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Online Gambling Stuff
[edit]UK Online Gambling Industry
[edit]In the UK, between 2009 - 2010, 4% of adults had bet online.[1] Between April 2010 and March 2011, online gambling which is regulated by the UK Gambling Commission yielded £660.74 million, a 5% increase on the previous year. The British regulated online gambling sector was worth a 12% market share of the British regulated gambling industry within the same time period. Most British consumer online gambling activity is on overseas regulated websites, and estimates place the UK consumer market for online gambling at £1.9 billion for 2010. (Approximately three times the size of the British regulated market). In the year to March 2011, 5000 adults were surveyed and reported that 11.2% of them had participated in at least one form of remote gambling in the previous four weeks. Approximately half of the respondents had only participated in National Lottery products. Another group of interviews conducted by the Gambling Commission [2]
In March 2011, the UK online gambling industry employed 6,077 full time employees. A number that has declined since 2008 where 8,918 full time employees were in employment within the industry. Also, there were 291 remote gambling activity licences held by 225 operators at this date. Three of the sectors within online gambling are; Betting, Bingo and Casino which between them turned over £13,456.07 million between April 2010 and March 2011. During this time period, Betting tunred over a substancial proportion of this amount, turning over £13,081.44 million, with Bingo and Casino turning over £26.75 million and £347.87 million repectively.[2]
Problem Gambling in the UK
[edit]A study by the UK Gambling Commission, the "British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010", found that approximately 0.9% of the adult population had problem gambling issues, more than shown in a previous study in 2007. The highest prevalence of problem gambling was found among those who participated in playing Poker at a pub or club (20.3%), Dog races (19.2%) and online slot machine style or instant win games (17%). Additionally the report noted a 15% increase in overall gambling since 2007, from a rate of 58% in 2007 to 73% in 2010. Significantly, the 2010 prevalence survey notes that whilst the overall gambling figure had increased, the prevelance among men at 75% was not dissimilar to the amounts in two previous surveys in 1999 and 2007 which were 76% and 71% respectively. However, the prevelance among women for 2010 was 71%, which was higher than 68% in 1999 and 65% in 2007.[1]
- ^ a b National Centre for Social Research (2011), British Gambling Prevalence Survey 2010 (PDF)
{{citation}}: line feed character in|title=at position 17 (help) - ^ a b Gambling Commission (2011), Industry Statistics (PDF)
SLR650 Stuff
[edit]Introduction
[edit]The SLR650 was released in 1997 by Honda, and is a more road-biased version of the NX650 Dominator. It possesses a 644cc, SOHC air cooled, 4 valve, single cylinder engine. The production of the SLR650 was halted in 1999 and it was re-released as the FX650 Vigor which continued to be produced until 2001. [1]
Accessories and Components
[edit]The SLR650 received some negative attention due to not possessing certain accessories other motorcycles do, for example, the SLR650 does not have a centre stand or a Tachometer. There was also complaint of the headlight being poor.
The SLR650 is equipped with both front and rear single disc brakes and has a fuel capacity of 13 litres.