To be not understand why...

[cookiemonster5678]

...i was asked to leave a betting shop because i had my 5 week old baby with me?

I get that there are laws in place to stop under age gambling...

BUT

He is a tiny baby, tucked up in his pram, and was fast asleep so not screaming or anything...

I can understand the problem with toddlers/young children running around, or teenagers trying to gamble underage.

I can even accept if a baby was making a lot if noise then customers may be distracted.

I also understand that young people may be influenced by seeing gambling and therefore their presence isn't appropriate. But a 5 week old quiet baby, what the actual fuck?!

I took my custom elsewhere, and was not asked to leave in the second shop!

The staff face the sack if they break the law, the shop could be closed, the owners prosecuted. No room for discretion there, even if there was it puts the staff in a very difficult situation.

Pink - I would hope that the people responsible for policing it would understand ....would they really prosecute in that case?
And Sirzy I don't know about OP but I don't think I've been in a bookies in my life before or after - didn't have a clue there was an age limit...

unlucky83 Would you bet 1000s of pounds/your job/your business on the Gaming Commission being lenient? That's the point I was trying to make -the business would be risking a lot for your child to have a wee.