Should gambling ads from social media influencers be regulated too?

[Don Pedro Dinero]

It is not that it cannot be done, but I believe governments in most countries don't pay much attention to these things,

That is true, in my country were our government don't really care much about this like this and most times if you are that type that don't usually verify things before running into it, most times you easily fall victim of scam.

The problem is that even governments that regulate gambling advertising do so only to a limited extent. They do so for influencers within the country and regulated bookmakers. But no one is monitoring whether there are foreign influencers on certain platforms advertising other bookmakers, where people end up placing bets even though, in theory, they are not allowed to.

[Julien_Olynpic]

Any advertising is always a little deceptive. We all know that advertising is always, at the very least, exaggerated. When social media influencers urge users to click links to casinos and play there, they emphasize winnings. But we understand that the number of wins and losses will be roughly equal. And because the games have an asymmetry between wins and losses, in the long run, people will lose their money. Indirectly, of course, this will provoke waves of negativity toward the influencers, as if they were the ones spinning the roulette wheel.

[Strongkored]

So my question is, can social media influencers really not be regulated, or maybe in some countries they are already regulated and it is just not properly enforced in ours?

I also often see on social media how influencers easily promote gambling, promising deposit bonuses and watching them play, which can lead viewers to believe gambling is easy.
The government should intervene to limit this ads, as children are now accessing social media, and seeing such advertisements can be dangerous for them.

However, as for those who lose £80,000, it's their fault, their inability to think clearly leads to significant losses, he's greedy.

[cryptoaddictchie]

Any advertising is always a little deceptive. We all know that advertising is always, at the very least, exaggerated. When social media influencers urge users to click links to casinos and play there, they emphasize winnings. But we understand that the number of wins and losses will be roughly equal. And because the games have an asymmetry between wins and losses, in the long run, people will lose their money. Indirectly, of course, this will provoke waves of negativity toward the influencers, as if they were the ones spinning the roulette wheel.

Thats true. Ads for gambling are typically short and will likely only show how to sign up and some clips about winning only. In short only did for traffic and potential signup. Being regulated is somehow broad cause some major network or TV stations aired some ads as long as they pay and even without criticizing the way on how it shown.

For me gambling ads always should have a segment about warning at the end of their clip or at least shown that losing money is also possible so users might think before signing up.

[Uhwuchukwu53]

My problem over this is not ads it's probably of not applying sense of details seeking through knowledge on what he engaged on, besides what comes to his mind while using such a homongus amount in staking, actually there is some slack in regulating ads but gambler with knowledge should be able to know if the site is well register and not scam or the issue is error of not accessing the real information and betting wrongly as resulted to the lost. Gambling is risky and not been conscious of it and jumping into it will always keep victim crying whenever they encounter losses especially those who uses what they can't afford to losed.

[Free Market Capitalist]

So my question is, can social media influencers really not be regulated, or maybe in some countries they are already regulated and it is just not properly enforced in ours?

There should be global regulations on this issue, but the reality is that this is nearly impossible. It’s pointless to have regulations on gambling and advertising in one country if the residents of that country can see advertisements broadcast over the internet from other countries.

The news story that prompted this thread reads:

Local public health experts estimate about 20,000 people in Derbyshire could benefit from targeted support for gambling addiction, and are in the process of developing a new tailored strategy to address the issue.

Roughly the same amount of children between the ages of 11 and 17 years are also thought to be at risk of problem gambling, according to the Young Person's Gambling Survey.

Having so many young people—including children—at risk of developing a problem at such a young age is a major problem.