Who should take the blame?; Casino vs Apps Platform

[AbuBhakar]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

[Orpichukwu]

Both are to be blamed, but the user who plays and loses money is at fault. Meta and Apple are just running their business and accept promotion from all these gambling companies, but what they usually don't do is to regulate how they present these ads to their customers. There should be a limit to how such sensitive ads are displayed.

Aside from that, no one forced them to place a bet on anything; they saw something and decided to test it on their own with a lot of greed, which clouded their minds with eagerness to win, which later dragged them to losing the little they had. They should take full responsibility for their actions.

On a serious note, casinos should work on the type of information they pass while advertising their product, as some make gambling appear as a fast place to make money, and these platforms should do more jobs in reviewing content before approving them for ad display.

[rbynxx]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

"U.S. District Judge Edward Davila in San Jose, California, rejected the companies' main argument that Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency Act, which protects online platforms from liability over third-party content, shielded them from the proposed class actions."

I think it's a shared responsibility on who were to blame about it but I think it's mainly on these companies/developers since they promoted it and likely inject psychological trigger on vulnerable people. if it's true that these companies/developers actively promoting it, then they're reliable about this actions. Reality check, it will just keep on rolling the case until it's not solved tbh, most of these didn't get enough attention.

[avp2306]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

I would say both of these platform should be blame towards this situation.

Since that will not happen if Google and those other platforms if have proper regulation towards those gambling ads spreading using their platform.

It will not be reachable to anyone if they set some standards towards advertising especially to minors and maybe vulnerable individuals. But even if there's huge risk happening this platform continue to entertain those ads and maybe they are just looking to gain more profit and didn't care about people using their platform.

[goldkingcoiner]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

It seems like the lawsuit is about formality rather than anything devious. Meta, Google and Apple should not be promoting casino-like apps if this is illegal. If they want to promote it, they should choose the legal path of doing so. And I am more than sure their aim is about making money and they do not care about their users addictions of mental health.

But the users should know its gambling when they are playing on the app. It is quite obvious and there is nothing hidden that would make it seem as if they are the ones who are being tricked.

[Cryptomultiplier]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

To be very honest, I would say this is more of a question about ethics, responsibility, accountability and liability because all the parties involved share in the blame equally including the casino app operator which are the designers and direct beneficiary of the gambling service they offer, the platform or the app store from which the app was downloaded which serves as the merchants and their profit is from marketing and distribution of these apps to potential customers on their platform.

Lastly is the user of which is to be blamed for their own role in downloading the app, registration with fulfillment of their KYC requirements and choose to fund and play as they will.

[uneng]

If there is misleading propaganda being executed, blame the one who is deceiving the public. But in negative case, blame the users for making the wrong decision of risking money they can't afford to lose. The problem of the current era is that people don't want to be responsible for their actions anymore. If something goes wrong, they are fast to blame someone else for that, so they play the victims.

If users accepted the fact they did a bad move by engaging in gambling more than they should, they would learn to not repeat the same thing again futurely, due to having to accept the negative consequences of their acts.

However, when they blame someone else, it's like they are still attempting to be in moral or financial advantage by asking for a restitution or by watching the casino being considered guilty by a court.

[AmoreJaz]

Both are to be blamed, but the user who plays and loses money is at fault. Meta and Apple are just running their business and accept promotion from all these gambling companies, but what they usually don't do is to regulate how they present these ads to their customers. There should be a limit to how such sensitive ads are displayed.

Aside from that, no one forced them to place a bet on anything; they saw something and decided to test it on their own with a lot of greed, which clouded their minds with eagerness to win, which later dragged them to losing the little they had. They should take full responsibility for their actions.

On a serious note, casinos should work on the type of information they pass while advertising their product, as some make gambling appear as a fast place to make money, and these platforms should do more jobs in reviewing content before approving them for ad display.

The bottomline is that it is the person's responsibility to take care of his gambling activities. And so these apps or casinos are just operating their business and for sure their protocols are already in place because they are large companies. As we put it, they know what they are doing and so it is on the person's responsibility how he will take care of his gambling activities. These businesses won't care about your personal struggles, they may give or provide cautions or post in some sections about gambling responsibly. But at the end of the day, it is you who need to take care of your own temptations.
Online casinos or apps - they are here for business, so blaming them for what you suffer is useless. You have no grounds to sue them in the first place because it is your own accord why you used such sites. So it means, you can stop what you're doing on your own accord.

[BitMaxz]

I agree on some points with the other post above.

If I remember correctly, when I was promoting some landing pages for leads related to gambling, I was not allowed to advertise on Google and Facebook ads around 2015 and 2016.
My purpose is to bring traffic and get leads to the landing page and get payouts, but at that time it isn't allowed.

I search a bit, and it seems that the terms changed after the legalization of sports betting in 2018 and Google allowed casino ads in the year 2020.

Here in my country casinos are banned, but we still see these ads everywhere, but it changed a bit; most of the ads show no real people, but all are AI-generated.

So for me, these advertising platforms should be the ones to blame because they are the ones making casinos more visible.
Casinos are supposed to be not visible even to minors, but these big ad platforms make it happen that minors end up gambling.

[Slow death]

Honestly, this is a strange case, because gambling platforms don't have a gun to put to people's heads and threaten them to play. These platforms don't even think. So, at the end of the day, it's up to people to decide whether to play or not. Therefore, they shouldn't blame the platforms for the choice each person made of their own free will.

By doing so, we would be saying that people no longer have the right to choose the path they should take. It's also clear in the TOS of gambling platforms that only adults should play. So, how the hell can an adult who thinks for themselves accuse the gambling platform of being guilty of gambling? I hope the judge in the case makes the most correct decision.

[Darker45]

All of them are to be blamed. They all have a share in the problem. It's not as if only one is guilty. Online casinos themselves are to be blamed. That's where people gamble and lose.

On the other hand, those who made sure these gambling apps are accessible to anybody are also to be blamed.

Those who are themselves aware that it's gambling but allowed themselves to be fooled, to be carried away with the misconception that they're going to make money from it are also to be blamed.

Finally, the government, the regulators, are also to be blamed. They're the ones that allow these addictive apps to proliferate.

[sheenshane]

There's nothing new on these platforms, especially Google.
They only care about their revenue, not the people who use them.
Of course, all of them should be held accountable for the rapid increase in people who get addicted to gambling.

People should also be held responsible if someone becomes addicted because they are unable to control their gambling habits.  Perhaps the intention of these gambling casinos is to promote responsible gambling, not excessive behavior. It’s similar to alcohol, where the advice is to "drink moderately," or to cigarettes, which carry warnings on their labels stating that smoking is dangerous to your health.
In the same way, people should take responsibility for their gambling activities.

[Sticky Bomb]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

This is an old case, I think it is dated back to 2021 but it has been constantly appealed from what I read from the link.

I think this is another case of people refusing to take responsibilities for their actions and finding someone to blame. If actually it is illegal to market such apps in the US, then the platforms should take part of the blame, but very little of it. Responsible gambling should be the the watchword of a gambler and not finding who to blame for their carelessness. These casino apps are heavily advertised in my country through these platforms, people play and get addicted too but this is the first time I'm seeing that it is against the law in another country.

These people were not forced to download it, neither were they forced to deposit and play those games so I see it as a deliberate attempt to shift blames for the damages they brought upon themselves to another platform to carry the blame and pay for their mistakes. Truth is that even though google and co. didn't market it, these loose headed gamblers would still find a way to get it or something similar, play, still get addicted and loose money. The origin of their problems is that they lack discipline and self-control

[maydna]

The user. If they don't pay attention and download the apps, nothing bad happens to them. Google, Meta, and Apple are just promoting the apps and they hope some people will download and play through the apps. If people just let the apps be there, this case would not exist. People can download and play through the apps, but they must realize that cause them to become addicted. All business will promote their product and that will depend on how people react. If they don't take on it, the product will not grow or become popular among the people. The business needs to think of another solution. Perhaps, in this matter both will be to blame if the judge can take a different view.

[Hardyrobust]

There’s a recent news regarding class action against Google, Meta and Apple for promoting casino like style apps on the platform that result to losses of many people that become addicted on it.

Users accused the platforms that they offer addicting apps that’s why they spend and lose money while on the other hand, Platform like Meta, Google and Apple have an immunity through Section 230 of the federal Communications Decency.

The case is still rolling with the judge consider that there’s still some valid point on this case.

In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/apple-google-meta-must-face-lawsuits-over-casino-style-gambling-apps-2025-09-30

This is the reason why self discipline is very important. Everybody is responsible for there actions and I believe the moment people start taking responsibility for there actions that's when they will start growing and learning to make amends were necessary. Therefore it is totally the fault of the user because nobody force them to petronise those platforms in the first place. Is just going to the market to buy alcoholic drinks and at the end after getting drunk you turn round to start blaming the owner of the shop, instead of blaming yourself for lacking discipline.

[LogitechMouse]

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In your opinion, who should be blame?

Casino style apps that run the game or the platform that shares it to the consumers?

Or the user itself.

I already bolded my answer because IMO, it's us USERS who are to blame on this one.

Developers can make casino-style applications. Popular platforms can share it to their consumers anytime they wanted to, and at the end of the day, it's us users that will make the final decision on whether we want to play those types of applications or not. As gamblers, I believe that we are responsible of our own decisions. They can promote casino-style applications anytime and anywhere. They can can put it on various social media platforms, but it's our own decision to try it, and because of that, we must be responsible with our own actions, and we must accept any results that we experience.

If we just ignore those kind of applications, nobody will get addicted. If we just ignore those applications, we will not be spending money on those applications. If we just ignore those applications, no lives will be affected negatively. Lesson? Always think twice or even thrice before downloading these applications, and always be ready with the consequences that you may face once you try it. Both can be blamed, but for me, it's the user that's need to be blamed the most.

[Eternad]

All involved should be blamed since they all commit mistakes on their own part, but the most guilty, in my opinion, are the users since they are the ones who commit the mistakes of addiction, while no one forces them to gamble in the first place. Both Casino and Apps have responsibility when it comes to legality, but the player themselves is the one who carries the burden of being addicted due to their own choice.

Still this is a case-by-case basis depending on the user's state of mind, since I do acknowledge that someone has low risk tolerance, which means they are vulnerable to any form of gambling.

[Ronsbit]

OP,it is good we know that casino and the platforms they use to run add and advertisement are all business ventures that wants to make their money through promotions and they do that within the laws which grants them the right to promote their services and we should know that these organisations pay taxes and also run maintenance costs as well. So they would want their services to get to a wider audience through adverts and lots more. So they can not be blamed for any reason because they're acting within the laws to promote their services and products.
On the other hand users who should be able to exercise discipline and self control whenever they visit such so that they don't get carried away by the advert they see as there is nothing wrong with it. As a viewer, you can disable ads on your settings or you report such ads to no see it again as it soly lies within you to take such decisions if to continue seeing the ads or not. So in conclusion, the user is to blame nut the casino or the App platforms.

[JeffBrad12]

It's users that should be blamed, not apps platform. None is forcing users to use the casino style apps. it's their own decision, and why sue the platforms? The better they sue themselves over their stupidity.

Beside that those big platforms such as Meta, Apple and google are just running the ads as a part of their business. They already meet regulations that may country-specific. I also believe their clients have meet the criteria in promoting the gambling style apps as well. That's why they approved the ads.

[bhadz]

Users need discipline whilst for these platforms need also consideration. The casinos and the apps themselves are in it for the money and that's why the users are what they aspire to take. It's not a problem of who should be blamed but if both or all of them are responsible and has consideration, it's best for them to take it into account that they must be doing something to lessen the gambling advertisement in their platforms. Because with that, it's only creating them to have more gambling addicts.