Gambling is addictive

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.

"i wonder why everyone hates watching ads"

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

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

The fantasy sports are all about evading local gambling laws. Since only a handful of states even allow sports betting the only way to operate in those states is to have something which is legally distinct from gambling (even though it clearly is). It's similar to pachinko parlours in Japan.

It used to be! I left the US to work overseas from 97 to 2000, and when i came back everyone had heartburn and took "the little purple pill", the laws changed and prescription meds were now on every other commercial.

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

I don't buy that it's the vast majority. None of the sports fans I've ever known have had any interest in it.

Naw, people like sports.

That doesn't change not advertising it on tv.

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

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

"controlling people from theirself" also prevents them from drunk driving and killing others.

Yes, and it already has a name "investment"

And then let them see the bets we place and allow them to bet the other side after changing the odds.

There's a website kalshi, where you can even bet on the weather.

Gambling on sports is one of the oldest types of gambling.

And, look. If you have the cash to spare, and gambling isnt a vice for you, it is kinda fun. Thats kinda the problem, its easy for the average person to get into it with some friends as a way to have more fun watching the game only for that to be the first domino.

It is an unbelievably massive, multi-billion dollar industry that is rapidly growing in the US right now. A number of states have relaxed their laws about online gambling and sports books, we are going to see a whole new generation of addicts. Every single fraternity at American universities has a point person at this stage. Many did prior they just did it on the sly.

Caesars Sportsbook just bought the sponsorship for the NFL stadium out from Mercedes in my city. You cannot go a quarter-mile without seeing a billboard about it. YouTube is flooded with it if it detects I’m in my home state. It’s relentless now. And if it’s not Caesar’s palace bombing me with ads, it’s draft kings.

A lot of sports fans do, and then statisticians take them to the bank.

It's honestly insane. I have been watching sports with the same group of people for almost 30 years now, and the past few years it's gotten fucking insufferable. These people genuinely believe that they've got a system going, doing bet arbitrage against their six different apps and seventeen different accounts. They don't even watch the fucking game. They are just watching phones and laptops. I hate it.

So what ends up is that I'm watching our team win, and happy about it, but half the room is punching holes in the wall because thirteen different stats across six different games didn't magically align to give them a 100:1 payout. Two of the original group have literally taken on major debt to fund their addiction and still think it's perfectly fine to keep betting.

It goes beyond tax money, but that's a part of it for sure. Gambling in the USA at least helps prop up the 'American Dream' by keeping the under privileged poor and in-debt. Because at any minute they could become mega rich! Except they won't especially as the addiction will tell them to double down and make them lose it all.

At least those are usually clearly marked and easy to skip in a halfway decent podcast player like Pocket Casts, though..

Damn I listen to a LOT of podcasts and I've heard a ton of annoying ads but none for gambling. I must be doing it right.

Some states have recently legalized it, and, oh boy, no time was spared filling every commercial break with ads for it.

For the same reason tobacco ads are illegal, yet you can still buy cigarettes. Prohibition doesnt work, thats why we have rules and regulations. Advertising something that is highly addictive should be highly regulated.

One step at a time.

Because it shouldnt be popular, but making it completely illegal is quite invasive.

Not sure you should even be allowed to advertise legal things except in very specific cases. It's an incredibly toxic industry that is doing a shitload of the heavy lifting of corporations destroying the world..

At gabling ads.

Gambling is designed to be addictive.

It's similar to how tobacco ads are not allowed.