Can we go back to gambling being illegal? Can’t watch any sports nowadays without the constant prattling about betting apps.
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Just treat it like tobacco. Zero advertising.
Can’t watch any sports nowadays without the constant prattling about betting apps.
I'm not a big sports person, but I put those in the same category as pharmaceutical ads and like that they exist. Both are products I have zero interest in consuming and they pay to subsidize the TV that I watch. I'd be much more concerned if the ads were for products I might actually be a consumer of, as the power of advertising is real.
My only concern about the pervasive gambling is that there are populations that are being targeted. On one hand I want them protected from that, but on the other hand those people are adults and its not my business to decide how they choose to spend their money, so I err on the side of letting them choose for themselves.
They definitely are, but the ones that’s irked me lately is the UFL. The gambling sponsors are so integrated that they have the gambling stats on the screen the whole game and the commentators are constantly using the gambling lingo.
I'm looking at the price of cable and specifically NFL Sunday ticket and you still get ads. If they are actually subsidized then it ain't much IMO. I'll continue to watch the free versions without ads.
That sounds like a really terrible idea. We should not be encouraging gambling addicts. It's bad enough that casinos are everywhere now.
Canada used to have rules against betting site ads ... until Bettman and the NHL took BET69 on as a sponsor. Now they're all over the gd place on hockey games kids watch.
Nobody can tell me these ads and companies aren't just as bad as the tobacco ads of old.
I wish my drug dealer would start lobbying the government, it would make my life easier and probably be a lot cheaper than she thinks.
No, see, if you teach them to gamble when they're young then they'll be good at it as adults and won't destroy their lives. /s
This is Wall Street, errr, I mean America! Gambling is the best system there is, as evidenced by Wall Street, errr, I mean America!
But, but.. there's a tiny disclaimer about gambling addictions
The fuck you need an app for that?
"Who wants to bet I'll kick Ryan's ass at Mortal Kombat?" <- How wagers in the arcade used to be made
Oh well, I suppose D&B doesn't get a cut in that case... Fuck em! They're getting the quarters going into the machine as Ryan keeps changing characters in an effort to not embarrass himself.
Coming later in this timeline: students allowed to bet on their grades
For kids!