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The legalization of sports gambling ADVERTISING was a mistake. Allow it, but ban ads for it.

• bryanlarsen 2y ago
  Strong disagree. The biggest problem with today's sports gambling is its ease. Even without advertising, the vast majority of the people who have a vulnerability to a sports gambling problem would get exposed to it. And once exposed, it's not advertising that keeps them gambling. It's the addictive nature. There needs to be friction in the system. Whether its forcing them to travel to a bookie in the sleazy part of town, or a cooling off period on the online apps, or something else, the problem is not the advertising. The advertising sucks for us non-gamblers, but it's not the problem.
  • Apreche 2y ago
    Getting rid of tobacco ads was very effective.
    • bryanlarsen 2y ago
      Everybody switched to cannabis. My jurisdiction doesn't allow cannabis ads, yet has higher rates of cannabis use than jurisdictions that allow them.