Re: Should gambling ads be normalized?

Quote from: peter0425 on August 26, 2025, 10:13:53 PM

Should gambling ads be normalized during sport matches?

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Hockey fans are bombarded with gambling logos and adverts – sometimes as often as every 13 seconds – during TV coverage of high-profile games, according to exclusive research shared with the Guardian.

Viewers of June’s Stanley Cup finals encountered an average of 3.5 marketing messages from betting firms every minute, a new study by the University of Bristol found.

Paul Tonko, a Democratic congressman, told the Guardian: “The constant barrage of marketing is especially dangerous for young and vulnerable groups and opens the doors for a new generation of potential gamblers to engage with this known, addictive product.”

Now that sports betting is growing bigger and bigger, should gambling ads be just normalized during sports matches or should it stay separate from sports? What's your stance on gambling ads during sport matches?

No, anything that has an addictive nature, like gambling or alcohol, should not be in ads in places that are not strictly for 21+ years of age. There is absolutely no reason as to why vulnerable groups like kids should be exposed to those ads. Sports matches should also not be combined with gambling like that. If I want to gamble, then that is one thing, but watching a sports match is another. Just because you can bet on sports matches does not mean they should be taken in, combined like that. Overall, ads are extremely annoying and I am against all of them in the first place.