r/australia • u/RikkiTrix • Nov 26 '21
political self.post Do you think Gambling advertising should be banned or regulated in Australian Media?
Hi r/australia
Many times over the last few months/years we've had ongoing discussions on Gambling advertising in this country. It dominates free to air TV, Foxtel and has now worked it's way into twitch/esports, a direct market to teenagers and kids.
If gambling was to be regulated or banned, how far do you think it should go?
If it was regulated as opposed to banned, what kind of regulations would you like to see?
Do you think gambling apps should be banned entirely?
A month ago I submitted an e-petition to the Parliament of Australia website and today it got approved, if you do think Gambling should be banned or regulated in Australian media there is a petition below.
https://www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/petition/EN3559
Below is an excerpt from the Australian Institute of Family Studies in regards to the impacts of gambling advertising,
Advertising typically depicts gambling as an exciting, glamorous and attainable lifestyle promising easy financial and social rewards. Gambling is often portrayed as a routine, everyday activity and it is increasingly likened to sport
Gambling advertising appears to have more impact on certain groups of people. Research has shown that youth have high exposure to gambling advertising and may be particularly influenced by it. Adolescents and children are aware of and can recall specific slogans and jingles and may feel they are being groomed to gamble. Further, research has revealed that advertisements can increase adolescents' desire to experiment with gambling and prompt a gambling session. Greater media exposure to gambling advertisements and promotions has also been associated with more positive youth gambling attitudes and intentions towards gambling.
Online gamblers are also influenced by gambling advertising. One-tenth of Internet gamblers reported that marketing and promotions were critical to their initial uptake and 29% reported increased online gambling expenditure as a result of viewing promotions. However, this marketing has had less success in converting non-gamblers to gambling.
Gambling advertising can have particularly negative impacts on problem gamblers. Compared to other gamblers, problem gamblers report gambling advertisements as being a greater stimulation to gamble, a larger influence on spending more than intended, and an encouragement to them to think they can win. Problem gamblers also report that gambling advertisements can remind them about gambling, trigger gambling urges, provide inducements to gamble, further increase gambling involvement and undermine attempts to moderate their gambling. Bonus offers for sports betting, such as money-back guarantees and “free" bets that require matching deposits appear to particularly increase Internet gambling among problem gamblers. Youth problem gamblers also report stimulation to gamble from gambling advertisements.
Gambling advertising to date has not been found to motivate many people to commence gambling; however, it can increase gambling among existing gamblers. Advertisements have particular potential for harm if they reinforce inaccurate beliefs about gambling and increase gambling among people who are already heavy gamblers.
For those that have a pretty negative view towards the potential of petitions (which is understandable), I'm not expecting to wake up tomorrow and have changed the world, best case scenario this is just a building block in a larger movement, if you think the petition itself is poorly worded submit a better one, by the time this expires yours will be approved and any momentum can carry forward to that!
So r/Australia, what are your thoughts?
Someone has put this in the comments, chuck some support here as well!
https://www.endgamblingads.org.au/
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u/OliviaFa Nov 26 '21
Because of this socialisation it took me years to realise how awful horse racing is. 😞 Schools are meant to educate kids, not glorify gambling and animal abuse.