Sports betting: Are you being played?

[sunsilk]

My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

It's a reminder because there could be stats there that there's a rising percentage of gambling addicts in the age bracket that you've just mentioned.

That's why given this kind of ad is to remind them that they should moderate their sports betting so they won't end up being addicts.

This is good for these people and it's not important whether this is good for gambling or not. The main concern is about people being aware that they're still fine when they sports bet.

[joniboini]

I mean, do people generally view betting as something positive? I'm not sure how NZ citizens view betting, but where I live, people tend to view betting in a negative light due to various reasons. I don't think a smart marketing campaign with "a controversial" message is going to change that.

I'm wondering how effective ads like this are. Are there any statistics on how the public view change their opinion of a brand or activity because of an ad like that?

[|MINER|]

This is a question that has no definite answer. On the one hand, no one forces a gambler to become addicted. There are people who have been betting on sports for many years without developing gambling addiction. So gambling addiction is caused by a personal predisposition. On the other hand, there is still an element of involvement in a certain social community of "interests", which can be assessed as a "boost" in the risk of addiction.

It is true that no one can force a gambler to become addicted, but even if not forced, they can influence him to become addicted by showing greed.
I have seen many gambling sites nowadays that they promote various things about responsible gambling, but on the other hand, their main promotion is in such a way that by gambling on their site you will definitely win a big amount and in many cases, they also promote that they can earn a certain amount regularly. And I think it tempts gamblers, even if it doesn't force them to become addicted.

So I think any campaign to become a responsible gambler, where people can learn how to control their emotions or how to protect themselves from addiction by phishing promotions on gambling sites, should be appreciated.  

[bakasabo]

The picture above is from a campaign in New Zealand running aimed to educate how young men aged from 20-30 is being "played" in sports betting. This campaign aims to shed light how sports betting is not just about winning but actually is about being part of a community.

I might be mistaken, but sports betting is already a part of a culture in UK. Betting places can be found everywhere in UK. Its truly a part of community there. People bet not only to win, but to support hometown teams or athletes. This is greatly reflected in football, when even old grandmas place bets to cheer their grandsons or team he fans for. Pubs, beer and gambling, those 3 elements are always together in UK.

[Hanadawa]

My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

It's a reminder because there could be stats there that there's a rising percentage of gambling addicts in the age bracket that you've just mentioned.
That's why given this kind of ad is to remind them that they should moderate their sports betting so they won't end up being addicts.
This is good for these people and it's not important whether this is good for gambling or not. The main concern is about people being aware that they're still fine when they sports bet.

Whether the campaign is good for gambling or not but I think what the New Zealand Government has done in the campaign is a wise move. One should know the fact that gambling is not a way to earn extra money. One should also understand that gambling including sports betting can cost them their future if they get addicted. People in their 20s or 30s usually don't have good emotional management. And when they gamble without knowing the negative impacts then the chances of them becoming addicts are very high. I think the campaign will raise awareness of a person and it can make them make their own choice whether they choose to gamble or not. Some people can stop gambling or not gamble at all because of seeing the campaign and I think it is a wise move for everyone.

[Dr.Bitcoin_Strange]

What they are doing is a form of awareness, to try and discourage people from gambling, it's definitely going to help some people stay off from gambling and can also make some addicts to realize their self but that's if they are not already overwhelmed by the activity such that they can not escape it anymore. Such campaign is not bad, at least while there are so many promotions about casinos, there's should but campaign to encourage gamblers to be more responsible, tho not to be discouraged from gambling, but to just prevent this addiction problem.

[libert19]

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My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

It's a good campaign to save people from potential harm, people often don't realize what they are getting into, more awareness about a thing the better, you know as the saying goes, 'prevention is better than cure'.

Gambling should be painted in negative light, it has no pros.

[sunsilk]

It's a reminder because there could be stats there that there's a rising percentage of gambling addicts in the age bracket that you've just mentioned.
That's why given this kind of ad is to remind them that they should moderate their sports betting so they won't end up being addicts.
This is good for these people and it's not important whether this is good for gambling or not. The main concern is about people being aware that they're still fine when they sports bet.

Whether the campaign is good for gambling or not but I think what the New Zealand Government has done in the campaign is a wise move. One should know the fact that gambling is not a way to earn extra money. One should also understand that gambling including sports betting can cost them their future if they get addicted. People in their 20s or 30s usually don't have good emotional management. And when they gamble without knowing the negative impacts then the chances of them becoming addicts are very high. I think the campaign will raise awareness of a person and it can make them make their own choice whether they choose to gamble or not. Some people can stop gambling or not gamble at all because of seeing the campaign and I think it is a wise move for everyone.

It is a wise move. It's protecting its people from gambling addiction. Although it's known that the gambling taxes are way high and contributes a lot to a country's economy.

But the effect that it gives to the citizens is more damaging if the majority that they have in stats becomes addicted. That's how they have retaliated with the impact that it's given to its citizen.

They're stopping the leak that gambling does to their people. So, we've got different point of view on this. From the perspective of casinos and gambling itself, it could look bad.

If you're for the people, you'll appreciate what they do.

[stadus]

I’ve never really joined a gambling community, and to be honest.. it’s not something I’m particularly proud of.
I’m part of a small online group, but we don’t really talk about addiction, most of our conversations are focused on strategies to win in sports betting, and we often share our bet slips (win or lose). The vibe is generally positive.

I guess in any group, you won’t often hear someone openly admit they’re addicted. Most gamblers hate that label.
The next thing people assume after that is you're just betting money recklessly.

[Hewlet]

My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

Truth is that the narrative that have always been painted about everything gambling has been negative and this is the least of the narrative we have about gambling. The reason is simple; addicted gamblers are too loud and paint a narrative that's really bad all because the most of them wants to shift the blame to a third person who they assume is the cause of their addiction.

In a way, it's a good thing when the public are being sensitized from any vices that has the potential of causing harm to them if they don't go about it the right way most expecially in a niche like this where almost every place is filled with ads that are promoting gambling and a lot of people are becoming subsciptible to becoming addicted. It's just a strategy that's aimed at reducing addiction, I doubt it's anything the gambling community ought to be worried about.

[hyudien]

This campaign is a reminder and maybe what they are doing is because of the increase in betting activity in New Zealand and we have seen campaigns like this many times but to influence the public to stay away from this betting industry it will not be enough because it comes back to each individual bettor and again the public view of gambling has been negative for a long time right?. I don't think this is something that will hurt the sports betting companies, everything will go on as usual.

[Porfirii]

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What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

The question should be whether we think that the campaign can be bad for gambling, instead of whether it's good or not, I think.

To me, it's negative because it displays clear criticism against sportsbooks (and casinos by extension) and exaggerates their manipulative nature, as if they were puppet masters. But, on the other hand, some limits are also good sometimes.

[Rruchi man]

My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

Maybe the individuals behind the campaign have a good motive, but they must be individuals with a bias concerning gambling; this is why they are trying to emphasize that people are being played. I think there has been no case so far of anyone being cajoled into gambling. People who have become members of the gambling community have done so voluntarily.

I think what should be the focus of the campaign should be to promote responsible gambling and not create a negative image of gambling.

[Odohu]

Who sponsored this campaign? Could it be the government of New Zealand, the casinos of just volunteer groups? I would have loved to know so we can recommend that for other casinos too because many people are not going about gambling the right way thereby making gambling appear like something bad. If people are well informed and they follow gambling as they should, we will see sharp decline in gambling addiction which will make gambling more acceptable and appealing to people.

[YOSHIE]

Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

Everyone understands and knows the negative effects of gambling, it is a normal and general mind, manipulation in gambling back to individual awareness, I see the campaign is that young people will assume funny and rumors of sports gambling.

I think the campaign does not have a negative impact on betting, I judge not much to help in overcoming gambling addiction, I judge so.

Talking about the ugliness of campaign gambling Gambling ads are ruining sports., Everything does not mean that young people remain in their brain control.

[Pandu Geddon]

Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

If the campaign is related to how to bet and to avoid gambling addiction, then it will help as knowledge for young gamblers. We know that those who are young are still quite uncontrolled in terms of emotions. Which of course, can result in bad things for gamblers.
Becoming a gambler and the decision to bet is something taken by the gambler himself. They must have known that there would be negative views related to gambling and the gambler himself. If you still decide to gamble, whether doing it secretly online or directly visiting a casino, I'm sure the gambler has thought about the risks.

[verdinio]

It's not good for gambling, that's for sure. Is it good for people to avoid gambling? Maybe. We don't really know how this kind of advertisement will help, and they may need a survey to prove that it is working.

Are we really being played? It's up to our knowledge of the sports. We can lose some bets, and we can also win them, and it depends on how much we know about a certain sport.
Just recently, I lost a bet on the WNBA, and that's because of my laziness in checking the injury report. I was not fooled by the betting lines. I made a mistake because I did not do my homework.
I think we can only say that we are being played when the game is rigged. It's rare now in professional sports because the penalty is severe and they could there jobs worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to millions.

yes I think that the punishment and the risk that some players run is really too high to risk fixing a match, and in fact they are very careful not to do these stupid things, because then they pay dearly, risking not playing anymore, putting at risk their career and the solidity of the club they play for

[Slow death]

My question is how do the gambling community feel about this? I think it does spread awareness as to how to avoid the possibility of falling into addiction but at the same time this might be a way for the public to generalize sports betting or gambling. Gambling might be painted in a negative light. What do you think? Is the campaign good for gambling or no?

In my opinion it seems that they are looking at gambling companies as if they were guilty and as if gambling were guilty, it seems that 100% of people who get involved with gambling are addicted to gambling when that is not true, to give an example:

A study published in Psychology of Addictive Behaviors found that 91% of college men and 84% of college women reported they gambled. Of these emerging adults who gambled, 14% of men and 3% of women gambled at problematic levels.

https://www.addictionhelp.com/gambling/statistics/

It's not a scary number when compared, for example, to the number of people who consume alcohol and are addicted, to the number of people who consume drugs and are addicted. These people in the article just want attention, honestly I didn't give much importance to what they are doing because in my opinion blaming gambling doesn't make sense.

[romero121]

Good initiative to create awareness among the young generation that is much addicted to gambling. Based on sources, 64% of adult New Zealanders have gambled in the past 12 months. On average, 26% of internet users in the country have gambled recently. This is a big volume from a small island nation.

On average, $598 is spent every year on gambling. These are all huge, and teenagers use the internet a lot. This means that among the 26%, at least 20% will be teenagers. Gambling being a big business, the market is full of different platforms. Lotteries, gaming machines, and sports betting are among the most popular ones. However, the participation is high in these events, and the fund is low in terms of per capita losses. "Are you being gambled?" is following the principle "prevention is better than cure." This is appreciable and makes more of the young generation understand and decide what they need to do with gambling.

[Lucius]

Young people between the ages of 20 and 30 should already learn some things and should not be easy targets of any advertisements. I can watch ads like that all day long and it won't affect me taking the money and going to bet because I know how to control myself.

Apart from that, there is nothing wrong if someone makes a bet from time to time and thus enjoys watching a game or cheering for his team even more. Therefore, I don't see that the only problem is what bookmakers and casinos do, but that young people obviously don't know how to control themselves and instead of occasional fun, they create an obsession that turns into addiction.