The AFL Should Ban Gambling Advertising At Games and During AFL Broadcasts

[Frank Gallagher]

No. Be an adult - be responsible for your own lifestyle choices.

I can gamble without becoming addicted. Why should millions like me be punished because of people that can't control themselves? Should we ban sex because some people rape?

How about some personal responsibility once you hit 18.

No one is saying ban wagering, they're saying ban the advertising.

 

[gingernuts]

drove primary school bus for a couple of years in the country, hear the kids "hey Steve the pies are $1.40 what do you reckon" this is kids in grade 4 5,6, ffs how do they know the betting odds?
McLachlan out!!!

 

[PTizzle]

It's bad for society and all, but as somebody who doesn't gamble the main reason I want the ads gone is that they're a bunch of screeching neanderthal garbage that always seems to be 20 decibels higher than every other sound coming out of the device.

 

[Gralin]

Lets do it, pokies too, anything less is blatant virtue signalling (Gil in his element).

They advertise pokies?

I personally don't have an issue with gambling and I see the advertising as much as any other. The issue isn't the advertising, it's peoples inability for self control, if we punished companies for taking advantage of people that have issues with addiction then gambling isn't the only culprit there..

Advertising is very much an issue, it's regulated for a reason though not enough.
Yes gambling isnt alone but this thread is about gambling advertising and the AFL

No. Be an adult - be responsible for your own lifestyle choices.

I can gamble without becoming addicted. Why should millions like me be punished because of people that can't control themselves?

How about some personal responsibility once you hit 18.

The question was should advertising gambling be banned, not gambling itself

 

[Lolbert]

The AFL cant be allowed to get away with the duplicity of their position.

I'm torn on the issue. I agree the $AFL are completely hypocritical in that they virtue signal on one hand and pocket dirty money in the other. I also hold very liberal views about gambling, drugs, alcohol etc. and believe people should be responsible for their own actions. Something needs to change though, one way or the other.

 

[juss]

I gamble bit I agree. Not needed at all.

 

[Frank Gallagher]

Bookie Swine!!

 

[Wayne Swan]

Don't agree that the wholesome AFL should be taking money from betting agencies. Time to draw a line, take the dip in revenue, stop being involved with the gambling industry, it is highly destructive for a large number of addicted people.

Everyone survived after tobacco advertising was banned, they'll all survive if gambling ties are cut. This is from someone who does have an occasional bet, but I only bet on footy, and I can do that without the advertising!

 

[Unique Name]

Gambling advertisements seem to have gone into overdrive since Gil got the job. Can't watch a game of footy on TV without being bombarded with odds at every break.

100% get rid of all gambling advertising at games, on TV and on the AFL website.

Good read if you get 5 minutes.

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"Betting is not common; the vast majority of it is done by a minority of people."

 

[Rabman]

Personally I see more bettings ads watching magazine shows like AFL 360, footy classified, Sunday footy show ect than watching football matches. Maybe those programs should take a stand.

 

[F_therest]

Um why is the Jaidyn Stephenson thread in scandals & rumours board locked?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Gerard Whateley says STFU.

Whateley encouraged Auskicker of the Year Charles Meunier to back another champion sprinter, after the seven-year-old revealed he’d won $5000 worth of prizemoney.

“There’s a horse called Chautauqua,” Whateley said.

“$5,000 can become $10,000 very easily.”

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[Dr Awkward]

It has become pretty invasive and over the top. When you're watching a game you don't really want to have to think about betting odds all the time, especially if you were a recovering addict or problem gambler.

Not sure I support a 100% ban, but needs to be less than what it is now.

 

[Teen Wolf]

The government should ban it like they did with cigarette advertising, new sponsors will be found.

No advertisements for cars manufactured overseas too, please. Ruined our nation's automotive industry and resulted in so many hard-working Aussies without a job. Same goes for any business known to use offshore call centres or sweatshops or conflict resources. Definitely no sponsorship from companies with dubious environmental policies. As for fast food, fizzy drinks and anything that can be linked to cyberbullying... well, you get the idea.

 

[Shane Heard]

Get over it.

There’s a dozen more disturbing issues ruining society that need far more attention than stupid gambling ads.

Yell from the top of your soapbox all you like. It won’t make the slightest difference.

There’s too much money involved.

Lots of money.

It’s the way the world is in big business and always has been.

And make no mistake...the Australian Football League is very big business indeed.

Now..bombers are paying $3.70 under 39 tomorrow night.

Get on it.

 

[demondavey]

No. Be an adult - be responsible for your own lifestyle choices.

I can gamble without becoming addicted. Why should millions like me be punished because of people that can't control themselves?

How about some personal responsibility once you hit 18.

It’s not so much people aren’t taking responsibility, it’s the constant exposure and advertising from betting agencies. It’s the way the carrot is dangled. Sure we ask you to bet responsibly, but make sure you bet responsibly with the plethora of ‘blokey’ advertisements we have to offer you as well as a full range of exotic betting options.

Not to mention the ex football players paid to give us the odds at any given minute, there is a fine line between gambling responsibly and psychologically saturating an individuals head with the temptation to bet.

Betting and alcohol. Who would’ve thought two of the largest antisocial forces in our community could drive so much revenue for a social industry.

 

[Billy ray]

Any way I wonder of finding out how much gambling companies pay to the AFL ?

 

[Ron The Bear]

Get over it.

There’s a dozen more disturbing issues ruining society that need far more attention than stupid gambling ads.

As an adult it doesn't bother me personally. I don't mind a punt socially but advertising doesn't influence me to gamble.

However in promoting it heavily, the AFL forfeits any right to moralise on other issues. Hypocrites make poor social arbiters.

 

[M Malice]

If advertising didn't work companies wouldn't advertise.

 

[Shane Heard]

As an adult it doesn't bother me personally. I don't mind a punt socially but advertising doesn't influence me to gamble.

However in promoting it heavily, the AFL forfeits any right to moralise on other issues. Hypocrites make poor social arbiters.

Yep I hear ya. But our so called political leaders are diabolical hypocrites to the core. Every last one of them.

The human condition and all that.

For me, it’s a waste of energy bleating about it.

There’s more chance of David Myers winning a Brownlow medal than sports gambling ads being fazed out in some miracle of moral righteousness.

 

[Shane Heard]

Any way I wonder of finding out how much gambling companies pay to the AFL ?

Any way I wonder of finding out how much gambling companies pay to the AFL ?

There’s this thing called google search..

AFL 2016: Gambling revenue the AFL's dirtiest cash cow

Gillon McLachlan took more than a week to respond to the Collingwood illicit drugs controversy. By then the so-called "noise" had almost gone quiet and the minds of a multitude of supporters made up but still when the AFL chief finally did speak he made a lot of sense.

www.google.com

 

[projectv]

Should be treated like smoking. Not banned, but not advertised.

It's pretty insidious. You even go to the AFL fixtures page and the live odds are presented to you, by default enabled, and you have to toggle them off.

 

[Billy ray]

There’s this thing called google search..

AFL 2016: Gambling revenue the AFL's dirtiest cash cow

Gillon McLachlan took more than a week to respond to the Collingwood illicit drugs controversy. By then the so-called "noise" had almost gone quiet and the minds of a multitude of supporters made up but still when the AFL chief finally did speak he made a lot of sense.

www.google.com

Google search you say huh. That may just catch on

 

[VicBased]

It is not the Adults it is targeted at. It is the brain washing of young kids for future gambling that is happening. They are "Normalising" gambling in the younger generation for future business. This is what appals me about the saturation of advertising and the AFL is complicit in the "Harvesting" of future gamblers.

 

[Tandy]

Yes.