Re: Should gambling ads be normalized?

Quote from: tech30338 on August 26, 2025, 11:56:57 PM

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?

There should be a specific audience or target, but as i can see even the young saw gambling ads, there should be a specific target, like if the user is under age, he/she should not see any gambling ads, only the adult should see it, when it comes to tv commercials we cant do anything to set those rules, but it is better for the gambling ads to be put on a place where children are less visible that is just my opinion.

Gambling ads are now bothering us a lot. Social media is the biggest place for gambling promotion. Minor children are very addicted to social media, especially YouTube. Now even a two-year-old child is very addicted to watching cartoons on YouTube. And if gambling ads are running there, how will children be protected from gambling? A minor child never uses their own phone, they use their parents' phone, there must be an 18+ age set on Google. Gambling ads are harming minor children as well as adults.