Approved for the use of Red Forman, instead of that dumbass.
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~~sports~~ Gambling shouldn't be advertised ~~on tv~~
FTFY
Gambling, alcohol, nicotine, and prescription medicine should all be banned from advertising. Sponsorship should count as advertising and thus be banned too.
Every bloody third advert on TV in Australia is a gambling ad, it's insane that we continue to allow it given how much of an actual widespread problem it is here. They have fairly lame government mandated warnings after each one but I doubt they do much at all.
Same in the UK! When the pandemic started companies stopped advertising on TV because they weren't doing business anymore, except for the bookies (gambling brokers) so almost every ad was for them. And because people are on doors and probably bored/miserable I bet they did much more business than normal.
I don't think we have the warnings you're talking about here, except for sone text on the screen that says something like "gamble smart" lol
I wholeheartedly believe the vast majority of the hype surrounding sports is from gambling.
I don't buy that it's the vast majority. None of the sports fans I've ever known have had any interest in it.
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.
Ontario just allowed it recently in Canada and it's all there is everywhere, it's disgusting.
Yep and as someone who watches a lot of sports I would love to see those ads banned. Also ban the pre-game odds shows and the in game odds updates.
100% its so cringe, im ok with the fantasy aspect of it, cause it does take some skill, but the odds are just straight up gambling no if ands or buts. I dont know how gamblers in recovery even watch sports anymore... so glad i got addicted to gambling on stocks with wallstreets bets and learned my expensive lesson so that sports can stay pure for me and not tainted by my addictive personality.
My dumbass state just allowed it and it is polluting every advertisement route. It is deeply frustrating seeing this happen.
There is so much cognitive dissonance between the warning at the bottom of the screen and the content of the commercial. Totally agreed.
who tf gambles on sport (probably why they are advertising on tv)
Poor people
"Bet $5 get $250 in free bets if you lose!"
Shit is predatory as hell and is trying to get folks addicted.
their main competitor is casinos that absolutely destroy them in marketshare
I feel like alot of em are casinos, Ceasars Sports book and Bet MGM come to mind.
that absolutely destroy them in marketshare
For now. The gap is shrinking YoY at an alarming rate. Sports gambling has been growing over 10% annually for a few years now.
Wait, that sounds like a pretty sweet deal...
It is an unbelievably massive, multi-billion dollar industry that is rapidly growing in the US right now. A number of states have relaxed their laws about online gambling and sports books, we are going to see a whole new generation of addicts. Every single fraternity at American universities has a point person at this stage. Many did prior they just did it on the sly.
Caesars Sportsbook just bought the sponsorship for the NFL stadium out from Mercedes in my city. You cannot go a quarter-mile without seeing a billboard about it. YouTube is flooded with it if it detects I’m in my home state. It’s relentless now. And if it’s not Caesar’s palace bombing me with ads, it’s draft kings.
Gambling on sports is one of the oldest types of gambling.
And, look. If you have the cash to spare, and gambling isnt a vice for you, it is kinda fun. Thats kinda the problem, its easy for the average person to get into it with some friends as a way to have more fun watching the game only for that to be the first domino.
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.
"controlling people from theirself" also prevents them from drunk driving and killing others.
Edit his mug so it doesn't have that Nazis name on it. Maybe have it say boot or dumbass lol
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"
I don't understand the reasoning of gambling being legal, but advertising it illegal. Advertising isn't the "bad" part.
For the same reason tobacco ads are illegal, yet you can still buy cigarettes. Prohibition doesnt work, thats why we have rules and regulations. Advertising something that is highly addictive should be highly regulated.
Here in the USA it's how they get the poor to pay back the natives, instead of taxing the wealthy heirs of stolen land.
Damn
One step at a time.
Because it shouldnt be popular, but making it completely illegal is quite invasive.
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?
Anything can be addictive, puritan.
Gambling is designed to be addictive.
It's similar to how tobacco ads are not allowed.
Make space for me on that seat
Yes