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.
this post was submitted on 23 Dec 2024
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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.
The Olympics on CBC were insufferable. All the ads were gambling and ozempic/wegovy ads.
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"
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.
My biggest issue is that almost all forms of gambling in Canada are run by governments, and governments are well aware of problems gambling causes in people's lives ... yet they do sfa about it because of the revenues it adds to gov't coffers.
Governments should NEVER be directly involved in running casinos, online gambling, lotteries, etc. Make them private AND regulate the fuck out of them.
I agree quite a bit with you, but the new 'legal' sports gambling is private (and really under-regulated).
The government has clearly failed to regulate sports gambling advertising enough.
I would guess that sports gambling companies only pay the corporate tax rate. If so, that is bullshit and there should be added tax on gambling profits. This can help fund treatment, research, and awareness-building about problematic gambling
but the new 'legal' sports gambling is private
That's why I said "almost all forms of gambling are regulated by governments".
Right on. I'm realizing that I think I've overestimated sport betting's current market share in the landscape of Canadian gambling, because 1) I'm into sports and 2) almost everyone seems to agree that sports betting ads too common. They're still still smaller than land-based casinos, government online gambling, lotteries, etc
yeah that's all well and good, but prostitution is still against the law. and to think I moved here from the States because I thought this country was "progressive"
Are these death tragic? Yes. But 40 deaths a year isn't something that's going to sound a call to arms. Perhaps money would be best put toward more mental health services for men, whose rate of suicides far outstrips that of women but have significantly fewer resources specifically for them.