Why is it that alcohol ads are everywhere and they are easily bought in stores nationwide with only a warning of only drinking moderately and yet gambling is not allowed to be the same?
In roads, there are ads of alcohol. Where funnily enough is you shouldn't drink in. While driving. But still there are big ads and multiple ones in roads about alcohol and the warning that says Drink Responsibly. Does that one warning make it safer?
Why can't we just do the same with gambling? Alcohol consumption is extremely risky not only to the person consuming it but to the people around him. There have been so many cases of crimes due to alcohol consumption. Many people's health destroyed. So what makes it ok for alcohol ads to continue in public but not gambling?
It depends of the country where you live. Alcohol advertisements are totally banned in my country, so I don't see any ads about alcohol anywhere. Sports betting advertisements used to be allowed in my country, but they were banned as well.
The sports betting ads always had the "Gamble responsibly" statements at the end of the ad, but that didn't stop the politicians from banning them completely, because gambling(including sports betting) became increasingly popular in my country. I guess that the "gamble responsibly" warning didn't work at all, and I'm sure that a "drink responsibly" statement wouldn't work in alcohol ads as well.