Quote from: aioc on July 11, 2025, 01:53:55 PM

For the past weeks, our country has become alarmed by the growing addiction to gambling, because of the many billboards proliferating, influencers promoting gambling sites, and TV commercials and sponsorships on TV shows.

Due to this, many lawmakers proposed a total ban on gambling, which was opposed by various sectors due to the tax implications and job losses, leading them to suggest a stricter restriction.

Strict restriction means the regulators order all billboards to be taken down, influencers to take down their posts and stop posting, and all sponsorships to be stopped.

Do you think seeing no gambling, hearing no gambling, and talking no gambling, not even a mention of a gambling site, will decrease addiction? Is it a good resolution?

This growing number of addictions here in our country started because of the massive marketing and influence of celebrities. Your thoughts on this?

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The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has issued a directive to all licensed gambling operators and related entities, ordering the removal of all gambling-related billboards and out-of-home (OOH) advertisements by August 15. This move is part of a broader initiative to regulate gambling-related promotions and curb excessive marketing in public spaces.

PAGCOR Orders Removal of Gambling Billboards in Effort to Curb Addiction

Marketing of casinos and gambling should be under the radar or else it will affect the people especially the children, casino ads most of the time is like calling on the people to come and win as if that will always be the case, you will never see a ad from casinos saying you can win or lose, it's mostly focus on you gamble and win.

Casinos don't have to be advertise publicly, its wrong, when school buses are passing the billboard every morning it will influence the mind of these kids and they will want to try it out thinking they will surely win.

Online is the perfect place for gambling adverts, because not every websites and platform will accept such pop up on their websites, those who did already monetised their platforms for the ads to show up.