It's is telling though, to be able to glamorise being bad at maths.
this post was submitted on 06 Jul 2025
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Influencers are pests and an insidious blight on humanity, but this feels like a new low for them.
Humanity is just the worst. Who the fuck is glorifying gambling besides the parasites running the gambling?
We need anti addiction laws passed in marketing and sales.
We already do have such laws (or is it a voluntary industry code?)
There is a statement after each audio/video but if the ad appears on your phone you will probably skip past the warning and only hear the first few seconds which subconsciously still influences some people into gambling.
They should be prosecuting and fining the influencer, and the platform and the company that sponsored them. All broke the laws on advertising.
Edit: dining to fining. Stupid spellcheck.
oh 'fining'. Because I suspect plenty of politicians would take them to a restaurant and make a deal.
I don't know that the influencers.would have enought resources or influence to do that. So start with them and if they don't want crazy fines, they need to provide who paid them. Obviously the media companies they appeared on should be fined too.
If the companies promoting poker machines through illegal means are named, one option instead of a fine would be licence lost due to breach. Some of the biggest gambling companies like Star and crown have faced lost licence and fines. More follow through will help regulate. If some fail, it's no loss and a warning to others.
For companies that repeatedly breach, criminal prosecution of the people doing so is probably better than fines.
For companies that repeatedly breach, criminal prosecution of the people doing so is probably better than fines.
Absolutely. A pharma company had a representative (either C-level or legal) say in court something like "just give us the fine, we can afford it". I suspect these companies have that kind of money.
I've seen some of these and it's reddit off putting when you know what's going on. Whether these people are supported by gambling companies or not, they're saying everything the gambling companies aren't allowed to in their ads with none of the disclaimers
they’re saying everything the gambling companies aren’t allowed to in their ads with none of the disclaimers
For all intents and purposes, "influencers" are commercial ads. It's a shame that law doesn't seem to keep up with these simple workarounds.
I vote that all this screen time instead be filled with Life Be In It ads.
It's not really the important takeaway, but I'm kind of surprised it's coming from the AMA tbh