What's the motive behind the anti gambling campaign

[Hydrogen]

Everywhere I look, all I see are negative comments made about money lost gambling. Mental illness associated with gambling and anything that can illustrate gambling in a negative light.

As someone who considers themselves to be a profitable gambler. The trend of covering only the negative side of the industry puzzles me.

Why is there never mention of the winners.

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Despite the abundance of advertising telling you otherwise, you will almost certainly never win millions of dollars playing daily fantasy sports (if for no other reason than more and more states are outlawing it as a form of illegal gambling). But Rob and Dave Gomes, two 20-something brothers from Boston, are among the few who did just that. Last November, the pair of New England Patriots fans won $1,000,000 on daily fantasy sports website DraftKings. You might recognize them, as they were prominently featured in DraftKings’s ubiquitous TV commercials throughout the fall.

https://melmagazine.com/en-us/story/we-won-a-million-dollars-playing-fantasy-football

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I think the sad truth is, people who lose big money gambling. Are the same people who would lose big money investing in the stock market. Some demographics simply don't make good financial decisions. There are always big losers and big winners in every industry. And don't understand why gambling is being painted in a light where only the big losers are acknowledged.

Fantasy sports is illegal in my US state. This may deprive me of options and opportunities to make money and profit.

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

[ene1980]

I think the sad truth is, people who lose big money gambling. Are the same people who would lose big money investing in the stock market. Some demographics simply don't make good financial decisions. There are always big losers and big winners in every industry. And don't understand why gambling is being painted in a light where only the big losers are acknowledged.

Many who gambled their life fortunes usually comes forward telling their experience and may even write a book and publish them and then try to make money and if you google you can find many instance of people loosing everything in life and then trying to start over.

 

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

Addiction is the problem, anyone addicted to gambling will make bad decision in investment as well and majority of the known addicts are from sports and movie industry who made millions and are struggling with gambling addiction and we have not heard about a big investor coming forward complaining about their gambling addiction .

[Obito]

Because there are too few of a winners compared to losers in gambling, also gambling isn't a healthy habit to have since it is a vice and it can be addicting. The motive behind the campaign is that they want to help people deter from possibility of gambling addiction.

[Wexnident]

It's not really gambling itself imo, but rather an addiction to it. Well in other words, the mental issue associated with addiction, and let's be real, Idk why but gamblers always, ALWAYS have that tag in them. Like every bloody gambler alive in this world always has that tag of addicted to gambling, probably due to the long-term aversion of people and their negative idea towards the prospect of gambling. The negative idea probably stemmed from the fact that you can lose money in gambling. Yes, any other form of activity also makes you lose money, but gambling has that set number that you can lose, and there's technically no limit to it.

Sides, the media doesn't advertise winners probably because they don't want to encourage gambling. Yes, people win, but among the numerous number of people gambling, what percentage actually wins, enough to actually make gambling worth it?

[electronicash]

it's a way to educate people to prioritize the most important things in life than spending their money on gambling. many states are not making gambling legal because of the reason that there better things to do than playing on casinos. fantasy sport in this case. it's for the rich people who have more to spend than the poor who hardly meet ends. that's why they tend to emphasize on ads or news that gambling can do no good.  these ads didn't stop us anyway. maybe until something happens.

[jrrsparkles]

Simply a common fella don't go into gambling activities have the mindset of negative aspects related to gambling since media is just want nothing but the attention so they just fueling those common fellas mindset to get more coverage for very long time. And also religious things can interpret the gambling as illegal but the actual reason why it was portrayed as bad in the 2000 years ago was completely different.

[Jawhead999]

1. Envy with the casinos staff or owner that can made a lot money.
2. The more people lose compared to the winner.
3. Many cases of gamblers who addicted with gambling is doing negatively (e.g. breakup, sell house, sell land and become beggar)
4. Religions, some religion is forbid gambling and consider it as haram.
5. Government, some government ban gambling industry as it's illegal.
6. A stereotype that gambling is full of criminal person and can harm you.

[Poker Player]

I suppose it is at least partly due to puritanism (in a broad sense). Gambling, alcohol or casual sexual relations have always had enemies and those who criticize them have taken the negative cases to paint a black picture about those activities. Yes, there are people who gamble fortunes and lose everything, just as there are people who destroy their lives with alcohol, but the vast majority of people gamble or drink responsibly.

[swogerino]

That is easy to explain.In marketing they say that a happy customer will tell at maximum about the product to four persons while a not happy customer will tell at a minimum to 11 persons but can up to 25 persons.The same can be said about gambling because most people lose they tend to tell to more persons than winning gamblers.

[Mauser]

I noticed the same, the topics about negative side effects of gambling grew a lot over the last few months. The main reason behind is that probably more people got into gambling since the corona pandemic. With a higher number of gamblers we will also see more people who lose, even though the chances of losing or didn't really change. Also I think that people have a little bit more time at the moment due do home office and less outdoor activities, so we can talk about our gambling experiences. On top of that is the need to talk to about gambling stronger when we lose than when we are winning. In my culture we tend to be more secretive about money and wouldn't really share with others if we won.

[NeuroticFish]

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

Gambling is, by far, not a way to make money. If one believes this, then he's doing it wrong.
Gambling is one nice way to spend time and have fun. Casinos are wow, sports betting makes watching the games more intense... but caution is needed. People often forget to not bet more than they afford to lose. People get easily addicted and can lose everything - money, goods, friends, sometimes family or their life too.
Awareness is necessary. Warnings are necessary. Of course, the negativity is overkill. But doesn't the media exaggerate everything? Isn't the media nowadays farther and farther from actual news and closer to shocking non-information just to keep people there for the ads? Then why the ever high expectations about what the media tells?

[madnessteat]

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Gambling is condemned or even considered a great sin in many religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and others. So I am not surprised that in most cases gambling is portrayed in a negative light.  

[crwth]

Whenever someone mentions gambling, it's almost always connected to the fact that it can be addicting. Most people once exposed to the idea that you can win enormous amounts of money, they tend to push their luck and think that they can do the same. That's probably the reason why there's not much advertisement with regards to positive and life-changing results from gambling.

There could be another factor, like how the government sees gambling. Some governments ban it that's why it's underground and illegal (more money that way, I think) and there are governments that allow it as long as they pay taxes.

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

It could be a bit of both since it would be hard for the government to take care of people losing everything and turning themselves into criminals, so they protect them by not covering positive things about it and the deprivation that comes with gambling. Not giving opportunity for a life-changing strategy when it's taken away from people.

[mu_enrico]

What you see/read on the media always has an agenda. Perhaps big tech companies don't like gambling and they push this narrative.
And if you add this:

Gambling is condemned or even considered a great sin in many religions such as Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism and others. So I am not surprised that in most cases gambling is portrayed in a negative light. 

Practically no one supports gambling, just like with cigarette industries.

[Renampun]

the main problem is 'gambling addicts'...

in some countries gambling is legal and recognized by the state, even many countries that recognize gambling provide counseling to cure gambling addiction for free. Gambling gives a sizable tax on the state, it is a legal business but addicts who make bad gambling should be done away with.

[traderethereum]

That is easy to explain.In marketing they say that a happy customer will tell at maximum about the product to four persons while a not happy customer will tell at a minimum to 11 persons but can up to 25 persons.The same can be said about gambling because most people lose they tend to tell to more persons than winning gamblers.

Besides that, it is easy to say a negative thing to many people than to say a positive thing to few people.
Many people say that playing gambling is not good for their finances because they already see the impact people can get from gambling.
They do not want to see other people lose much money in gambling games to warn people not to playing gambling.
If people still want to play gambling, they will suggest using small money and playing gambling because they have fun and spend their free time.

[Jackl87]

I think those campaigns have a right and a reason to exist. As far as i know they don't say "you should never start gambling" but they just warn you that you can easily get addicted to gambling and once you are addicted it is very much possible that you lose a lot of money that you would have needed to cover your daily costs. It is true that there are people out there that make a living out of sports betting and gambling but i really think only few people manage to do this. Gambling and sports betting is meant to be just for fun or to make watching your favorite sports a little bit more excitement because you placed a bet.

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

Gambling its like habits some people concern it as bad habbits or for some people who are really religous tought gambling also restricted in many religion. but still everybody had different mindset about it as long they only saying it without doing any act against law i think its totally fine.

[imstillthebest]

there are winning post in gambling but loosing post are more than it
. this is why we think they are against gambling but this is the truth , its hard to win in gambling . a loosing post in gambling can make gambling bad but it gives awareness if what are the effects of gambling .  
you can continue gambling if its not restricted in your area and you can make money in other games not only in fantasy sports .

[acroman08]

Everywhere I look, all I see are negative comments made about money lost gambling. Mental illness associated with gambling and anything that can illustrate gambling in a negative light.

As someone who considers themselves to be a profitable gambler. The trend of covering only the negative side of the industry puzzles me.

Why is there never mention of the winners.

to keep people from being inspired from all the stories about winning in gambling and to hopefully scare them enough from gambling or at least be cautious about the dangers of gambling. gambling is a dangerous game, hobby, or profession (whatever you like to call them) that could destroy the lives of a person and families. and besides what do you think would be the percentage between the people who won in gambling that changed or help their lives to the ones that lost and destroyed or made lives harder because of losing in gambling?

To me there is a question of whether the media's negative coverage of gambling is intended to protect people who make bad gambling or investment decisions. Or is it intended to deprive people like me of opportunities to make money.

I'd say the first one. gambling can have devastating consequences to the gambler and possibly to the people around them I.e family or close friends.