managers admitted, “turning a blind eye”
to office betting and even encouraging gambling to “improve team
spirit”.
Marcus Garvey, Customer Relationship Manager for WotADonkey.com
commented: “Office betting pools are a risky business. Local authorities may
ignore small-stakes office betting, but all unlicensed gambling within the UK is
illegal.”
“The use of licensed betting pools can mitigate such problems,
but managers and employees must realise that organisers, participants and even
the owners of the premises are all equally liable for unlicensed
gambling.”
Proliferation of workplace Internet use can only expose many
of the groups offering illegal betting and gaming services to office employees.
In an Internet savvy world staff must find legal alternatives for sweepstakes
and office-betting pools, before local authorities turn up the heat on their
illegal lunchtime stakes.
Notes to editor
Further information on the
legality of office betting pools and guidance for employees and managers can be
found at www.WotADonkey.com/office.
About
WotADonkey
WotADonkey is an online UK-based football betting pool, which
financially rewards members for each prediction and each new player they
recommend. The more regularly members play WotADonkey, the less it costs and the
more likely they’ll win the monthly or annual cash prizes.
WotADonkey
allows unlimited creation of friends’ leagues and free
registration.
WotADonkey is operated from the United Kingdom pursuant to
a pools promoters license issued by London Borough of Richmond Council in
accordance with the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Act 1963.
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