Topic: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. - page 10. (Read 1641 times)

Regardless of little kids who make use of the internet and they likely come across different gambling advertisement and site sometimes influencers even go ahead teaching the public how to place a bet. At this point I can't blame influencers neither the site, this is just for the money and it's left for parents to take good care of the child for example setting a restriction and TV guard or phone guard. This act whereby influencers advertise gambling sites is called marketing and creating awareness about the site, an influencer will never think twice before accepting the contract and this is just common among influencers. Not just gambling sites but scam projects like altcoins promoted by influencers, this is not a new act but definitely little children can easily adopt this mindset and practice the act without knowing the negative effect at an early age

We can't blame the officials about this because they don't have the upper hand to suspend the account of any youtuber without solid ground. They need strong evidence of why they need to ban the account in social media, this is why officials are just letting it go because chasing these influencers would be wasting their time and resources.

In this case, it is up to the user to filter what they are watching. They should not be tempted of what they are seeing because most of them are just faking or editing what they are showing to the public. As the government can't take care of this, as an audience, it is your responsibility to do your due diligence before signing up to any site aside from these gambling sites.

Not sure if you're aware of the aggressive advertising technique casinos implement on the internet. The advertiser at some point understands that gambling is a broad niche and lots of people will definitely get interested in gambling once money is flashed on their computer screen. Hence, the influencer may be away of the followers on their blog, yet it doesn't change the fact that they'll get over such thoughts when money is offered to them. Influencers are well aware of underage followers viewing the page, but that's not the aim of the project. Money is the aim and objective behind the building of the account. Not some kids viewing the page.

Casinos also cares about the niche the blog is built under, to some extent, but not when the budget is wide, and the house needs lots of outreach on the web. It's a disadvantage to the kids and society, and a huge win for the casino. In this deal, the consumer's age is not what matters, the casino assumes everyone knows gambling is not for underaged players. But the young people also don't care about this, I think the negligence is on every internet user involved in the ad distribution circle. Those kids also have no self-control, that's why they go after a game not meant for kid, for money's sake. Everybody needs the money, the casino, influencers and kids.

Its part of marketing on which those influencers or bloggers are really just that doing their job since they are paid on doing that on which nowadays on which most people are really that indeed having their own smartphones
then access on everything is really that based up on a few clicks. As a business and have plans on marketing then you would really be definitely be hiring those people who would really be bringing up such exposure on which of course this would really be able to reach out tons of audiences or potential players that might be hooked up and would really be playing on the site or whatever things that they are really that introducing or showcasing.
This is why it do makes more parenting even more harder if you do have kids because exposure is really there, you cant really be able to monitor your kids anytime on what are the things that they've been able to see
and would really be that potentially be tending to get involved basing up on what they have saw online on which it is really that indeed hard to cope up on everything.

Precisely. These type of influencers do not even care the effects of their gambling promotion, because the fact that they are earning from it, that’s the most important thing. That’s how greedy these YouTubers are. And it’s just so saddening that my own country is also tolerating it, that’s why I got suspicious if these country’s officials also get paid with it.

If only these type of promotions will be filtered or won’t get any chance to be promoted, then we can secure that the present generation these days will not easily fall on gambling addiction.

Most times when I see content creator's and influencer placing the advert of casinos on the videos i allays ask myself one civic question which is how sure this influencer are about the casinos before the advertise them on they platforms.

Although the casino pay them handsomely for those brand promotions,  but the problem is how those casinos treat the fans of the influence after they registered use they code and staked some amount.

Is this really a thing though? I thought places like Youtube were pretty strict and against including things like gambling adverts in videos? I could understand influencers on Twitch promoting these things, but think even they have faced a clampdown recently because it got pretty ridiculous. While things like sports betting and general casino gambling is getting more access in the US, I think there are still some quite strict rules around promoting this sort of content. When you see massive adverts plastered around the side of major Premier League football/soccer clubs and all over Europe, you have to wonder why these influencers shouldn't be allowed to advertise them too, if that really is the case.

Configuration is the solution.

But people give a child a smartphone and don't configure it, let's start there, but a well-configured phone keeps any bad influences away:  Ads, Social Media, Gambling etc.

Find out for example about Family Link Apps.

That protects them until they are at least 13 years old, it is not 100% efficient but it works.

But in most countries in this world, what those influencers card about is their pockets. They do not care about any children so far it is not their children. The government that supposed to care also do not care because of the money they are seeing from gambling sites. The government only care about the tax. Who cares are the parents. Parents should find all possible means to discipline their children and let them know how gambling is dangerous, promising false hope of money but which will drive them to losses. With the advise, the children will know that the money they can not afford to lose should not be used to gamble.

I think that when people create YouTube channels to talk about gambling, they put warnings about age restrictions and in casinos they have always had age restriction warnings, everyone over 18 years old and even 16 year olds know Very well, it is forbidden for anyone under 18 years of age to play in casinos, so when people are on YouTube and are watching a comedy video, topics related to politics and a video about gambling comes up, then that person should ignore it. if you have no interest in gambling. and this person doesn't need to complain because they were watching something on YouTube and then some video about gambling came up. all this person should do is ignore the video that talks about gambling and continue watching what he was watching

Many people tend to blame gambling, when they know very well that gambling is not to blame for their failure. Everyone has the right to post whatever they want on their social media channels as long as they respect the social media TOS and it is up to parents to educate their children well so that they do not create casino accounts when they are minors. Nowadays, there are many parents who make the big mistake of giving their children the phone early and forgetting to keep an eye on what their children are doing on the phone, as a result of which one day they discover that their children are committing crimes on the internet or playing in casinos. while they are minors

I have small children and when I play a cartoon on YouTube or some TV channel for them, the cartoon is repeatedly interrupted by commercials, and in 99% of cases those commercials are for +18. But YouTube is the worst, gambling commercials where coins are jingling, everything lights up and easy profits are promised. Banks and their cheap loans. And yesterday the cartoon was interrupted by a commercial where some guy sings about whores, drugs, and money in a video where all that is presented... I jumped from a chair to stop it.

So the influencers are not the only ones to be blamed, the owners of these sites should have much more responsibility... there should be some rules & regulations. But when I see what YouTube (one of the biggest) is doing, why would anyone else think about the consequences?

Influncers are after making money and they don't care about the harm of what they are advertising is doing to the public, because they only care about themselves and how much that enters their pocket. Children learn very fast these days amd that is why they always want to try whatever they see on TV or internet.

The parents have the responsibility to bring up and monitor their children to stay away from any activity that can destroy them like gambling. This is because gambling sites are advertised everywhere on social media, on sign post on the street and in TV stations when watching football.

This influencer-pushing-gambling stuff is massive. Very terrible. Influencers' wealth doesnt tell the whole story. Online gambling is rising, which is bad for young people. They're drawn in thinking its harmless. Its not. Why dont we do more? Young fans' influencers must recognise their impact. All of us adore money, including me. This is bigger. Long-term effects on society. We must think better.

It may be about freedom. Freedom is important to me. Freedom without accountability is disastrous. The best tool is the internet. Make wise use of it. We owe future generations. We must demand better and protect our children. This isnt political. About common sense.

These are responsible social media influencers I even encountered one who promotes videos about good vibes in daily living but at the end of the video they promote gambling, can you imagine this kind of people, they want more earnings so they sacrifice their reputation, I stop following and blocked these bloggers, they are not worth following.

I watched one confession from one guy who got paid the equivalent of $2000 for promoting a gambling platform, an amount that they cannot earn from doing reels and ads coming from Google, they cannot decline the offer because it's their bread and butter.

Social media has become the avenue through which a lot of non-gamblers became knowledgeable about gambling. These influencers or vloggers are taking advantage of the viewers' gullibility and desire to win a huge sum of money in a short span of time. Also, most of their content are purely made of nothing, creating 5-minute videos of which 3 minutes of those are dedicated to their gambling ads. It's crazy how social media allows this kind of content to proliferate knowing that most of these platforms are anti-crypto or anti-gambling before.


They may not be thinking about me or my family when they created their content, but the platform through which they are spreading this virus know that these are something that should not be allowed. Then again, if this brings in revenues to both parties, I could understand why these social media platforms are turning a blind eye against paid content related to gambling.

What I'm scared of what would happen to them is that they would think it's easy money to get from gambling. You just need to get money and then put it all into gambling. It's mostly like that and it's going to be "Magic" or easily be multiplied with gambling. We all know that's not the way and proper thing to do. I hope that young children wouldn't be expose to this kind oof things just because it's easy to access.

The fact that influencers are being used by gambling companies to boost their user base means more young people will be gambling and most likely try to get an easy life through it which is hard on the young generation as they can't be shielded from this... Perphaps these gambling platforms need new rules to such as ad's to make them age appropriate to protect the young minds and only deliver this kind of content to the adults only.


Totally agree,this means it's either the working class won't be productive as the young gamblers will be thinking of their loss..if not this means that those lucrative careers such as being a doctor, mathematician, scientist etc will see a decline as people will prefer the easy route of gambling...

Non of those have the moral campus as they are interested in filling their own pockets and expect their audience to separate right from wrong by themselves...

Do you think the influential people you write about are interested in you and our children? Besides, how can you prohibit them from something that brings them money? You need to start with yourself, with raising your child, so that he or she understands the danger of becoming addicted to gambling. And all other people advertising gambling will do what they consider necessary for themselves.

I think that every influencer likely knows their target audience quite well. Given that influencers have built up a large following by consistently producing content that engages their audience, they should naturally have a good understanding of what resonates with their followers. Its important for influencers to use this knowledge to make informed decisions about what ads to place on their blog and to ensure that the products or services being promoted reflect the interests and values of their followers. By doing this influencers can not only keep their followers happy but also maintain their own credibility by fostering an authentic and genuine connection with their audience because they have the power to influence the opinions of their followers.

It cannot be denied that social media such as bloggers and YouTubers are one of the social media that often advertise gambling and these two platforms are also easy to access, It is also one of the features most used by young people. Nearly all young people use blogs and YouTubers.

Talking about influencers, as far as I know, they don't care who their followers are and how old they are, significantly they only work to reach as many followers as possible and can influence the behavior of as many of their followers as possible, regardless of whether they are minors or adults, many I see Influencers will maintain at all costs to maintain their audience loyal to gambling or other relevant and relevant content, My understanding is it's hard for influencers to limit their audience by age, they don't care about that.

Only parents or themselves can overcome all of this so that they don't fall into negative things when viewing gambling content on blog platforms or YouTubers.