What are your thoughts on this? Seems to me a long overdue discussion for the government to have. The ads are out of control.
What are your thoughts on this? Seems to me a long overdue discussion for the government to have. The ads are out of control.
We absolutely should ban it all ASAP, but if banning all gambling advertising is too big a step for the Government right now, could we please at least ban the type of ad where one of the sports commentators says “now a word on the odds from <gambling company>”, pretending it’s part of the actual broadcast? Those are so insidious.
Agree and I want to extend that to banning advertising gambling adjacent shit like gacha games and lootboxes.
Removing this form of revenue feom commercial sports will destroy the commercial sport industry.
I’m not saying this is a bad thing, but all those profiteers will need a source of income other than young people’s dreams and injuries.
That’s the same sort of thing that was said when smoking bans were introduced.
Sports will adapt. They’ll find other industries to sponsor them. There might be a period of uncertainty, but life will go on.
Edit: besides, I was particularly concentrating on the especially insidious type of gambling ad where they pretend it’s a natural part of the broadcast. There’s absolutely no justification for that kind of deceptive practice.