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Australia’s gambling ads ban should be fast-tracked, crossbenchers say (www.theguardian.com)
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What are your thoughts on this? Seems to me a long overdue discussion for the government to have. The ads are out of control.

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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Removing this form of revenue feom commercial sports will destroy the commercial sport industry.

I’m not saying this is a bad thing, but all those profiteers will need a source of income other than young people’s dreams and injuries.

[–] Zagorath@aussie.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That’s the same sort of thing that was said when smoking bans were introduced.

Sports will adapt. They’ll find other industries to sponsor them. There might be a period of uncertainty, but life will go on.

Edit: besides, I was particularly concentrating on the especially insidious type of gambling ad where they pretend it’s a natural part of the broadcast. There’s absolutely no justification for that kind of deceptive practice.