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'Generational scandal' as number of child problem gamblers quadruples to 50,000


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I'd rather we weren't sponsored by an online casino company but I honestly think, as problems around football's relationship with gambling go, a shirt sponsor few people have heard of which runs betting activities that are not linked to football isn't the problem.

What genuinely does worry me is how gambling on footballer is increasingly advertised in a way that implies that everyone is doing it. I'd be quite happy to see a ban on gambling adverts during football coverage, for example. But I think Bristol City's deal with Dunder is far from the major problem here. 

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1 minute ago, LondonBristolian said:

I'd rather we weren't sponsored by an online casino company but I honestly think, as problems around football's relationship with gambling go, a shirt sponsor few people have heard of which runs betting activities that are not linked to football isn't the problem.

What genuinely does worry me is how gambling on footballer is increasingly advertised in a way that implies that everyone is doing it. I'd be quite happy to see a ban on gambling adverts during football coverage, for example. But I think Bristol City's deal with Dunder is far from the major problem here. 

Think my views on gambling are fairly well known on here, but the Ladbrokes advert is the one that pisses me off the most. The whole "lads, be a lad, the lad life, living like a lad, do a line of coke and punt the rest of your cash on a tracky instead of your leccy bills, give us all your money and live the lad life" thing really boiled my piss.

It takes advantage of our in built, biological weaknesses, but hey, that's capitalism.

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21 hours ago, EnderMB said:

The problem with kids gambling goes MUCH deeper than this.

Do your kids play Fortnite? Do they play FUT? If so, they are (probably) gambling, because they are using real money to purchase in-game items through games of chance or random loot drops.

My girlfriend is a teacher, and she's known kids drop hundreds or thousands each year on these games, just so they can have the best players or have the highest degrees of success in a game. Some offer no benefit to gameplay, and they just look cool.

Before anyone laughs at people that spend money on virtual items, it's always been widely accepted that the brain perceives the same benefits from buying a virtual item over a physical item. It's a sad reality of being young in todays world - at least in your days you got some money from gambling...

I'm so glad somebody mentioned this. FUT is SERIOUSLY addictive. It is intentionally designed to be so and the money that has been spent by kids and their parents is shocking. If that seed is being planted at such a young age then it can only bode badly for adulthood.

It's only a matter of time before it's made illegal (as Belgium has already done).

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On 22/11/2018 at 09:04, Undy English said:

I see gambling ads and normal ads every day on every platform from phone to TV - doesn't make me want to go out and gamble or drink or buy a particular product.

Having a gambling company sponsor does not force people to pick up their phone, create an account and start gambling away all their hard earned money. It's just a name on a shirt. Just like all City fans weren't taking out DAS Insurance or buying used cars from Bristol Trade Centre.

Ah, the old "advertising doesn't work" line. Would love to know how your research stacks up against the multi-billion dollar ad industries findings.

Gaming companies don't force people to gamble, but there's clearly a huge correlation with the amount of advertising, sponsorship being spent in places kids are exposed to it and the dramatic increase in children and others gambling.

Watching football whilst betting on their mobiles from the comfort of their home is how a whole new generation are engaging with the game. They've removed a huge barrier to entry compared to when we were growing up and had to risk going in to a betting shop underage. 

You'd have to be incredibly naive to think that increased advertisign and the willingness of football to align themselves with the gaming industry isn't causing misery for huge numbers of kids and adults alike.

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On 22/11/2018 at 19:21, bristolcitysweden said:

bit i rather piss in my pants like we always have done

 

On 22/11/2018 at 19:48, CyderInACan said:

Don’t we all, eh. Don’t we all. 

Puts me in mind of one of our players.

Awkward removal of pants - or reinstatement, exact detail lost in the mists of time - first thing in the morning resulting in 4 months out injured!

What a pisser!

 

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On 23/11/2018 at 11:54, redordead1 said:

Ah, the old "advertising doesn't work" line. Would love to know how your research stacks up against the multi-billion dollar ad industries findings.

Gaming companies don't force people to gamble, but there's clearly a huge correlation with the amount of advertising, sponsorship being spent in places kids are exposed to it and the dramatic increase in children and others gambling.

Watching football whilst betting on their mobiles from the comfort of their home is how a whole new generation are engaging with the game. They've removed a huge barrier to entry compared to when we were growing up and had to risk going in to a betting shop underage. 

You'd have to be incredibly naive to think that increased advertisign and the willingness of football to align themselves with the gaming industry isn't causing misery for huge numbers of kids and adults alike.

I find it bizarre that football kits can't advertise booze, the sale of which is pretty well controlled, but can advertise gambling, which is rife among kids.

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