Gambling advertising monitored closely

[bitterguy28]

IMO they are doing it because young people are easily modeled and could stay "loyal" clients longer, especially after they start having disposable income.

It's irresponsible and immoral to target under-18s, and the watch-dog is right this time.

I think they are not targeting younger people under 18 years, but they watch the advertising coincidentally and visit that site because of curiosity. If they decide to play gambling by depositing their money, that will be their mistake because the first time they watch the advertising, they will know that ads are related to gambling. But their curiosity is bigger than their control to stay away from the gambling site.

Lol Haven't you read the OP?

Regulators have ordered an “irresponsible” gambling advert featuring fluffy animals to be taken down following a complaint about it appealing to children.

if mentioned Children then for sure that's below 18 years Old right?

and besides Some casino's or gambling sites targeting Youngsters because they are easy target and Long clients ,Imagine if a gambler starts Playing at 15 ?compared to a regular employee to start gambling at 25 above? thats 10 years difference .

[michellee]

if mentioned Children then for sure that's below 18 years Old right?

and besides Some casino's or gambling sites targeting Youngsters because they are easy target and Long clients ,Imagine if a gambler starts Playing at 15 ?compared to a regular employee to start gambling at 25 above? thats 10 years difference .

Just imagine if it happened 10 years ago or more when the internet was not invented, children below than 18 years old playing gambling with their friends. Maybe you do not have that much experience, but I have a friend who is playing gambling when they were a child.

And related today situations when the internet is available everywhere, children who have access to their mobile phone or computer will have the curiosity to click and visit anything. They can easily use their phone to gamble, and even some kids can use their parent's credit and debit cards to deposit money.

But if your means is about the fluffy animals that are used for the advertising will be taken down, I think that the casino needs to concern about that, and they need to delete that.

It is our responsibility to watch our kids not to browse the suspicious website, and we must tell them about the risk of playing gambling and losing control of gambling.

[Kelvinid]

Maybe we are so thankful that someone brought this to attention and to the assigned parties or authorities to take action and hold those ads. What I can say this is really having an impact on the young minds and possibly it opens up their mind towards gambling which I believe it was not the best thing possible to happen.

Not only us (as parents) to closely watch what we are the kids doing but it is also the responsibility of the company or any advertising services to look into the fairness of everyone and not to harm young minds. They'll have to consider this than thinking only about the compensation.

[_decentralise]

I think with Facebook and youtube's targetted ads their needs to be something in place that easily prevents gambling ads from showing for people that have had gambling issues in the past, maybe this could be built into the browser or something. I have on numerous occasions clicked don't see this add or this add is not relevant and time after time gambling adds still show.

Perhaps the authorities could work closely with gambling companies and companies like google that set up targeted add to ensure the safety of their product.

[coin-investor]

So far all the gambling sites I'm playing are not promoting children related promotions, it's ok to use the logo of animals but not stuff toys or animals, or better use a Lambo or money for, it's more associated with gambling than stuff animals, gamblers can be associated with that.

[BigBoy89]

IMO they are doing it because young people are easily modeled and could stay "loyal" clients longer, especially after they start having disposable income.

It's irresponsible and immoral to target under-18s, and the watch-dog is right this time.

I think they are not targeting younger people under 18 years, but they watch the advertising coincidentally and visit that site because of curiosity. If they decide to play gambling by depositing their money, that will be their mistake because the first time they watch the advertising, they will know that ads are related to gambling. But their curiosity is bigger than their control to stay away from the gambling site.

They "might think of" doing it because lotteries were allowed from 16+ in the UK up to recently. Going to betting is just taking a slight step after you know the thrill of winning and gambling.

[Wexnident]

I think with Facebook and youtube's targetted ads their needs to be something in place that easily prevents gambling ads from showing for people that have had gambling issues in the past, maybe this could be built into the browser or something. I have on numerous occasions clicked don't see this add or this add is not relevant and time after time gambling adds still show.

Perhaps the authorities could work closely with gambling companies and companies like google that set up targeted add to ensure the safety of their product.

Automated sorting of Ads is never a reliable thing tbh. Plus, don't underestimate the ability of a child to learn their way through social media, I have a cousin who watches youtube vids out of his age boundaries, and he's only 4-5 years old iirc. Google, or any other company that allows ads, don't even need to talk to the companies they allow their ads on, they automatically sort it, but again, the sorting algorithm is a bit whack sometimes, but kids also have the ability to somehow go to those one way or another.

[jademaxsuy]

I had been applying to an advertisement too which uses animal here in the forum but luckily I was not accepted. However, using animals as part of gambling ads could be possible knowing that it should promote the welfare of the animals or the ad should not be vague to all kind of audience. Anyways, even myself if I were to start a company I also wanted to have an animal as part of advertisement just take example of milk products it woild be convincing for the buyers to buy a milk which cow reflected in the packaging.

[virasisog]

This aside we do have a bigger problem here to address.
1. Why did the company use this kind of advertising in the first way ?
2. What should we do to ensure that kids under 18 doesn't start to gamble? We cannot ask them for identity cards and then expect them to show.

If the gambling companies decide to show such problematic advertising etc it would ruin the whole reputation of the industry as a whole.

What do you guys think ??

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1. They think it's unique and could attract more players regardless of the possible consequences because any kind of publicity is still publicity.
2. Things will depend on how we raise our children. If we'll enlighten them at an early age about the risks of gambling, I'm sure that they would be mindful about their actions no matter what advertisements they would see on the internet.

It's a good thing that they did an action regarding this type of advertisement. Using animals to promote something isn't a good idea and it will never be a good idea. They should think of better ways to advertise their site.

[btc78]

I had been applying to an advertisement too which uses animal here in the forum but luckily I was not accepted. However, using animals as part of gambling ads could be possible knowing that it should promote the welfare of the animals or the ad should not be vague to all kind of audience. Anyways, even myself if I were to start a company I also wanted to have an animal as part of advertisement just take example of milk products it woild be convincing for the buyers to buy a milk which cow reflected in the packaging.

Using animal as Advertising Promotions is not Bad because they are really helpful ,but depend on how we will use them and for what.

In gambling they are being abused and denied the rights to choose what to be, They are tend to live and enjoy playing , but now they are being forced to Labor and Make fun to the eye of Gamblers while the truth is abusing.

Maybe the Gambling community must understand that we have enough for animals , we are in computer ages in which we can do everything without hurting Living creatures .

[shoreno]

I had been applying to an advertisement too which uses animal here in the forum but luckily I was not accepted. However, using animals as part of gambling ads could be possible knowing that it should promote the welfare of the animals or the ad should not be vague to all kind of audience.

whats the name of the gambling site ? roobet is the only gambling site i remember that have an animal logo in it . its a kangaroo but they pick kangaroo because it compliments on their name roo bet . using random animal ads without a real meaning behind it are the ones that they should prohibit .

Anyways, even myself if I were to start a company I also wanted to have an animal as part of advertisement just take example of milk products it woild be convincing for the buyers to buy a milk which cow reflected in the packaging.

its normal for a milk or dairy products to have a cow logo on them because that is where the source of product comes or this what represents them and if you see there are also other kind of animal depending on the product like dogs for dog food , cat for cat food , etc..

[michellee]

They "might think of" doing it because lotteries were allowed from 16+ in the UK up to recently. Going to betting is just taking a slight step after you know the thrill of winning and gambling.

If that so, maybe the casino really want to use that to attract young people to gamble in that country. I guess when they know the thrill of playing gambling, they will not let it stop, and they will still playing until their money is gone. It could attract more younger people to playing gambling, and the government really need to warn the casino about to invite the young people to play gambling.

[Alucard1]

They have used such stuff toys just to show that gambling is all for entertainment but that is not what other think, kids are attracted and interested in such toys so they may also get interested in gambling which is not good for people under 18 years old. We have to consider always many things before doing something, many kids can watch and see those things so be careful with that. If that is really what they mean then for sure they want to persuade young people to gamble.

[Genemind]

They have used such stuff toys just to show that gambling is all for entertainment but that is not what other think, kids are attracted and interested in such toys so they may also get interested in gambling which is not good for people under 18 years old. We have to consider always many things before doing something, many kids can watch and see those things so be careful with that. If that is really what they mean then for sure they want to persuade young people to gamble.

Every parent should warn or monitor their children when it comes to this because no matter how authorities take control of this issue, our children's decision on how to take action of what they watch online depends on how we raise them as parents. There will always be ads like this that might exist in the future and we only have to educate our children about it. We shouldn't rely everything on the authorities because as long as we let our children use gadgets, ads similar to this would be uncontrollable for us.

[iamsheikhadil]

I think there should be certain times when these ads shouldn't be displayed on television channels, or simply not show in certain channels at all like cartoon channels etc. Or if it's a national holiday when whole family might be watching a show, then on these days there shouldn't be gambling ads. Along with this, parents also should advise their children to stay away from gambling and consequences of gambling addiction if not controlled.

[Janation]

1. Why did the company use this kind of advertising in the first way ?

I think that is because of the fact that the new generation loves cute things?

I don't have any proof about it but I just say this based on the things I am experiencing and seeing on a daily basis. They love dogs, cats, pets in general that is so cute and fluffy the reason maybe they are using these strategies to advertise their services. Another thing is that it seems just a game to them since it includes these things not actually realizing their gambling.

2. What should we do to ensure that kids under 18 doesn't start to gamble? We cannot ask them for identity cards and then expect them to show.

This is the problem with the internet.

Every child could gamble whenever, wherever they can. We people can't do anything with it, owners can't do anything with it since even before they are having these advertisements, there are still a lot of children gambling online even offline. Right now, the parents are the only ones who could make a change by taking care of them and putting safety measures to avoid their children accessing these sites or platforms.

[arwin100]

They have used such stuff toys just to show that gambling is all for entertainment but that is not what other think, kids are attracted and interested in such toys so they may also get interested in gambling which is not good for people under 18 years old. We have to consider always many things before doing something, many kids can watch and see those things so be careful with that. If that is really what they mean then for sure they want to persuade young people to gamble.

I think they didn't mean to persuade the young people to gamble since many casino put a +18 age warning before you gamble also there are KYC happens if someone win a huge price or some suspicious happen to their accounts and minors will be busted if they play on online casino for that. Maybe the main intention of using some stuff toy is to lighten the outlook of the people about gambling since actually if we talk about gambling many people think about bad sides about it and they always point out that all gamblers are addicted to the game.

But this stuffs have double meaning and its good that authority take an action since many young people can mislead this thing and might those advertisement can really caught their attention to try gambling since they will think that its a fun stuff.

[_decentralise]

They "might think of" doing it because lotteries were allowed from 16+ in the UK up to recently. Going to betting is just taking a slight step after you know the thrill of winning and gambling.

National lottery products are still allowed from age of 16 which I think is ridiculous as scratchcards are set up at POS and illuminated and are made to look very appealing. I know from working in a store for many years just how devastating they can be on people's lives too.

[peter0425]

They "might think of" doing it because lotteries were allowed from 16+ in the UK up to recently. Going to betting is just taking a slight step after you know the thrill of winning and gambling.

National lottery products are still allowed from age of 16 which I think is ridiculous as scratchcards are set up at POS and illuminated and are made to look very appealing. I know from working in a store for many years just how devastating they can be on people's lives too.

Maybe UK think of 16 is mature enough to decide for themselves compared to other country that has 18 or others even 21 to be allowed in gambling world.
I Have Known Street gambling since Younger time even when i was 10 Years old so i assume that this is a serious matter and must be faced worldwide.
Why not there are a World Gambling association to tackle this matter and may have a strong will to handle the situation Hand and Hand with other countries ?

[mu_enrico]

1. Why did the company use this kind of advertising in the first way ?

LC International Ltd, trading as Gala Spins, said they posted the eight-second video in error and that its intended target audience was women aged between 18 and 65 interested in gambling.

Make sense.

2. What should we do to ensure that kids under 18 doesn't start to gamble? We cannot ask them for identity cards and then expect them to show.

What makes kids under 18 and over 18 different? I'd argue that no matter how old someone, they shouldn't be allowed to gamble if they don't have all the information. Just "educate" them about house edge, the house always wins, and addiction. It should be enough.