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They could start by banning advertising of sports betting.
You can't watch any sport for 2 minutes without having some sports betting site shoved in your face.
Not just sports with gambling ads, everything! I don't watch sports and get gambling ads all the the time on YouTube.
The deluge of sports betting ads, including 'sponsored content,' is a travesty. And we won't know the effects on kids growing up in this new ads and access ecosystem for decades. Corporate profits before public health /s
In the States, I was getting ads during election season letting me know that I could bet on the outcome of the election. It's madness.
... so how much did you win or lose? I'd have won, because I'm from the US and I know how racist and sexist people are down there and I was betting on D-Bag from day 1. I was blown away when we elected Obama (or "O-Bummer", as the repubes call him), and I remember thinking that they'll never allow that to happen again-- especially if it's also a woman
Not a gambler, I don't think that money would feel right anyhow. There's nothing about a trump presidency that should feel like a win.
And yeah, I grew up hearing sermons about how women should never be in positions of power over men. And then there's also the deep and abiding racism that's been with us longer than the idea of democracy. I hoped enough people would see the bigger picture. But no, missed out on my chance to be rich I guess.
I would say the best way of dealing with this is to treat all gambling (including the flippin' lotteries) like tobacco. Absolutely no advertising allowed. People who still want to find it will.
Agreed. Even the big lotto 649 ads in my area are just so in your face like "what are you doing? Don't you know a life of luxury and private yachts is as easy as buying a ticket"
The Olympics on CBC were insufferable. All the ads were gambling and ozempic/wegovy ads.
I can't even listen to the radio without constant ads about either sports betting or online casinos.
Same on podcasts. I don't even listen to anything related to sports.