On Tue, Mar 9, 2021 at 5:52 AM Paul Murray <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > You can't move for gambling ads during football (soccer) coverage. Technically, they're impressive. The ads contain live odds for the game that you're about to watch or in the middle of. The overall surrounding of the ads the same, but the specific deal is live-generated around 30 seconds before the ad airs. Of course odds change constantly so there's some rule that says the bet has to be available for a short period of time. But they only ever use slightly complicated combination bets eg. "Arsenal to win 3-1 and Lacazette to be a goalscorer." That's so precise that you can offer fairly generous odds and keep the bet live for a while. The downside is utterly normalised. The ads all have "When the fun stops, stop." included in them. And occasionally, they'll mention that they have deposit limits to stop you putting your entire monthly payslip on the football. But yeah - gambling has become a problem. Of course the aforementioned gambling skews male, but fear not, there are lots of bingo mobile apps all over daytime TV too... The people who have really got addicted to gambling are our football teams. If, as seems likely, the government tightens up a lot on advertising, then lots of them might be in trouble. But I've strayed off topic enough here! Adam -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAD_sJGDc_cm-BpwgkJ0eyc%3DcVTgHG-Bw1oMaHoKwtvPTS6L7ZQ%40mail.gmail.com.
