What are your thoughts on this? Seems to me a long overdue discussion for the government to have. The ads are out of control.

  • Zagorath@aussie.zone
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    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.

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      1 year ago

      Agree and I want to extend that to banning advertising gambling adjacent shit like gacha games and lootboxes.

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      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.

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        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.