Should gambling adverts be banned?

[MrFizz]

Gambling on sports is a wonderful activity. It a great education about risk, is very entertaining and my favourite past time. It is ridiculously under attack from people who want to curb peoples freedoms.

I don't think anyone is trying to curb anyone's freedom to gamble. 

I love a bet myself and if every betting advert disappeared tomorrow then I'd still gamble as much as I currently do.

You wanna bet?

[Woodman scoreboard]

Gambling on sports is a wonderful activity. It a great education about risk, is very entertaining and my favourite past time. It is ridiculously under attack from people who want to curb peoples freedoms.

You sound like a west brom steward

[SuperBob2002]

I hear and understand the complaints about advertising gambling sites. I am aware of the potential harm it could cause. However, adverts nowadays do offer advice to stop and provide the relevant contact details. Whether that's appropriate and listened to, I'm not sure? 

My question would be: if you're addicted to gambling, you already know how to gamble and where to gamble, is an advert shown during a game of football going to make a difference one way, or the other. 

I can see how someone under 18 could see adverts and be tempted to sign up, but then I'd ask how they'd set an account up. 

Betting companies should and could do more, no doubt. But as said above, gambling with the odd fiva on an accumulator is great fun. It creates some good banter in group chats when someone's bet completely crashes or MK Dons have just missed a penalty that's cost your mate £500! I suppose like everything else, be it drugs, alcohol, food, whatever, the issues begin when you go too far.

[Fulham Fallout]

I hear and understand the complaints about advertising gambling sites. I am aware of the potential harm it could cause. However, adverts nowadays do offer advice to stop and provide the relevant contact details. Whether that's appropriate and listened to, I'm not sure? 

My question would be: if you're addicted to gambling, you already know how to gamble and where to gamble, is an advert shown during a game of football going to make a difference one way, or the other. 

I can see how someone under 18 could see adverts and be tempted to sign up, but then I'd ask how they'd set an account up. 

Betting companies should and could do more, no doubt. But as said above, gambling with the odd fiva on an accumulator is great fun. It creates some good banter in group chats when someone's bet completely crashes or MK Dons have just missed a penalty that's cost your mate £500! I suppose like everything else, be it drugs, alcohol, food, whatever, the issues begin when you go too far.

When the fun stops, stop.

It could be you.

I wonder how much the national lottery has increased the number of people addicted to gambling?  You see so many people at the tobacco / vape counter buying loads of lottery tickets and scratch cards.

[Hudds1]

Gambling on sports is a wonderful activity. It a great education about risk, is very entertaining and my favourite past time. It is ridiculously under attack from people who want to curb peoples freedoms.

You sound like a west brom steward

Arf!!!

[AnelkasBeard]

I hear and understand the complaints about advertising gambling sites. I am aware of the potential harm it could cause. However, adverts nowadays do offer advice to stop and provide the relevant contact details. Whether that's appropriate and listened to, I'm not sure? 

My question would be: if you're addicted to gambling, you already know how to gamble and where to gamble, is an advert shown during a game of football going to make a difference one way, or the other. 

I can see how someone under 18 could see adverts and be tempted to sign up, but then I'd ask how they'd set an account up. 

Betting companies should and could do more, no doubt. But as said above, gambling with the odd fiva on an accumulator is great fun. It creates some good banter in group chats when someone's bet completely crashes or MK Dons have just missed a penalty that's cost your mate £500! I suppose like everything else, be it drugs, alcohol, food, whatever, the issues begin when you go too far.

When the fun stops, stop.

It could be you.

I wonder how much the national lottery has increased the number of people addicted to gambling?  You see so many people at the tobacco / vape counter buying loads of lottery tickets and scratch cards.

Working in a shop, it's so sad seeing how many people are clearly addicted to the scratchers or buying lottery tickets. I actually refuse to serve some of the worst ones, but they just get my colleagues to serve them so kinda pointless I guess.