So do you think gambling should be banned because a small minority of those that gamble have an addiction problem.
Absolutely. It's depressing really. Wave a cheque and most will come running no matter the product or service.
If they wave a cheque under my nose..I'm in...my scruples burned out years ago...
I did not state gambling should be banned, just not promoted. People are free to make choices, whether to drink, smoke, gamble or all three at once.
I thought those in the game were banned from appearing in gambling adverts.
Well, they can hardly miss these ones can they?
So what is achieved by banning its promotion?
... Adverts ......In this instance it’s nothing to do with gesture politics, it’s the risk of insider dealing with the PL players/managers etc.
But the previous posts were questioning why a "celebrity " would promote gambling.
If commercials have no impact then why is so much spent on them? They influence people and if we can reduce the number that we influence then that has to be a good thing. There is no one silver bullet to resolve these issues but surely stopping advertising is a very simple and easy one to do. It is more than gesture politics imo but perhaps not in yours. We will have to disagree on that
Some people are addicted to eating but do we ban food adverts? Video games as well? Seems like a slippery slope to me. Addiction can come in countless forms, you can't ban everything.
I think the Paddy Power advert with Jose was recorded when he was between jobs, so he'd get away with it on that basis I imagine.
We need to eat, so I don’t that is a realistic comparison if I’m honest. As for the other bad things, they are restricted to after 9pm, totally agree we can’t ban everything, but surely that also doesn’t mean anything goes?
The first ice cream van of the year has just driven passed my house
Police Officers not being made a priority in the next round of Covid Vaccinations.
