We banned smoking ads, gambling should be no different.
geooff_•1h ago
Good riddance. Why did we ever allow this to happen? It's an entirely self-inflicted public health crisis.
throwaway_95283•40m ago
We used to have freedom and self-control.
TheOtherHobbes•36m ago
The gambling industry has never shown evidence of self-control.
throwaway_95283•33m ago
They seem to be pretty diligent about it, I mean once I hit on 17 and won on 22, but generally they are pretty vigilant about it.
Cpoll•33m ago
We used to be able to pull ourselves up by our bootstraps. Being influencable by advertising is a moral failing. </s>
jbm•25m ago
Ditto, this is a cancer. Wayne Gretzky is dead to me because of his support of these ads. The greatest Canadian athlete of the 80s and 90s is now Bret "The Hitman" Hart.
On a more depressing note, wasn't this always a thing? I remember being in 4th grade when a classmate brought in something called "Mise-o-jou", which was being run by the Quebec government.
anukin•1h ago
Hopefully they ban the neo betting prediction markets as well
bethekidyouwant•30m ago
no one is banning gambling (impossible with the internet which is why they legalized it..) just advertising on.. tv I guess. because you cant stop advertising on the internet..
ThrowawayTestr•1h ago