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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And it's more widespread in Australia compared to practically every other country.

[–] auzy 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Yeah. It needs to be banned. Can't even watch YouTube anymore without shitty gambling ads

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Get rid of pokies too, or at least restrict them to casinos only. Australia has 0.3% of the world's population but close to 20% of the slot machines in the world.

[–] auzy 1 points 2 weeks ago

Casinos are constantly violating the laws though (and everyone knows it), so even they should go

[–] WhatAmLemmy 1 points 2 weeks ago

Can't be done. The plutocracy unanimously agrees.