2150

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

184 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago

Every bloody third advert on TV in Australia is a gambling ad, it's insane that we continue to allow it given how much of an actual widespread problem it is here. They have fairly lame government mandated warnings after each one but I doubt they do much at all.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Same in the UK! When the pandemic started companies stopped advertising on TV because they weren't doing business anymore, except for the bookies (gambling brokers) so almost every ad was for them. And because people are on doors and probably bored/miserable I bet they did much more business than normal.

I don't think we have the warnings you're talking about here, except for sone text on the screen that says something like "gamble smart" lol

this post was submitted on 22 Oct 2023

2150 points (98.6% liked)

Memes

45151 readers

2231 users here now

Rules:

Be civil and nice.
Try not to excessively repost, as a rule of thumb, wait at least 2 months to do it if you have to.

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]