Topic: Spain bans betting adds - no celebrities, no sport sponsorship, no daytime adds - page 5. (Read 1172 times)

If the government banned such display of gambling or the likeness of it for the underage people who could get exposed to it and altogether become victims of the system, I don't think it's the gambling firm, or the kid's fault if they do fall into this trap. Most of the time parents are the ones who were supposed to look after their kids and of course that goes for the things they view on the TV or on the internet as well. You can't keep a creator from creating the same content he is well-known for just because you don't deem it appropriate enough for your son. What you do is you take measures so you don't expose your kid to such contents. This should also be the case for gambling. You are right about this. But then again I feel like these types of ordinances catered to "protecting the innocent and the minors" ever do work in the best of their intentions. This is prolly what goes here for the cryptogambling advertisements' ban. It feels like the ban isn't necessary considering these types of exposure can be solved by a little supervision from the parents themselves, or at least a pep talk about gambling and its dangers directed towards informing your kids. I can clearly tell parents of the future become more and more complacent about developing and raising their kids.

at least Spain can show their fangs in this kind of issue and they are showing how concern they are for their peoples ability to gamble.
we must agree that celebrity really brings big impact to the people and they even followed what they promote.
Gambling must have their own market and places of advertising and not in open network.
also this has been becoming a large problem of all the world so best to have limitation for their allowing gambling areas.

Simply put, maybe because the product has become famous and with advertising to make it even more famous with a wider scope, more or less like that.
and indeed without it, no matter how hard the government prohibits it, of course there will still be lots of loopholes, both externally and internally.
and the prohibition of advertising will actually reduce their spending on advertising costs, although on the other hand the level of promotion they do will also be slightly hampered. but this is certainly not a problem for them.

An endorsed statement from a friend, a colleagues or those who have had a great experienced from a nice casino establishment were much worth enough than publishing an advertisement in a national TV. There it just come out the case of bans on betting ads something didn't affect the casino businesses because people who wanted to play could still make a way even without proper advertisement. The government wanted to make a smart move like this kind of bans on betting ads, no celebrities endorsement, no sport sponsorship and no daytime ads to help those who suffered from gambling addiction but to be honest this are not really affected the gambling business.

That is what happens because in fact, most of the products can be increased only by the people closest to them and finally the product is included in the advertising program. So that it can be said that the products that have been advertised are successful products that continue to experience growth, so that even though the government prohibits their advertising, basically they will continue to grow and will not be harmed by the ban itself.

I can indirectly say if you look at your thread that it doesn't matter how strong the government is in minimizing anything but if the casinos or alcoholic beverage makers or businessmen already have relationships and subscriptions from their regular clients then all of that will not have a significant impact because they still have regular customers who will always come and be with them.
and even if that's the case then actually advertising or promotions like that are not fully the main benchmark in attracting visitors now (if they already have regular subscriptions), because even these regular visitors will actually benefit considering that the visitors will at least be sure to promote for the closest people. if the performance of the company is both in terms of service and in terms of quality.

In these cases they seek publicity in another way, in a very Ninja way, there are always ways to do it, in fact in Venezuela there are ways to promote online casinos, they do not say words like: Bet, Play and win, they say: You can win a lot of money if you make predictions with us, then the word Bet is changed to Predictions, it is a very hidden advertising, but valid, bettors understand it quickly, although I have seen in some news that in the country some traditional casinos will reopen, if things go In this way, it is the ideal time for casinos and online gambling platforms to enter with everything.

Exactly this is what governments do not understand, they do not control what the citizens want and unless we all recognize it is a behavior that needs to be curbed, like stealing, then despite the limitations people are going to keep doing what they have been doing, this is an interesting workaround, the companies keep producing alcoholic beverages but only advertise their nonalcoholic beverages, casinos could do this already as many of them already have a restaurant on their installations and promote only that while they keep the brand alive in the minds of their clients.

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Even stranger to see match odds from 1xbet in many great websites of statistics and scores. i was surprised to see its ads in flashscore.com which is one of the most used website by gamblers from all over the world.
It seems that only bitcointalk community believe that 1xbet is a scam and should not be trusted at any cost, however it's very strange that those great platforms don't search about the reputation of their partners or ads providers .

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I understand that governments need to help the addicted people but if you are a gambling addict, then some casino name on a jersey should not be the thing that triggers you to become one, you are already one and that means you already gambled.

I would say some of them could make sense, like for example TV ads should always be banned all around the world because not only it hurts adults but it even hurts youth as well, no google ads or anything, and even all those illegal websites with movies streamed for free but you have to watch casino ads and all that, basically it is all horrible. Long story short if you know what you are doing then you should always be staying away from it and government should be doing it properly. But, jersey sponsorship? Is that really needed? I mean I doubt that is the biggest cause people start gambling.

People who are often playing on certain casinos will not get the effect because they will easily come to that place. Even they will get more customers if their member can promote among them about the places. That promotion will be strong enough besides using the ads because they get the right casino from the people who have experienced gambling on that site or place. The casino will use the other way to attract new people to come to their place and one of the ways can be to build a hotel that can cover their casino.

It should stay this way until gambling operators become socially responsible and to protect the vulnerable and the underaged. Since it’s not a total ban, I propose that a 12-month study be carried out to evaluate the effect of the partial ban on the economy and on those who are addicted to gambling. If it is effective in curbing the spate of the addiction and no significant harm to the economy reported, then bravo. If not, then they should go back to the drawing board and review.

They really don't need the ads because they're going to have customers anyway, the people that wants to gamble will find them anyway. Also, they can probably circumvent this ban by making another feature to their casino like hotels or theatre performances.

The ban will not be able to kill the gambling industry in the digital era as it is today, but I think what the Spanish state authorities have done is correct, because nowadays many children will follow what their idols do and say and of course it's a bad thing if they do gambling just because they see their idol promoting gambling sites on television, just like in my country, the government only allows television to publish advertisements for cigarettes, gambling, and also adult related things at midnight.

Yes, the rules are made like just about empty rules that basically anyone who wants to do gambling then they can still do it. Because as far as I know the prohibition made by the government is not only about gambling but people can still do what is prohibited, so in this case what I understand is only about. The ban may only be made to make young people aware and also those who are too deep into addicts, because with such a rule at least it will make them more aware and can be held accountable for what they do related to gambling itself.

Government will never do such thing like banning sports betting, because gambling businesses contributes a lot in a Government (taxes) that's being use in their country (hopefully) and not to their own benefits like corruption.

Many people could still use the latest technology called internet in order to find anything, banning ads and any promotions of gambling will never affect their daily bankrolls. Advertisements that are shown in televisions and social medias are just to inform what's new about them, etc. People who want to play gambling will find their way to get what they want, always.

The benefits of the government can be reducing the number of addicted people who will play gambling because once people see many gambling games, they will want to try to make money. That can be dangerous to them if they do not have control which we know most do not have. Or the government does not receive the tax from each casino so they decide to limit advertisement from the casino. Maybe the government does not tell the public and we can only guess while that can be good to people because they will not see too many gambling ads while they are at home.

Agree with that. The site is so far seen doing its best to change its reputation. Not siding with the site but it now depends on us if we will try their service or not.


It's not that they want to eliminate gambling, it's crazy as they are profiting from it and Spain is one of the gambling-friendly countries.

Let's see what will be the result of the regulation they made. If it's positive or negative, only time will tell.

You were not aware of that? 1xbet is sponsoring big events and big teams in many sports, so I don't think it's a scam anymore if it used to be one. 1xbit officially denies to belong to 1xbet or to be related to it, so it seems 1xbet is taking care of its image and its reputation now. But if you have evidences showing it's a scam you should share them here.

It’s not killing the industry since they can still market in other way, maybe many minors are into sports so they are preventing those minors to have a knowledge about gambling. Paying taxes wont stop the government to still regulate casinos, again this may be a big loss but at least they can still operate legally, TV ads might be the new options.