Online gambling became legal here in MI a few weeks ago, and OMG MAKE THE ONLINE GAMBLING COMMERCIALS STOP.
They were some actually running in advance, which was a little weird, because apparently it wasn't exactly clear what date the state government would start allowing it. Now there's more and more every week. On Monday, March 8, 2021 at 8:31:24 PM UTC-5 Brad Beam wrote: > *From:* tvor...@googlegroups.com [mailto:tvor...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Adam Bowie > > *>*Our advertising isn't perfect. Gambling ads are completely legal here, > and frankly endemic. I suspect that they'll be banned in due course since > everyone has discovered how normalising they've made gambling. The social > costs of the addiction - which can start at very young ages - is high. (And > let's face it, computer game loot boxes are also gambling.) No doubt as > gambling legislation continues to be weakened in the US, you'll see it on > your TVs too. In the meantime, look at the shirts of around half the > Premier League football teams to see gambling ads, many of which are aimed > at Chinese consumers, somewhere else that gambling ads are banned. > > > > We’re already there with gambling ads, for both your run-of-the-mill state > lottery as well as onlines Draft Kings and BetMGM. (In the fine print is > “Got a problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER.” Or some such.) > > > > Per WV legislation which allows for online gambling, each brick-and-mortar > – of which there’s five – can run up to three online casinos. This includes > the one at the Greenbrier Resort, which is run not by our billionaire > governor, but his family. **wink-wink nod-nod** > > > > _ _ > > |_>|_> Brad Beam- Belle WV > > |_>|_> http://www.facebook.com/74bmw > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/a507b58e-92b7-4380-82df-51a59b3e0eean%40googlegroups.com.
