ASA to host gambling advertising webinar

[aioc]

Maybe there will be a change in schedule for the gambling operators to show their ads in the media so those people will not watch too often and do not make them curious about gambling.

I don't know if they have done a survey or a study on when and where new gamblers learn how to gamble, advertising is just one, there's a possibility that they've been invited by friends or they are gambling in offline casinos and they want to experience playing online through online gambling, but let's see it's time that they have a webinar to address the many issues on online gambling, it's two days to go let's see what they will come out on this webinar.

[ethereumhunter]

At least, with the webinar, they should know how to give protection to children and others and what rules need to be fixed so gambling will not be for children or young people. The regulators need to join in that webinars and discuss how gambling providers should create ads that will not make young people curious about playing gambling without responsibility. The worst thing that they can get is becoming addicted to gambling. But whatever that they will discuss, hopefully, that can solve the problem that they faced.

[tulusikhlas]

Unfortunately this webinar does not exist in our country, they never discuss advertising advertising in gambling. Many of the children or rather those under the age of 20 can still watch gambling advertisements. Either the government doesn't know about it or they really don't care about its impact on future generations.

[goinmerry]

Unfortunately this webinar does not exist in our country, they never discuss advertising advertising in gambling. Many of the children or rather those under the age of 20 can still watch gambling advertisements. Either the government doesn't know about it or they really don't care about its impact on future generations.

We can't blame the government for that. The first place of awareness should come to the family. Gambling advertisements can't be controlled unless the government bans the whole thing which is impossible in those gambling-friendly countries.

For those under age 20, there might be curious about gambling but I trust most of them will not become early addicted gamblers as at that age, there are lots of activities they will encounter like playing video games, arcades, PC games, doing some trendy activities and many more.

[carlfebz2]

They are making this seminar with good intentions, and I believe that they really don't want gambling to plague the minds of the younger generation as they will be the ones who will handle the country's future. Perhaps they also got this strategy or idea from Spain, though they don't want to end up banning gambling ads in its entirety as the industry constitutes a huge part of their revenues in taxes.

Hopefully this is indeed an effective way of preventing gambling addiction on the younger generation. By keeping them off of gambling ads and materials, they wouldn't think of doing it in the first place. How will they strategize to do it, I don't know.

Getting rid of it completely isnt something that cant really be attained or resolved directly because even if they would prohibit it out or make out some bans but doesnt mean that interest and curiosit would really stop there specially on the youth where their minds do really always love to explore and since we are on digital age then its not surprising about more exposure.

Its really good to look at on whats their intent which is to ease gambling addiction on youngster but i dont see for it to be a 100% solution but at least they are really making some step.

[Wexnident]

We can't blame the government for that. The first place of awareness should come to the family. Gambling advertisements can't be controlled unless the government bans the whole thing which is impossible in those gambling-friendly countries.

Exactly. I can't help but emphasize that the first step in actually educating those at a younger age about the problems of gambling is their parents themselves. Though tbh, I'd reckon there's still the blame that the government should receive, especially since they really aren't putting enough emphasis on what families should actually do in case of gambling addiction tendencies. As for those who are alone though and are already on their way to becoming an addict, now those are the ones that require help, the ones that should be under those webinar type of things.

[Darker45]

I always support initiatives to lessen the impacts of gambling to the people, especially to the younger generations. Gambling is a predator. It sure is fun, but it is also damaging. So as much as possible, government and independent agencies should cooperate with each other to make sure gambling stays moderate among players.

The mechanics of gambling ads should be carefully studied so that they would only reach their intended audience. They cannot be show anywhere and anytime.

[uneng]

I can't say how the ideas discussed in this webinar are going to be applied for real, but after reading the small article posted by OP I can say their intention is good. In this case, regulators just want to make sure gambling operators don't deceive the audience, induce them to financial, social, emotional losses or take advantage of the inexperience of the public (especially the young ones) through ads.
In my opinion it won't be an issue for most gambling platforms I see around, because they always promote responsible gambling habits on their advertisements, telling gamblers to not spend money they can't afford to lose. Virtual casinos also allow their users to auto-block their accounts if they wish stop playing and offer emotional support services if an addicted person is spotted by the platform. Regulators can't say anything bad about it.

[Beparanf]

We can't blame the government for that. The first place of awareness should come to the family. Gambling advertisements can't be controlled unless the government bans the whole thing which is impossible in those gambling-friendly countries.

Exactly. I can't help but emphasize that the first step in actually educating those at a younger age about the problems of gambling is their parents themselves. Though tbh, I'd reckon there's still the blame that the government should receive, especially since they really aren't putting enough emphasis on what families should actually do in case of gambling addiction tendencies. As for those who are alone though and are already on their way to becoming an addict, now those are the ones that require help, the ones that should be under those webinar type of things.

A fact, the problem is sometimes parents are too busy in there respective job which leave them no choice to have a lousy parenting to there child. I'm a product of this kind of family setup and I admit that I was exposed on gambling activities at young age. I just went out of gambling addiction after I decided to pursue my career to have a better future after seeing my relatives life after losing big time on gambling. By that time I promised myself to graduate on college and get a nice job.

This kind of gambling problem can't be control if the children itself don't see the point on why they should avoid gambling.

[Saisher]

They should do it annually and the organizers should update the condition and situation of the gambling industry and the harm it can do to the innocent, like children, it should not all be about making money but educating people on how to gamble responsibly, cutting their losses and protecting the children from unwanted ads, it's a good step gambling has been looked up as bad by many people.

[imstillthebest]

So what is your opinion about this? If that webinar is not followed up, I am not sure if that discussion will work and will have a new rule to control the gambling ads.

i guess they will conduct a follow up operation if the previous operation is not effective but even if they wont ,
atleast they have done the first step and that is to possibly control people to get involved in gambling because worst things could happen if they dont know how to control thier selves .

Maybe there will be a change in schedule for the gambling operators to show their ads in the media so those people will not watch too often and do not make them curious about gambling.

yes this happened already .
 i read a thread here that some gambling ads are now being telecastlate at night than the usual daytime schedule . this can be effective for younger people

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Unfortunately this webinar does not exist in our country, they never discuss advertising advertising in gambling. Many of the children or rather those under the age of 20 can still watch gambling advertisements. Either the government doesn't know about it or they really don't care about its impact on future generations.

It's a webinar, it means it's online so I think that you can probably join in that webinar since there's no borders on Internet. Regarding gambling advertisement, I think it's the responsibility of the parents to protect their child from being exposed to gambling, what you're basically saying is that we need to be dependent to the government everytime.

[rhomelmabini]

So what is your opinion about this? If that webinar is not followed up, I am not sure if that discussion will work and will have a new rule to control the gambling ads.

The thing is, will it be attended by all gambling operators or after this will it reach the mass media on how mitigation should improved? I think they should reconsider that approach and I think this is a good initiative by ASA since we know how huge ads especially on social media and how huge it can reach its audiences.

[goldkingcoiner]

Hosting a webinar on gambling advertising seems like one of the best ways to reduce gambling problems in children and adults like addiction to gambling. If they hold a AMA at the end that feedback might be a way to introduce a useful feedback which only improves the webinar. A lot of gambling sites do not really care about stuff like that though, I feel. As long as they are within regulation space, any profit is good profit.

[smyslov]

So what is your opinion about this? If that webinar is not followed up, I am not sure if that discussion will work and will have a new rule to control the gambling ads.

The thing is, will it be attended by all gambling operators or after this will it reach the mass media on how mitigation should improved? I think they should reconsider that approach and I think this is a good initiative by ASA since we know how huge ads especially on social media and how huge it can reach its audiences.

It's not a means to stop advertising gambling but for the ads to target the right people, it's very interesting how they are going to do that, they have no way of knowing who's going to see their ads the visitors can lie of his age and there are some ads that can get away, everything is just a link or keywords away, education should start at home, the parents have a huge responsibility to their children followed by the government.

[molsewid]

It's not a means to stop advertising gambling but for the ads to target the right people, it's very interesting how they are going to do that, they have no way of knowing who's going to see their ads the visitors can lie of his age and there are some ads that can get away, everything is just a link or keywords away, education should start at home, the parents have a huge responsibility to their children followed by the government.

Actually I really do appreciate the initiative of the ASA organization to host a gambling advertising webinar because through this webinar a gambling operators and the concern organization could come up with a much more effective action on how to improve the gambling advertising without leaving those kids or vulnerable underage gambler to get to know more about gambling. I don't think that the gambling advertisements will be stop but instead it is going to be aired or to be advertises in other time or proper airing time where the child of the the concern people that shouldn't be in the gambling industry couldn't get any curiousity.

[Fortify]

It seems the regulator is aware and concern with the increasing number of new gamblers, especially young people who engage in the gambling industry. That will not yet include kids who are trying to access gambling games using their gadgets. As Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), the UK’s independent advertising regulator, will host a webinar for the gambling industry on Tuesday, 28 September.

Source: https://www.gamblinginsider.com/news/13274/asa-to-host-gambling-advertising-webinar

That webinar will discuss gambling advertising, including scheduling and financial claims, hoping to control the gambling ads that can make children, young persons, or other vulnerable persons want to play gambling.

Maybe there will be a change in schedule for the gambling operators to show their ads in the media so those people will not watch too often and do not make them curious about gambling.

I tend to agree with the regulator in protecting those people because it is easy to make people try something that makes them curious and let them stay for a long time.

So what is your opinion about this? If that webinar is not followed up, I am not sure if that discussion will work and will have a new rule to control the gambling ads.

Unfortunately regulators are like whales - big behemoths that take ages to change course and find it hard to adapt to new environments. Gambling operators are more like sharks, they can change direction at a moments notice and are ruthless with their targets. A seminar just sounds like the very early stages where they are trying to gather feedback or offer "guidance" to companies that are using these methods. However an effective regulator needs to take control and lay down the law as they've let this area drag on for far too long. This could have been identified as a problem 5 years ago and yet they are still messing about trying to find a fix.

[rhomelmabini]

So what is your opinion about this? If that webinar is not followed up, I am not sure if that discussion will work and will have a new rule to control the gambling ads.

The thing is, will it be attended by all gambling operators or after this will it reach the mass media on how mitigation should improved? I think they should reconsider that approach and I think this is a good initiative by ASA since we know how huge ads especially on social media and how huge it can reach its audiences.

It's not a means to stop advertising gambling but for the ads to target the right people, it's very interesting how they are going to do that, they have no way of knowing who's going to see their ads the visitors can lie of his age and there are some ads that can get away, everything is just a link or keywords away, education should start at home, the parents have a huge responsibility to their children followed by the government.

Yes, I know that but the thing is with target audience is will be objective (we can say that) but what if that target audience only open once a gambling ad or if by chance it was only a mistake in the first place, does that mean they'll be targeted? It will be worth noted or if by chance there could be some kind of summary on how the webinar was conducted and some key points that has been discussed.

[Cling18]

It's a good and helpful initiative because what we need for the youth is the awareness for them to avoid or get rid of gambling addiction. Since we're on the pandemic situation, webinars would  be a big help to enlighten everyone about the risks of too much gambling. I hope that more organizations would have the initiative to do things like this.

[24Kt]

It's a good and helpful initiative because what we need for the youth is the awareness for them to avoid or get rid of gambling addiction. Since we're on the pandemic situation, webinars would  be a big help to enlighten everyone about the risks of too much gambling. I hope that more organizations would have the initiative to do things like this.

From their site - https://www.asa.org.uk/event/virtual-advice-am-gambling-advertising.html, those who attended should now have more clarity in terms of overseeing or creating gambling ads. And hopefully, they will be more responsible in terms of creating gambling ads and for those monitoring it, they know what to look out for. It means, no deception of viewers or exaggerating amount of winnings, which some people are really tempted about.

Just want to say that this webinar was intended for the below participants -