Have you seen gambling advertisements on TV? Opinion.

[Crypt0Gore]

Growing up as a kid I've never seen any gambling advertisement on TV before, I could remember many adverts on TV till today, from food items to favorite chocolate and milk shows, but never for once have I seen any casino or gambling related advertisements.

I believe this depends on your country, it's nice that I never seen such on TV while growing up because it could have affected many kids, we know children are always curious about things and they always want to try them out.

Gambling is very hated my older people from my country, they look at it like a life destroyer, they warn us to stay away from gambling, and there are so many life turned into light paper because of gambling.

It's better not to have a casino advert on TV and make sure kids watch them, I am sure they will develop a interest thinking they can be young billionaires through gambling, and those adverts can be confusing, they will use jackpots and fake past winners to deceive the audience.

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[Jocuserious]

It doesn't affect me and you. Even in countries that don't accept gambling but gambling ads run because people in that country are playing online gambling freely. How many people will the government punish! However you may know how to control your children well, but you can be lied to when making your child aware of this. Because if young children are addicted to gambling your family may face various problems in future and especially financial problems. Not only tv shows but you go to YouTube or any social media you will find gambling ads that are absolutely impossible for you to turn off. However, gambling will not be a problem for adults because everyone will consider ways to earn money.

[Rruchi man]

How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

The ads are everywhere and are difficult to control, If you tell them lies for the one you all see on TV, you will not always be with them on their mobile phones, and as they walk the streets. There is no need to tell lies to your kids because they will later find out the truth and may become disappointed in you.

Tell them the truth and let them understand why at their age, they should not consider starting gambling because of how prone to addiction they are, and how addiction to gambling at an early stage in their life can ruin their lives. Some kids understand better than we think, we sometimes just complicate things with thinking they cannot understand because of their age.

[Taskford]

While watching TV with my kid, I've watched various advertisements of gambling nature (let's say for example, Rummy123, RummyCircle, A23 Rummy, etc.)
These are all specifically Indian ads, but I'm sure you may have seen various gambling advertisements, some banners at boundaries when cricket is ongoing, even in any other sport. How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

Maybe the national lottery held by government but aside from that I don't see any casino especially online gambling sites promoting their gambling business on stations since maybe government doesn't allow any gambling advertisement since they know what implication it can bring to their citizens. I find it good actions because it can save many peoples lives to get away on possible harmful environment that can possibly introduce to them. Maybe in your case proper guidance is needed and explain to them that what you are watching is not good for them or maybe try to switch the channel if you see those ads popping up on your tv. Those ads can really affect them especially if they are expose from it for long time so much better introduce them to cartoons or any educational movies so they would forget what they see on other stations.

[Gozie51]

While watching TV with my kid, I've watched various advertisements of gambling nature (let's say for example, Rummy123, RummyCircle, A23 Rummy, etc.)
These are all specifically Indian ads, but I'm sure you may have seen various gambling advertisements, some banners at boundaries when cricket is ongoing, even in any other sport. How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

The best way to help a child or children not to begin associating themselves to gambling and other social media stuff is not to watch those things in their presence, I understand that when it comes to ads it may just pop up abruptly while in the midst of educative TV show in form of ads but you can totally avoid tuning into such stations that it could be aired as ads, of course we can identify such stations and programs, like some TV shows that involve immoral acts are likely to also show some gambling ads because they go hand in hand.

You can't see a religious TV show or program running gambling ads on their program, so those are more apt for children, cartoons and kiddies shows. Some kiddies by themselves detest to watch any TV that is not kiddies or cartoons. So don't force them to watch those not good for their character formation.

Gambling is a big business for owners of game houses and casinos so they are surely going to have their ads littered everywhere in social media, apps, radio or TV stations and it is the duty of parents to guide their children properly until they are of age to take their own decisions.

[Findingnemo]

If I am not wrong in many countries advertising TV commercials is somewhat prohibited or restricted and also gambling platforms concentrate more on serious ways of advertising than just making funny ads on TV and expecting people to use them.

For example, casinos create sponsorship offer deals with popular franchise link football clubs then their logo will be in their jersey or some sort of it so whenever the team plays and the game Aired there will be millions of viewers watching the casino logo too and that is going to bring the actual customers and also creates more brand value to their name which adds further benefits.

[piebeyb]

It's been years since I've watched TV, even my children, maybe because there are no interesting programs to watch on TV, which makes me not interested in watching TV except for football programs, but talking about gambling advertisements, I have never seen them on any TV show because of advertisements. Gambling is very illegal in my country so maybe I have never encountered it except at football events sometimes there are advertisements for casino sites there on the boards in the football field when the match is going on.

Unfortunately in my country it is very illegal so gambling advertisements like that will not be found even though for example gambling advertisements are legal and often shown on TV maybe if you ask me what the advertisement is I will definitely answer and explain to my child that gambling is not very good and so on. because if we forbid it, it will really make him curious and find out about it. so just explain if he asks

[michellee]

I'm lucky there are no gambling adverts on TV so parents don't have to worry about that. But what parents think about is the existence of these advertisements on social media because a friend of mine saw the gambling advertisement on his child's social media page and he immediately asked his child's phone to adjust the settings on his phone.

I agree that gambling advertisements should be reduced to not arouse curiosity among underage children so they do not see them too often. That way, their attention will not be focused on the gambling advertisements. And if they ask us about gambling, we should not lie to them and explain the truth to them so they can think further.

From there, there will be further discussions between parents and children where parents can explain the impact on a person if he gambles and what will happen to him in the future. It is up to the government to reduce the broadcast hours for gambling advertisements and they should change them to later broadcast hours so that children do not see gambling advertisements.

[aioc]

While watching TV with my kid, I've watched various advertisements of gambling nature (let's say for example, Rummy123, RummyCircle, A23 Rummy, etc.)
These are all specifically Indian ads, but I'm sure you may have seen various gambling advertisements, some banners at boundaries when cricket is ongoing, even in any other sport. How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

Gambling is legal in our country but we do not have ads like this on TV and it should not happen maybe the Indian regulatory board does not have restrictions on ads shown on TV, on our popular media our board is very strict, and the channels cannot show this kind of ads and violation will face a stiff penalty.

This is very bad for children, the government should protect the welfare of the children and show ads related to gambling ads will corrupt the minds of the children, but as parents, we should not allow our children to watch channels that advertise gambling ads, if the government cannot protect the children the parents should take action.

[bitbollo]

in Italy such advertisements are illegal since some years....
It's completely forbidden any kind of gambling advertisements.
The quality here was very very low and something misleading ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKgkYxWoZ-M
See one of famous tv spots here on the youtube link.... Main claim is "Do you like to win easy?"


that's the reason actually Italians spends 20 billions of euro each year on gambling!
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/giochi-2022-stato-incassa-103-miliardi-22percento-e-italiani-hanno-speso-quasi-20-miliardi-AEzTpxTC?refresh_ce=1

[iv4n]

While watching TV with my kid, I've watched various advertisements of gambling nature (let's say for example, Rummy123, RummyCircle, A23 Rummy, etc.)
These are all specifically Indian ads, but I'm sure you may have seen various gambling advertisements, some banners at boundaries when cricket is ongoing, even in any other sport. How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

In Serbia, gambling ads are everywhere... literally everywhere. On TV, radio, and around the town. and even though at the end of the ad, or under the ad, they say or write "This does not apply to minors" it is already too late... they saw/heard it. That is stupid, even thou I am a gambler I think that kids nowadays are bombarded with ads on every step they make. I think there should be some special places for advertising and special hours for gambling advertising... having them everywhere all the time is crazy, and this will create more problems for those kids in the future.

But it's on the government to regulate it... but they don't care as long as they are getting paid I guess.

[DabsPoorVersion]

In our country, since I was young, I didn't see any gambling advertised on TV.
Regarding your concern, it is really concerning considering that there are so many kids watching TV. Social media become the house of advertisement for gambling, but now, it is also can be seen on TV. That feels like there is no place for the young ones to avoid gambling ads. This might trigger their curiosity about gambling. However, we can't do anything if it is being advertised on TV. The only thing you can do is to let your kid watch kid's TV or anything that matches their age.

[coin-investor]

It's inevitable there are sports events that are being sponsored by gambling platforms in our country its lottery, gambling is legal in our country but only those of legal age can bet, when it comes to the visibility of gambling platforms it's everywhere, we have lotto betting station on every corner of the city so its up top parent to educate their children on the reality of gambling, the gambling ads are something our children cannot avoid especially in the internet, so we have to be on alert it's not only on TV but everywhere but more so in the internet.

[rhomelmabini]

While watching TV with my kid, I've watched various advertisements of gambling nature (let's say for example, Rummy123, RummyCircle, A23 Rummy, etc.)
These are all specifically Indian ads, but I'm sure you may have seen various gambling advertisements, some banners at boundaries when cricket is ongoing, even in any other sport. How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

In my country I rarely see it unless you watch a sports coverage, most ads here being used are about food, body care, etc. I don't think kids would be able to understand it already unless that's a genius one or they are at age that already doing some mild gambling stuffs. I don't think lying with them will do good it's best you explain them the truth and the implications it will bring if you end up getting addicted on it.

[Rabata]

I think parents makes one mistake all the time and that is, when your child ask you something that you know they shouldn't be aware of, just give them an idea of what it is, so they can chill on that issues. If you let them go out on thier own to know what it is, they will probably learn it the wrong way and try at all means to know how it works. So I will suggest you stop lieing and tell them the truth about the adverts.

I think it is definitely a good suggestion. If a father asks his young child any question after seeing such gambling advertisement then surely that father should give him proper explanation. There is no harm in clarifying the negative aspects of it in front of him. I have seen many children who want to do the activity more enthusiastically the more a parent forbids them from doing it. So of course if something is hidden then they can be more curious which can definitely lead to danger for them later. If they suddenly raise any question about such advertisement then he should be given a good idea about it according to his merit so that he does not try to find out about it secretly.

[Beparanf]

How would a kid ignore those things, they might just come and ask you about what is it. Till when can we lie to them? Don't you think that the frequency of such ads must be less in order to let the kids not get trapped into gambling and don't do it at such a small age?

As a kid, I honestly doesn’t care about the odds since I don’t know most of it especially those foregin odds when watching international channels. It’s not a big deal if your kids watch it for as long as they didn’t know it and they don’t care. The only time it will alarming is when they start asking that’s why most of the channel with that kind of ads usually have a parental guidance logo.

Gambling ads is very popular on sports channel here which I’m always watching. There’s kids and parents in my family that watching same sports with me but they never ask about ads but rather annoy about it since everyone focused on the sports we are watching and not the ads.

[inthelongrun]

I don't have cable and I haven't installed an antenna on my television so it is only used for YouTube, Netflix, Twitch, etc. It's seldom that I can see gambling ads on Youtube but lately, I am always seeing this bingo type of online betting.

During sports games though it is common to see sports betting advertisements. I don't understand why we need to lie in case our children are asking about it. Why not answer them the truth and educate them in the right manner? It's like risking your ice cream money, you get 2 scoops if you win but no ice cream if you lose.

[retreat]

In my country all forms of gambling are prohibited so there are no advertisements about gambling platforms. However, at sporting events there are lots of banners about cigarette and contraceptive products which I think are quite disturbing. The government also doesn't seem to be too bothered by these advertisements because they get taxes from it.
In fact, the government should regulate these advertisements because they are quite disturbing and can influence young people to use these products. These advertisements can influence children's subconscious minds and trigger them to be curious and use the product. That's why in developing countries the rate of addiction to gambling, cigarettes, etc. is quite high because there are no advertising regulations from the government.

[noormcs5]

In my country all forms of gambling are prohibited so there are no advertisements about gambling platforms. However, at sporting events there are lots of banners about cigarette and contraceptive products which I think are quite disturbing. The government also doesn't seem to be too bothered by these advertisements because they get taxes from it.
In fact, the government should regulate these advertisements because they are quite disturbing and can influence young people to use these products. These advertisements can influence children's subconscious minds and trigger them to be curious and use the product. That's why in developing countries the rate of addiction to gambling, cigarettes, etc. is quite high because there are no advertising regulations from the government.

At one side you are saying that gambling is prohibited in your country and on the other side you are saying that the government do not bother if about sports betting advertisements. Instead of collecting money as an advertisement for sports betting, they could actually ban the local platforms that are advertising those bets and fine them too.

Either the government first legalise gambling and allow the ads or completely ban the gambling and the betting ads, doing half of the things and allowing the other half for their own benefits is not the right thing in my opinion.

[Issa56]

The ads are everywhere and are difficult to control, If you tell them lies for the one you all see on TV, you will not always be with them on their mobile phones, and as they walk the streets. There is no need to tell lies to your kids because they will later find out the truth and may become disappointed in you.

When you start to lie to them, then you are compromising everything for yourself. You will always look for lies, which you will always use to cover up what you told them before, so I don't know how long you will keep on hiding the truth from them, because I am sure they will still end up finding out what gambling is all about. They can just search on Google and get all the information they need. They might be deceived and motivated to gamble by the information they see on Google and some advertisements they see on social media that say people are making money through gambling. But if you open up to them and tell them what gambling is really all about, tell them to avoid gambling, or ask them to avoid gambling addiction, It's better to just be open to them because children can learn to gamble anywhere, and if they don't have proper orientation, they might end up addicted to gambling, which is really bad.

Unfortunately in my country it is very illegal so gambling advertisements like that will not be found even though for example gambling advertisements are legal and often shown on TV maybe if you ask me what the advertisement is I will definitely answer and explain to my child that gambling is not very good and so on. because if we forbid it, it will really make him curious and find out about it. so just explain if he asks

If you are in a country where gambling is illegal, then any TV channel that can advertise any gambling site might end up being sanctioned for that, so no TV channel will even take that risk no matter the amount that they will be paid. But in countries where gambling is legal, you will see gambling site advertising on different TV channels, you will see gambling site advertisements even on the street. So you can't hide anything from your kid for a long period of time, it's better to open up to them and warn them.