I have personally seen gambling fuck up way more lives than drugs, and this was before it was being shoved down our throats. It's honestly disgusting how shameless the advertising has been, getting people to gamble like degenerates in "garbage time." Or poking fun at people "losing their shirt" in Buffalo. And don't even get me started at how they are using fantasy sports to get kids hooked early.
Fuck this so much. I know entire families - children, parents, grandparents - who've been put through hell over this.
Gambling, alcohol, nicotine, and prescription medicine should all be banned from advertising. Sponsorship should count as advertising and thus be banned too.
It’s been about ten years since sports betting advertising has been permitted on TV in most Australian states. It has pervaded everything and made betting a normalised part of sport.
Most people hate it and want it gone, but clubs and networks are drunk off the money it provides so governments have been slow to move.
Please if your country doesn’t allow sports betting ads yet, put up a fight to stop it.
I agree. Here in Sweden we've had a huge surge in online casino ads on TV for the last 5 years. Maybe even more. Super annoying. Everyone hates them. But not much is done despite that.
There is so much cognitive dissonance between the warning at the bottom of the screen and the content of the commercial. Totally agreed.
In Finland gambling/slot machines/betting is monopoly from state and it is not allowed to be advertised. It is age controlled and all the money from the gambling go to charity/tax, and gambling addiction control.
I do like that system, even if it sometimes feels bit controlling people from theirself.
I guess some way to change your mind is giving you a share of the money the gambling industry is paying for having this happen
Before it was outlawed, in my country some gambling website even paid to rename the league to "bet and win league"
Good to see people agree on this. The way that gambling in sports has flourished really targets and is detrimental to young men, IMO. I've noticed that younger men tend to feel it's normal to risk a significant amount of money gambling on almost all sports, to include E-sports, when really it shouldn't be something they think about constantly.
I like gambling as much as the next person, and I feel like you should be allowed to if you're responsible, but I think we shouldn't be glorifying gambling like it's just something everyone does. Shame on all these celebrities using their status to trick younger people into gambling.
no. you're right.
Edit his mug so it doesn't have that Nazis name on it. Maybe have it say boot or dumbass lol
They legalized online gambling and ads for it a couple of years ago in the Netherlands. It's already causing problems with addiction. I personally think all ads for gambling and alcoholic beverages should be banned.
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Video games are addictive and ruined plenty of lives. Still see ads for them.
I'm in Ontario Canada so it's extra perverse that the government runs all the gaming and ads
I mean, everything that’s better than your average real life can be addictive. Should games not be advertised because some people are addicted? Should phones not be advertised because they have negative implications for your health?
I’m not particularly in favor of gambling ads, but where exactly would you draw the line?
