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[StreetsofBeige]

I dont know exactly when it really got let loose, but as an example I'm watching after hours CNBC stock shows.

One of the women who has been on the channel all day gabbing stocks, is now doing Draft Kings and Fanduel NCAA sports betting lines live on the air as if it's no different that a stock segment.

No different then pro league sports having intermissions, analysts and panel members talking odds and over/under spreads etc... live on the air while children are watching.

How is this all allowed when smoking and booze are way stricter in marketing?

 

[kanjobazooie]

Dangers of smoking and alcohol are more tangible (lung issues, kidney issues, drunk driving, etc).

Gambling won’t give you cancer, but of course you’ll lose money.

Just my 2 worthless cents.

 

[Esca]

What kids watch those channels

 

[Thaedolus]

It’s kinda hilarious Pete Rose is still banned from baseball but they’ve let gambling become completely ubiquitous these days

 

[StreetsofBeige]

What kids watch those channels

I mentioned sports telecasts in the sentence regrading kids.

It’s kinda hilarious Pete Rose is still banned from baseball but they’ve let gambling become completely ubiquitous these days

Even worse is when it's intertwined with the analysts and ex-players at intermission and the people are even recommending which bet they'd do.... "I'd take the over".

 

[AJUMP23]

It got out of hand when they legalized it across state lines.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

It got out of hand when they legalized it across state lines.

Canada got out of hand starting maybe a couple year ago. They legalized sports betting, but seems they didn't limit or control sports marketing. Endless TV ads, live action odds promos during the game with adjusted odds, and any show with hosts are now part of the paid ads promoting whichever betting company is paying them.

No holds barred.

 

[Go_Ly_Dow]

Sports betting is the absolute filth and coupled with betting apps at your finger tips its a recipe for disaster. Like giving each gambler their very own personal and portable slot machine.

The UK is awful for it. Ads are constant and usually endorsed by former players who are already set for life and should know better than promoting something that exploits the most vulnerable.

 

[iorek21]

I can only speak from what I see in brazilian football since it’s the only sport I watch: betting houses have begun sponsoring and championships and some result manipulation scandals have emerged constantly ever since.

I’m not blaming the betting houses but the act of betting in itself which opens up lots os means for illegal stuff.

A curious thing is that added time increased A LOT after betting became a thing, and some pleyers… let’s say that some players are having mysterious amateur mistakes during matches.

 

[German Hops]

When professional sports leagues started to endorse gambling, it was over from there, son.

 

[Lasha]

Gambling is not the issue. It's that anybody can ruin their lives with revolving debt and gamble away their money in casinos but face heavy restrictions when trying to invest and assume risk which can actually grow wealth. Gambling should be limited to those who can afford to lose rather than pushed as a tax on the poor.

 

[daveonezero]

Gambling is not the issue. It's that anybody can ruin their lives with revolving debt and gamble away their money in casinos but face heavy restrictions when trying to invest and assume risk which can actually grow wealth. Gambling should be limited to those who can afford to lose rather than pushed as a tax on the poor.

Instead people are limited from the investing and free to gambel

Both should be open the every one.

 

[BennyBlanco]

When professional sports leagues started to endorse gambling, it was over from there, son.

Yup. They pulled a huge 180 from when it used to be taboo to even mention gambling when covering sports. Now they’re shilling these apps nonstop on official broadcasts and talking about betting lines and over/unders. Must be an astronomical amount of money changing hands there.

 

[Lasha]

Instead people are limited from the investing and free to gambel

Both should be open the every one.

Gambling shouldn't. It provides no social benefit. Allow foreigners or HNW individuals to blow their load.

 

[h00ters]

You guys would hate to live in Australia. We are statistically the biggest gamblers in the world, highly due to the normalisation of gambling on TV here.

In my state of Victoria, gambling advertising is more than 3x that of alcohol advertising, with about 346,000 free-to-air TV ads per year. This equates to an average of 948 gambling ads a day or 39.5 an hour.

I've seen most of my mates go from only gambling on the occasional big sporting event each year, to gambling almost every single day. It's mental.

 

[Zephyrus0]

Because money.
The days of ethics and values are looooong gone.

 

[natjjohn]

When I was a child, I would watch CNBC for hours.

 

[Saber]

Here at Brazil theres an alarming amount of sports gambling. Its really that crazy.
The government here it's finally creating taxes for gambling.

 

[Raven117]

It does seem to be reaching a critical mass of popularity.

 

[Elder Legend]

Dangers of smoking and alcohol are more tangible (lung issues, kidney issues, drunk driving, etc).

Gambling won’t give you cancer, but of course you’ll lose money.

Just my 2 worthless cents.

You're also forgetting the dangers of playing with mice balls my dude. It can really fuck you up mentally.

 

[mxbison]

The only sport I really watch is MMA/UFC but yeah it's getting annoying as hell.

Constant talks of bets and odds and Draft King ads. Almost reached eSports level already...

 

[Dural]

I watched the last matches both nights of Wrestlemania last weekend and just in that short amount of time there were several ads with wrestlers endorsing Draft King, you could bet on how many times one wrestler would spear the other during the match.

 

[diffusionx]

Yes. It's a complete disaster, lots of people particularly young men (without a ton of disposable income) are getting roped in and going to get destroyed. Just more shit on the slide to total collapse.

I already unsubbed from some podcasts that talk about betting lines and stuff a lot, I just don't want it or need it in my life.

 

[Vestal]

It is fucking everywhere and its annoying as hell. I think that is the scariest part of it all. It is so freaking successful so it must mean that they are making a killing off of peoples money.

Out of all the non consumable/injectable vices this is one of, if not the most dangerous one.

 

[Batiman]

It does seem like it’s been blowing up the last couple years. At least from my experience. Back 10-15 years ago people would bet 5-10 bucks here and there mostly for fun. Now I got people at work betting hundreds every other day. Only mentioning what they won

 

[diffusionx]

It does seem like it’s been blowing up the last couple years. At least from my experience. Back 10-15 years ago people would bet 5-10 bucks here and there mostly for fun. Now I got people at work betting hundreds every other day. Only mentioning what they won

Back 10-15 years ago it was mostly illegal, and you had to go to Vegas (or Delaware, I think), use a offshore sketchy website, or a bookie like a total degenerate. Now it's on your phone and advertised constantly, if you watch a sports even you probably see lines dozens if not hundreds of times. It's just completely exploitative and it's disgusting.

 

[Bragr]

The only sport I really watch is MMA/UFC but yeah it's getting annoying as hell.

You have all the top guys like Dana and several of the champions constantly talking about how many thousand they drop on bets. It's pretty wild. Every part of the UFC is paid to push it.

 

[skybaby]

Here at Brazil theres an alarming amount of sports gambling. Its really that crazy.
The government here it's finally creating taxes for gambling.

More taxes ought to fix the problem!

 

[Batiman]

Back 10-15 years ago it was mostly illegal, and you had to go to Vegas (or Delaware, I think), use a offshore sketchy website, or a bookie like a total degenerate. Now it's on your phone and advertised constantly, if you watch a sports even you probably see lines dozens if not hundreds of times. It's just completely exploitative and it's disgusting.

This is true. I’m not sure if you’re American, but here in Canada it’s always been legal through pro line. Not really designed for massive bets though. I think your max bet on a ticket is100$.

 

[Tal Shiar Agent]

Gambling is getting out of hand in general. I'm seeing "skill games" pop up everywhere in Pennsylvania.

Its just a giant red flag for moral and societal decay.

 

[Amory]

I've resolved just to never download the apps. If I'm at a casino one night or something maybe i'll put some money on a game but I'm not getting that shit on my phone.

I think over time the ad blitz will subside but the gambling shows on sports networks are here to stay.

years from now the politicians will act shocked when the data shows just how many new gambling addicts they've created with this push for new tax revenue, but what can you do.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

This is true. I’m not sure if you’re American, but here in Canada it’s always been legal through pro line. Not really designed for massive bets though. I think your max bet on a ticket is100$.

Pro Line came out 30 years ago (I did it the first 3-4 years when the odds were incredibly high and the government didn't know how to set odds). I'll always remember the parlay ticket I won in I thin 1996 when Carolina Panthers were just as good as 49ers. Some reason they gave Carolina a 4.00 odds which was nuts. In the early years they didn't know how to set NHL playoff odds either. So the underdog would have the exact high odds for all games (even at home!!!).

But not only was there max $ bets and limited stuff you could play, but the key thing was you couldnt pick one-off games. You had to do minimum 2 or 3 game parlay bets (I forget) which made it tough to win.

Sport Select - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Batiman]

Pro Line came out 30 years ago (I did it the first 3-4 years when the odds were incredibly high and the government didn't know how to set odds). I'll always remember the parlay ticket I won in I thin 1996 when Carolina Panthers were just as good as 49ers. Some reason they gave Carolina a 4.00 odds which was nuts. In the early years they didn't know how to set NHL playoff odds either. So the underdog would have the exact high odds for all games (even at home!!!).

But not only was there max $ bets and limited stuff you could play, but the key thing was you couldnt pick one-off games. You had to do minimum 2 or 3 game parlay bets (I forget) which made it tough to win.

http://[URL][URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_Select

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Ya odds are pretty crap now compared to others now. I still play 5-10$ once in a while on some long shots in premier league. Now you can bet on 2 games as before it was 3 minimum

I remember I was 1 game off on a pool. Was for hockey. Got 14 out of 15 games correct. Would of made big money. After that one I sort of lost hope lol.

 

[natjjohn]

The doom and gloom seems a bit excessive. Yes, there will be folks that develop problems, much like with almost anything (people addicted to video games, etc.), and I don’t think that means society is collapsing because of sports betting apps. There are things wrong with society. Sports betting is extremely far down the list.

 

[StreetsofBeige]

Ya odds are pretty crap now compared to others now. I still play 5-10$ once in a while on some long shots in premier league. Now you can bet on 2 games as before it was 3 minimum

I remember I was 1 game off on a pool. Was for hockey. Got 14 out of 15 games correct. Would of made big money. After that one I sort of lost hope lol.

I had a feeling odds are still crap. They really smartened up and cratered the odds around the late 90s. That's when I stopped playing. I havent done a ticket in probably 25 years!

 

[Quasicat]

It’s kinda hilarious Pete Rose is still banned from baseball but they’ve let gambling become completely ubiquitous these days

Yep! The moment that sorts gambling became legal in Ohio, I wrote a letter the MLB Commissioners about this very subject. They sent back a form letter saying that in light of the new law, they may reconsider the ban. Of course, it means nothing until someone sues them over it.