• Darkassassin07@lemmy.caEnglish
        21·
        10 months ago

        I actually don’t (well, didn’t) mind advertising, to an extent.

        I liked seeing what new products or services are out there, or deals I may have not known about otherwise; but advertisers have taken it so far that you can’t have a reasonable amount anymore. You either block it all or get bombarded relentlessly.

        I wouldn’t even use an ad blocker if the ads weren’t disrupting the content I’m actually here to see. YouTube for example was fine when it just had banner ads around the video player; as soon as they started forcing you to watch video ads to be able to watch the actual video you came there for is when it became a problem to me.

        Gave em an inch and they took a mile. Now they get nothing.

        • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
          11·
          10 months ago

          Yeah I don’t mind phone website ads that are just in the middle of content, but no you’re playing video ads which fuck with my hearing aids while taking up a third of my screen in scrolling. Fuck you no

      • flerp@lemm.ee
        101·
        10 months ago

        There should be one specific place where advertisements are allowed and contained. If you need X, go to the X page on the one place for advertising and check out your options. No more shoving things people don’t need down their throats. Make people seek out the things they need rather than be convinced they need what they don’t.

    • RQG@lemmy.world
      4·
      10 months ago

      Hey we have a law for that in our country. There are some exceptions but those have to be individually permitted.

      That being said fantasy sports bets and some other gambling games try to dodge the classification as a gambling game.

  • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
    66·
    10 months ago

    I have personally seen gambling fuck up way more lives than drugs, and this was before it was being shoved down our throats. It’s honestly disgusting how shameless the advertising has been, getting people to gamble like degenerates in “garbage time.” Or poking fun at people “losing their shirt” in Buffalo. And don’t even get me started at how they are using fantasy sports to get kids hooked early.

    Fuck this so much. I know entire families - children, parents, grandparents - who’ve been put through hell over this.

    • JewGoblin@lemmy.world
      15·
      10 months ago

      yup, I worked at a horse track when I was in HS, and the gamblers AKA addicts had the exact same behaviors as drug addicts.

      poor people getting exploited by the rich, but legal

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialEnglish
      12·
      10 months ago

      Mississippi grind is an absolutely incredible depiction of just how sad and devastating gambling addictions are. I can’t recommend that movie enough (as long as you’re ready for some sad storytelling).

      Livestream online gambling is another one of those absolutely abysmal modern exposures that is going to completely destroy the lives of young men as they grow up, and I can’t believe it’s still legal

    • Zana@lemmy.world
      8·
      10 months ago

      My step dad committed suicide after losing our rent money at the video poker machine at the bar.

      It had such a big impact on our family that four years later my mom did too after struggling with depression over it.

        • Zana@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          10 months ago

          Thank you, it’s been five years since the loss of my mom. You never get over it, just better at dealing with it. I was never close to my step-dad.

      • Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
        161·
        10 months ago

        It doesn’t matter if they choose to start, it matters that they weren’t able to stop, gambling and alcohol have both been extremely normalized in our society and are destroying lives. We shouldn’t have ads shoved down our throats for industries that profit off of destroying people’s lives for a quick buck. Shit aint right. I’m not saying make the industries illegal, just make the ads illegal. Saying drink responsibly at the end of an alcohol ad isn’t making anyone less of an alcoholic. And the tiny ass barely readable gambling addiction hotline isn’t gonna help anyone with a gambling addiction from getting hooked on sports Gambling which is one click away on the app store.

          • techt@lemmy.world
            6·
            10 months ago

            It matters from a cause-and-effect standpoint, but you’re callously and self-righteously blaming their whole situation on it. That you stop trying to understand the situation at that point reveals that you’re using it as an excuse to blame peoples’ suffering exclusively on their personal choices to feel better about yourself. That completely ignores any circumstances, predatory draws, nonstandard brain chemistry, or other factors outside of their control and assume they had perfect, complete knowledge of the situation and consequences at the time – which is honestly silly.

          • Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
            4·
            10 months ago

            Hmmm then maybe we should make ads glamorizing gambling illegal. I really dont understand what you are trying to say with your comments here…

  • arc@lemm.ee
    59·
    10 months ago

    Gambling, alcohol, nicotine, and prescription medicine should all be banned from advertising. Sponsorship should count as advertising and thus be banned too.

  • m3t00🌎@lemmy.worldEnglish
    322·
    10 months ago

    bet packers, dumbass

    commentators reading stat sheets for 3 hours has ruined sports for me. mute. Change my mind

  • KᑌᔕᕼIᗩ@lemmy.mlEnglish
    30·
    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.

    • Rambi@lemm.ee
      7·
      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

  • Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
    22·
    10 months ago

    In my city the government runs the gambling, so I see nothing but government sponsored gambling, it’s quite obscene.

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      7·
      10 months ago

      Yeah that’s the thing. I Support gambling being legal, but it, alcohol, marijuana, tobacco, etc shouldn’t be allowed to advertise. These are harmful vices. It’s your choice to engage in them but advertising them isn’t cool

      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works
        1·
        10 months ago

        I think they should be legal to do, but I’m a little more iffy on if it should be legal to sell or profit off of the addictive ones.
        Gambling doesn’t really bring anything valuable to society and it causes notable harm, so I see no reason we shouldn’t tax gambling revenue at a nearly 100% rate.

  • argo_yamato@lemm.ee
    211·
    10 months ago

    Yep and as someone who watches a lot of sports I would love to see those ads banned. Also ban the pre-game odds shows and the in game odds updates.

    • Grayox@lemmy.mlOP
      10·
      10 months ago

      100% its so cringe, im ok with the fantasy aspect of it, cause it does take some skill, but the odds are just straight up gambling no if ands or buts. I dont know how gamblers in recovery even watch sports anymore… so glad i got addicted to gambling on stocks with wallstreets bets and learned my expensive lesson so that sports can stay pure for me and not tainted by my addictive personality.

      • Socsa@sh.itjust.works
        5·
        10 months ago

        The fantasy games are just how they get kids hooked. It’s very obvious to me as someone who has always kind of felt like fantasy takes some purity out of the fandom, that this has been a long term plan to normalize this kind of “skill” game so they can create exactly that pipeline.

        But I mean, its probably just a crazy conspiracy theory that the NFL already had branded endorsement deals ready to go with a dozen different gambling houses immediately when the Supreme Court cleared the way for all this shit.

  • superguy@lemm.ee
    245·
    10 months ago

    I wholeheartedly believe the vast majority of the hype surrounding sports is from gambling.

    • PopcornPrincess@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Same. All I see on the tv are the endless floods of gambling ads and Medicare advantage ads in my state. Welcome to America. :/

  • WindowsEnjoyer@sh.itjust.works
    19·
    10 months ago

    In Lithuania it’s legal, but they cannot say any words like “let’s play” or “best casinos” etc. I don’t know specific, but most of casino/betting ads are like these (always with the weird/annoying voice)

    NAME, casino!

    NAME, casino!

    NAME, casino!

    NAME, casino!

    NAME, casino!

  • Atomic@sh.itjust.works
    13·
    10 months ago

    I agree. Here in Sweden we’ve had a huge surge in online casino ads on TV for the last 5 years. Maybe even more. Super annoying. Everyone hates them. But not much is done despite that.

  • Railison@aussie.zoneEnglish
    12·
    10 months ago

    It’s been about ten years since sports betting advertising has been permitted on TV in most Australian states. It has pervaded everything and made betting a normalised part of sport.

    Most people hate it and want it gone, but clubs and networks are drunk off the money it provides so governments have been slow to move.

    Please if your country doesn’t allow sports betting ads yet, put up a fight to stop it.

    • Powerpoint@lemmy.ca
      4·
      10 months ago

      Ontario just allowed it recently in Canada and it’s all there is everywhere, it’s disgusting.