I recently encountered an ad from youtube about a gambling platform and it featured a very popular celebrity in my country. It was short but a good amount of time was dedicated at the end warning gamblers that gambling will not be the solution to their financial problems and it will not improve their economic status. It got my nod of approval because it really is that easy. But some governments still think that this kind of warning is not enough for gamblers to stay responsible. But don’t you think that a constant reminder can wake someone up from delusion? What do you think? Is this enough or should there be more ways to promote responsible gambling?
You have to first understand that not every gambler out there have access to a smartphone and data for browsing, and even some of those who have access to a smartphone may not also have access to YouTube and for this two categories of people, their chances of ever seeing the ad against gambling addiction you are talking about may be very slim or even as good as impossible.
So it is nothing wrong if both individuals, entities and even the government join in preaching against gambling addiction through all available mediums to ensure that even those without internet access see the ad, because just as there are a lot of people gambling online, there are also alot of people who are gambling offline on physical casinos as well.
And if might interest you to know that gambling addiction started from people playing on physical offline casinos, even long before online casinos started coming into existence.
So, ad that warning of the dangers of over gambling should not end only online, those who gambling on offline physical casinos needs to see those ad too so that it remind them to gambling responsibly.