Gambling ads become part of daily life

[retreat]

OP, what bothers you when you wear gambling signature? I dont think we have underaged here, who read forum and focus only on gambling content. If an underaged finds this forum, imo he would have come here for guides how-to do something with wallet or crypto, or have a problem with crypto and would search help here. I dont think that underaged come here on purpose to look for a better casino to gamble. As majority are adults here your conscience should be clean, you are not promoting anything bad.

I also think it's quite strange that he feels bad about wearing a casino signature when this forum is filled with mostly adults who should be aware of gambling. I mean, there's nothing wrong with the casino signature that many users here wear, it's not a bad platform that scams people, it's just a gambling platform, what's wrong with a gambling platform? unless the gambling platform scams many users, like the 1xbit case, then he can feel guilty for promoting a scam gambling site. But I think most gambling platforms that run signature campaigns on this forum are responsible and have a reputation. But I don't know, each person has their own views, and maybe the OP has a different view on this than the rest of us.

[Alphakilo]

Almost every sports including football's dominated by gambling ads. Casino ads are affecting ppl. Kids see it every where it isn't healthy. Billboard ads tv ads & online ads are every where. How's gambling affected you & ppl you know ?

I hope that kids are not on this forum.

We face many dilemmas. Societal versus personal. We cannot only pray that they don't get influenced by it. And you know that you can't even stop this gambling adds that are everywhere. Your gambling signature campaign is not bad because there is a caution for everyone to gamble responsibly. And there is even more caution that gambling is not for those who are under 18. And even before you argee sign up on the casino and any betting website you need to first agree to their terms of service which carries all the warnings against gambling irresponsibly.

[bakasabo]

Gambling is for people who are above plus eighteen years because at that age one expected to become mentally developed and take decisions that are rational and that includes taking decisions on gambling it's true that there are allot of gambling adds that are out there both on and off the net it's the duty of parents in making sure that they monitor what their children are consuming especially from the net for the safety of their children but you can't actually stop casinos from running adds

No, they can't ban showing casino ads, which have become very intrusive lately. For example, I see them almost every day several times in Telegram channels. How can you like that? You shouldn't show them so persistently. Why? People might perceive them as some kind of spam, and then start taking appropriate measures. Mass complaints could lead to a total blocking of this type of advertising.

If there is no mass complaints, gambling ads will still available on many places. So we can only accept the ads but we don't have to playing gambling because we take responsible and control over ourselves. If he decide not to gambling, he will not tempting to playing gambling because of seeing the gambling ads.

No one will force you to gambling because it is personal decision so we don't have to feel it is annoying although that is right. We need to realize that gambling ads become part of our life now besides seeing the other ads.

That is true, ads dont force or encourage anyone to gamble and it is only a personal decision how to react on ads. I am so used to them, I have seen so many of them and so often, that I skip if it is possible or "see through" them, meaning I dont even focus on them or notice when they pop-up during watching content. Imo they have become so common, that they might not even work as planned. I think casinos does not get same reaction as they were getting 10 years ago from running an advertisement.

[LogitechMouse]

Almost every sports including football's dominated by gambling ads. Casino ads are affecting ppl. Kids see it every where it isn't healthy. Billboard ads tv ads & online ads are every where. How's gambling affected you & ppl you know ?

I hope that kids are not on this forum.

We face many dilemmas. Societal versus personal. We cannot only pray that they don't get influenced by it. And you know that you can't even stop this gambling adds that are everywhere. Your gambling signature campaign is not bad because there is a caution for everyone to gamble responsibly. And there is even more caution that gambling is not for those who are under 18. And even before you argee sign up on the casino and any betting website you need to first agree to their terms of service which carries all the warnings against gambling irresponsibly.

I don't think that those "kids" are on this forum. One thing more is that, there are many online gambling websites as well that accepts fiat currencies so as much as I want to hate these huge gambling advertisements everywhere, I guess it's safe to say they're here to stay, and it's up to us now if we will get attracted and try to gamble because we saw these advertisements or not.

Gambling advertisements are everywhere and there will, and will always be people that will get attracted by this and will try to gamble as well. Maybe they're curious about how gamblers feel whenever they're gambling. Maybe they got attracted by those huge winnings that they see online. Maybe they just want to have fun. Whatever the case is, gambling advertisements will remain, and as long as the government will not prohibit it, they will be here to stay. As for the gambling signature campaign, I believe that most of the active users here are kind of gambling as well, and if they're not, they know the consequences that they might face whenever they gamble.

At the end of the day, we might see gambling advertisements here and there whether it's a physical one or a digital one, but it's our decision as a responsible person whether we will gamble or not. It's our decision on how much money do we need to spend on gambling. We might see lots of advertisements, but we might not get attracted at those winnings at all.

[Ricardo11]

Gambling is for people who are above plus eighteen years because at that age one expected to become mentally developed and take decisions that are rational and that includes taking decisions on gambling it's true that there are allot of gambling adds that are out there both on and off the net it's the duty of parents in making sure that they monitor what their children are consuming especially from the net for the safety of their children but you can't actually stop casinos from running adds

No, they can't ban showing casino ads, which have become very intrusive lately. For example, I see them almost every day several times in Telegram channels. How can you like that? You shouldn't show them so persistently. Why? People might perceive them as some kind of spam, and then start taking appropriate measures. Mass complaints could lead to a total blocking of this type of advertising.

If there is no mass complaints, gambling ads will still available on many places. So we can only accept the ads but we don't have to playing gambling because we take responsible and control over ourselves. If he decide not to gambling, he will not tempting to playing gambling because of seeing the gambling ads.

No one will force you to gambling because it is personal decision so we don't have to feel it is annoying although that is right. We need to realize that gambling ads become part of our life now besides seeing the other ads.

That is true, ads dont force or encourage anyone to gamble and it is only a personal decision how to react on ads. I am so used to them, I have seen so many of them and so often, that I skip if it is possible or "see through" them, meaning I dont even focus on them or notice when they pop-up during watching content. Imo they have become so common, that they might not even work as planned. I think casinos does not get same reaction as they were getting 10 years ago from running an advertisement.

Yes, once advertisements had a great impact on people, it can be said that they were attracted to gambling by watching advertisements, but it was much more influential before, now the influence of advertisements does not penetrate deeply into people, people are now much more aware, those who are somewhat mentally aware, advertisements have no effect on them. But for those who are weak-minded and easily tempted and greedy by seeing tempting offers, these advertisements can still have a profound impact. All in all, it can be said that the influence of advertisements is relatively less in the present compared to the past, but it will never stop completely, because greedy and weak self-control gamblers will always exist.

[rachael9385]

I didn't expect my topic becoming so busy. I'm personally thanking every user for posts they've made. When I'm reading the things ppl say about their experiences & opinions about gambling it's like sharing with friends.

You did well in selecting the topic because it's something that a lot of people can relate to, it's a quality topic that will keep on having more engagements and contributions.  Gambling ads has been a major concern to a lot of people and the post you made about it gave others the opportunity to also enlighten others about what they know on the topic. I'm still going through the thread and I like how interactive it gets everyday.

[Frankolala]

Gambling is for people who are above plus eighteen years because at that age one expected to become mentally developed and take decisions that are rational and that includes taking decisions on gambling it's true that there are allot of gambling adds that are out there both on and off the net it's the duty of parents in making sure that they monitor what their children are consuming especially from the net for the safety of their children but you can't actually stop casinos from running adds

No, they can't ban showing casino ads, which have become very intrusive lately. For example, I see them almost every day several times in Telegram channels. How can you like that? You shouldn't show them so persistently. Why? People might perceive them as some kind of spam, and then start taking appropriate measures. Mass complaints could lead to a total blocking of this type of advertising.

If there is no mass complaints, gambling ads will still available on many places. So we can only accept the ads but we don't have to playing gambling because we take responsible and control over ourselves. If he decide not to gambling, he will not tempting to playing gambling because of seeing the gambling ads.

No one will force you to gambling because it is personal decision so we don't have to feel it is annoying although that is right. We need to realize that gambling ads become part of our life now besides seeing the other ads.

That is true, ads dont force or encourage anyone to gamble and it is only a personal decision how to react on ads. I am so used to them, I have seen so many of them and so often, that I skip if it is possible or "see through" them, meaning I dont even focus on them or notice when they pop-up during watching content. Imo they have become so common, that they might not even work as planned. I think casinos does not get same reaction as they were getting 10 years ago from running an advertisement.

Yes, once advertisements had a great impact on people, it can be said that they were attracted to gambling by watching advertisements, but it was much more influential before, now the influence of advertisements does not penetrate deeply into people, people are now much more aware, those who are somewhat mentally aware, advertisements have no effect on them. But for those who are weak-minded and easily tempted and greedy by seeing tempting offers, these advertisements can still have a profound impact. All in all, it can be said that the influence of advertisements is relatively less in the present compared to the past, but it will never stop completely, because greedy and weak self-control gamblers will always exist.

Gambling ads is so rampard nowadays and there is nothing anyone can do to stop them because gambling is a legal business. Whoever doesn't like gambling wouldn't be lured by these ads but get paranoid because it's like a distraction to him. Only those who will love to partake in gambling that can be tempted by these endless ads and start gambling. Personal decisions matters alot.

[arabspaceship123]

It doesn't matter how hard parents try to stop their kids watching gambling ads they're going to watch them by accident. If we're being honest we know they've seen the forum. Some kids might have user accounts we don't know.

I hope that kids are not on this forum.

[passwordnow]

It doesn't matter how much ppl try to stop their kids watching gambling ads they're going to watch them by accident. If we're being honest we know they've seen the forum. Some kids might have user accounts we don't know.

I hope that kids are not on this forum.

I don't think that those kids have seen the forum already. They've probably saw another one that's pure gambling contents. But you're right that no matter how much we try to stop our kids, one time and point of their lives they'll still see gambling related ads and topics that they will be curious to know what it's actually. Because of social media and their access to the internet, they've seen somewhere these colorful games that they think is for their innocent minds. But if they tick on their curiosity, they will start asking or research about it until most of the search history on their browsers will suggest them ads and other stuff that are related to it.

[Odusko]

Gambling is for people who are above plus eighteen years because at that age one expected to become mentally developed and take decisions that are rational and that includes taking decisions on gambling it's true that there are allot of gambling adds that are out there both on and off the net it's the duty of parents in making sure that they monitor what their children are consuming especially from the net for the safety of their children but you can't actually stop casinos from running adds

No, they can't ban showing casino ads, which have become very intrusive lately. For example, I see them almost every day several times in Telegram channels. How can you like that? You shouldn't show them so persistently. Why? People might perceive them as some kind of spam, and then start taking appropriate measures. Mass complaints could lead to a total blocking of this type of advertising.

Not when the advertisers are paying the platform they are advertising on, taking telegram you mentioned as an example, advertising on telegram is not free, it cost good money to buy those ad spaces, so even if telegram users start reporting the persistent display of those ads, telegram  themselves are the ones displaying those ad, what they will have to do is reduce the frequency by which they display the ad, not outrightly blocking the ads they are making money from.

Personally though, I would say that ads are normal, when you come across one or two or even more, you either like it, view it or simply ignore and move to what you want to do, mass reporting can not stop ads, it can only lead to readjusting.

Ads promotions online is far from what we are talking about here in this there, I believe what the ops I complaining about is the physical billboard promotions as like what we see daily on our road and Streets including other public places that kids can not be protected from getting exposed to such materials, although most times, is more important to always take your own steps further to guide where and what your kids sees, because gambling is life threatening for underage and at that we need to prevent them from getting involved in gambling at young age.

[arabspaceship123]

That's the hope we're sharing. I hope kids don't look at bitcointalk I hope they don't have accounts for posting. Kids can get curious so we don't know what they're doing when it's about bitcointalk but gambling ads in every day life affects ppl of every age grouping.

I don't think that those kids have seen the forum already. They've probably saw another one that's pure gambling contents. But you're right that no matter how much we try to stop our kids, one time and point of their lives they'll still see gambling related ads and topics that they will be curious to know what it's actually. Because of social media and their access to the internet, they've seen somewhere these colorful games that they think is for their innocent minds. But if they tick on their curiosity, they will start asking or research about it until most of the search history on their browsers will suggest them ads and other stuff that are related to it.

[Olatundespo]

Gambling is for people who are above plus eighteen years because at that age one expected to become mentally developed and take decisions that are rational and that includes taking decisions on gambling it's true that there are allot of gambling adds that are out there both on and off the net it's the duty of parents in making sure that they monitor what their children are consuming especially from the net for the safety of their children but you can't actually stop casinos from running adds

No, they can't ban showing casino ads, which have become very intrusive lately. For example, I see them almost every day several times in Telegram channels. How can you like that? You shouldn't show them so persistently. Why? People might perceive them as some kind of spam, and then start taking appropriate measures. Mass complaints could lead to a total blocking of this type of advertising.

If there is no mass complaints, gambling ads will still available on many places. So we can only accept the ads but we don't have to playing gambling because we take responsible and control over ourselves. If he decide not to gambling, he will not tempting to playing gambling because of seeing the gambling ads.

No one will force you to gambling because it is personal decision so we don't have to feel it is annoying although that is right. We need to realize that gambling ads become part of our life now besides seeing the other ads.

That is true, ads dont force or encourage anyone to gamble and it is only a personal decision how to react on ads. I am so used to them, I have seen so many of them and so often, that I skip if it is possible or "see through" them, meaning I dont even focus on them or notice when they pop-up during watching content. Imo they have become so common, that they might not even work as planned. I think casinos does not get same reaction as they were getting 10 years ago from running an advertisement.

I agree with you that advertising does not force anyone to gamble and does not create a reaction in them that they must be tempted to engage in it. Advertising has recently created a regular and habitual reaction in people where you are constantly seen on social media and TV and we have also adapted ourselves in such a way that it does not arouse any emotion or feeling in us.

The advertising and the traffic used to show people ads can have a positive reaction in some cases. Many people like you may consider advertising as a normal thing but a large number of people involve gamble through advertising.

[Fivestar4everMVP]

It doesn't matter how hard parents try to stop their kids watching gambling ads they're going to watch them by accident. If we're being honest we know they've seen the forum. Some kids might have user accounts we don't know.

I hope that kids are not on this forum.

Well, I don't know about you guys but for me, I don't see any bad thing in kids being on this forum, kids being here may not necessarily mean that they are here for or to gamble, they may be here to learn about bitcoin and crypto currency which to me is not a bad thing as long as they have parent or guardian close to them to guide them through and appropriately.

Personally, ads kids see offline like in banners and flyers and signposts doesn't do much harm to them, kids can't just walk into a physical casino and want to gamble.
What does more harm is online ads, and we as parents can control what our kids see online by simply blocking them access to smartphones and devices until they are of age.

[EluguHcman]

Almost every sports including football's dominated by gambling ads. Casino ads are affecting ppl. Kids see it every where it isn't healthy. Billboard ads tv ads & online ads are every where. How's gambling affected you & ppl you know ?

As much as I know that gambling is not healthy for the underage people or even those who find it difficult to raise funds to stake on it and same time, over sighting it as a measure to be successful, I would say I am not in support of how gambling ADs are being revolving in the internet especially the media where the ADs unnecessarily keep popping which could attract individuals who does not have plans to gamble to begin gambling.

And acknowledging that before anyone should begin to gamble, awareness of the potential risks such as addition should have been noted in order to stay healthy while gambling.

I will say that of ADs popping on users devices while surfing the internet for different motive should be considered for safe health control.

[Accardo]

Advertising has recently created a regular and habitual reaction in people where you are constantly seen on social media and TV and we have also adapted ourselves in such a way that it does not arouse any emotion or feeling in us.

The advertising and the traffic used to show people ads can have a positive reaction in some cases. Many people like you may consider advertising as a normal thing but a large number of people involve gamble through advertising.

Certainly a two way market that people openly talk about, and the media do not censor it much better, but it's not controllable in the society. Parents may share gaming thoughts around kids or allow the reaction of losing or winning make the children ask or think of what may have toned their dad or mom to behave in an odd manner. The impacts ad makes online is to fetch awareness, literally what any licensed company would do.

[Wiwo]

I didn't expect my topic becoming so busy. I'm personally thanking every user for posts they've made. When I'm reading the things ppl say about their experiences & opinions about gambling it's like sharing with friends.

You did well in selecting the topic because it's something that a lot of people can relate to, it's a quality topic that will keep on having more engagements and contributions.  Gambling ads has been a major concern to a lot of people and the post you made about it gave others the opportunity to also enlighten others about what they know on the topic. I'm still going through the thread and I like how interactive it gets everyday.

It's always like that when a topic gain the attention of community members, most interactive topics are like that so, don't be surprised to see this one like that, the issues of gambling control os everyone concerns and ads controls and display os something that have become a concerned to none gamblers.

As they complained 9f adverts everywhere promoting casinos, and gambling and they concerns are the impact of that to the underage kids who get exposed to such adverts.

[Ultegra134]

I agree with you that advertising does not force anyone to gamble and does not create a reaction in them that they must be tempted to engage in it. Advertising has recently created a regular and habitual reaction in people where you are constantly seen on social media and TV and we have also adapted ourselves in such a way that it does not arouse any emotion or feeling in us.

The advertising and the traffic used to show people ads can have a positive reaction in some cases. Many people like you may consider advertising as a normal thing but a large number of people involve gamble through advertising.

They don't directly force anyone, but they subconciously pass you that it's part of our everyday lives. They are pretty much everywhere, in football matches, on TV, on social media, on newspapers, magazines, even adult sites. Although we're gamblers ourselves, I don't really favour the idea of it being displayed everywhere, it's not something positive and it may as well lure teenagers (16-18) into gambling at an extremely early age. It was an activity that was frowned upon a few years ago, but it's considered quite normal in our day and age.

[Felicity_Tide]

Almost every sports including football's dominated by gambling ads. Casino ads are affecting ppl. Kids see it every where it isn't healthy. Billboard ads tv ads & online ads are every where. How's gambling affected you & ppl you know ?

I've got mixed feelings about renting my sig for gambling. I've done it because I wanted managers to consider me for other sig campaigns which aren't casinos when they're available. I'd prefer giving it to mixer sig campaigns but they're banned. I'm not sure how long I'll rent my sig like this.

These ads has literally become part of us, as we see them every day. Are the companies to be blame?, no of course..., they are running a company and offering a service, so they need to promote what the do. The only issue is that kids are often exposed to these mediums that these companies use in promoting their services.

But come to think of it, were gambling ads this rampant decades ago?, I don't think so. The world is moving faster that than we can imagine, and gambling isn't necessary the only thing we need to protect children from. But at the end of the day, maybe the people offering to promote these services through their platforms are not doing enough to protect all underage.

[xLays]

Almost every sports including football's dominated by gambling ads. Casino ads are affecting ppl. Kids see it every where it isn't healthy. Billboard ads tv ads & online ads are every where. How's gambling affected you & ppl you know ?

I've got mixed feelings about renting my sig for gambling. I've done it because I wanted managers to consider me for other sig campaigns which aren't casinos when they're available. I'd prefer giving it to mixer sig campaigns but they're banned. I'm not sure how long I'll rent my sig like this.

It always depends on you. If you don’t want to see gambling ads, then don’t engage with them. I mean, if you often see ads during football games, then don’t watch football.
If you see a lot of signature ads on bitcointalk, then don’t visit bitcointalk The reason you're seeing gambling ads is because of you.
Just imagine if you were a farmer, do you think you’d see gambling ads on the farm?

But don't worry, mixer signature campaigns will be back soon. Maybe next year just check this thread for updates.

My main question is: Is it allowed to run a contest or prediction here on Bitcointalk about when mixers will be allowed again? (The contest will not mention any website of mixer)

A policy prediction market, I like it! That's fine.

Note however that I may soften the ban over time, in two or more phases. For example, I may remove the wordfilter much sooner than any other aspects of the ban.

A step in the right direction. This will be a great year for bitcoin and as well as the bitcoin community.
1st phase: Remove the worldfilter which may happen sooner.
2nd phase: Allow mixers to create ANN threads again.
3rd phase: Approve mixer promotion/campaigns.

Cheers!

[swogerino]

I see in some Australian TV as I know it from the ads that is an Australian TV where I watch sport games or F1 and I see a lot of gambling ads with the gamble responsible and 18+ logo in the bottom left of the screen. They used to give a lot of such ads in Europe too though now I am not seeing anymore ads about betfair, william hill, ladbroke or bet365 which were massive in such televisions. Most probably because there is a law and I am not sure about it that asks TV-s who show such publicity to pay a lot of taxes to the government and as a consequence these televisions ask a lot of money from the sport bet providers, I guess this is the reason in Europe, televisions like Sky, DAZN and a few other platforms don't show anymore such type of ads and I think it is an overall good for all of us, anyone who want to gamble can find his way, though through television not giving anymore people such ideas.