Topic: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. - page 6. (Read 987 times)

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.

Social media influencers have the power to influence many people these days. When it comes to promoting gambling, it's important for them to know their target audience and make sure they're sending the right message. I think if done responsibly influencer marketing could actually be a great way to educate people about responsible gambling.

If it is with kids, then things should be established on parental influence. Teach them the danger in gambling activities. We cannot control the things running in social media platforms, so at least, create a good foundation for them when it comes on the do's and dont's. On the other hand, it will really be a good practice for those who are promoting gambling sites and platforms to target their audience in particular with age. However, many of them do not care of such risk from their contents simply because they are being paid on how many people their videos would reach regardless of their audience's age. Boils down to the idea that we have no control of these people. But no people would engage to gambling activties without their iniative into it, which is why I recommend parents to have more time guiding their children as they grow. There are also ways to ban such platforms but of course not all of it will be done in an instant.

You’re right that everything about gambling is available in the internet but it’s a different scenario if gambling content is posted on social media that doesn’t have any filter for young audiences. On this case influencers that has an original content which young ages watches then turn into gambling that force young ages exposed to gambling without their consent.

It’s true that it’s user responsibility on what they will see on the internet but it’s different case if an underage was force to watch a content just because the influencers they are following for the original content was change to gambling content. This is what happening on social media right now regarding the spread of gambling.

With all the easy access to information that can be obtained by anyone on the internet, of course everyone will be able to find out about gambling through advertisements displayed on social media and it would be a shame if they did not understand properly the impacts of gambling and tried to gamble so that they cannot control their desire to gamble, of course this will be a nightmare for them and for those who consider gambling as a source of income, of course they will be lazy in looking for work that can provide income in the hope that they can win from the bets they play and will The only thing they can get from betting is of course the hope that luck will be on their side to be able to win the bet they are playing.

Children don't have much discernment of what is real from what is just propaganda. They are likely to take those ads seriously, believing gambling can be a solid source of income or a life changer if they deposit enough money to play at casinos. I believe many of us had this kind of misconception when we were on such stages of our lives, besides many other imaginary ideas which didn't match reality.

However, if kids don't have money and no way to access casinos, it shouldn't be an issue, right? They will keep imagining and dreaming about gambling, but they won't be able to put their plans in practice, unless they are raised by careless parents who give them access to credit cards, banking account apps and so on... Anyway, it's pretty easy to not let this threat go ahead. Just make sure your children aren't having access to your personal banking data.

Influencers do know, but they don't care, as long as money is being deposited on their accounts. They earn from both sides: from casinos and from the infant public. There is a very famous case of influencer here in my country who is included on his category you are mentioning. He is the most popular youtuber from the country and the majority of his subscribers are children, as he produces content related to Minecraft, joking and games.

Suddenly, he started promoting a casino as opportunity of extra income, although several polemics involving the respective casino and other local influencers, he stopped his advertisements and claimed to have never promoted online gambling. The guy is just an hypocritical, what isn't uncommon among social influencers.

I understand that social media influencers are selfish and they're more concerned about their money, but truth be told, there's no way an influencer would know the age bracket of persons that watches their contents or ads. So I think it's the responsibility of a parent or guardian to control what pops up on their children's screen. At their age they're very vulnerable and could mess up by gambling at such age. They shouldn't be given access to mobile phones or computers that have Internet connectivity.

You are right. Their goal is how much engagements that they make and how those engagements can translate to visits and signups to the casinos' websites. They also use to have like their affiliate link at the bottom of their text, they'll tell their viewers to click on their link to get some discount on their deposits.

The platform I use mostly where this is rampant is X(formerly Twitter). These people first create a post that is very controversial or have some sexual undertone. Just something that is strong enough to catch the attention of their audience and in between that, they make their gambling  advert post.

This is one of the reasons why parents in my community are restricting their children’s access to the internet because of the things that are being posted there - a lot of these so-called influencers are only in for the money what happens to their fans are not their concerns.

If you go online you’ll see most of them being ambassadors for a scam betting site - imagine someone who could knowingly promote something that they know aren’t genuine, how do you expect them to care for kids that are viewing their contents? To them the kids are just more views and likes nothing more.

The sad thing is that even the government knows that many scams in gambling, they simply just ignore and let their (scam) business continue.
Promoting gambling is not wrong but should be carefully put into a platform that is intended for gamblers and of legal age audiences but since it was a signboard, I think government intervention is necessary. It creates curiosity in the kids and we don't want it to happen.

Of course, I can't but I think they should be sensible enough of their doing knowing that not only legal age are watching them, but some of them are kids also. I understand their position, it is a money opportunity for them but I believe they should be responsible also. In fact, we are gamblers but we don't want our kids to see us gambling.

The truth is that no matter how hard you try to keep children away from the knowledge of what gambling is, you may never be able to achieve it because promotions and advertisements about gambling are everywhere on TV, on halftime shows of favorite sports, on roadside banners, pop-up banners on the internet, and even between discussions. 

To protect your children, you have to expose them to these potential dangers and make them understand why they need to gamble responsibly at the right time when they can comfortably accommodate it. If a child understands the dangers of gambling from a very little age that child can be sure to avoid ending up as an addict because he has had proper orientation.

          -   You know I don't have a problem with them promoting gambling; the only thing I don't like about influencers' methods is that they promote fraud or deception to the viewers who can watch their ads. And worst of all, even minors can watch the ads they make.

Gambling ads also have a big impact on the casino because, of course, others, even if they don't know, will really try because what other gambling promoters who are influencers say is that you can't lose when you register using their referral link.