Topic: Understanding the Impact of Social Media in Gambling. - page 8. (Read 1635 times)

That's right and I think there are quite a lot of influencers who are not even gamblers promoting casino sites on social media which is also the case in my country where one of the well-known artists who is known for his kindness to the public but I found him promoting one of the casino sites on some social media to the public and obviously like you said that they are using him who has a lot of followers or fans by promoting casino sites for money. The fact is that money isn't everything but everything is easier to accomplish if you have money, And yes if we talk about the impact then obviously it doesn't matter whether they are a gambler or not but what is worried is when children who are still minors who are shaping their personality naturally fall on the wrong path because they see the promotion of gambling which is where I also often find some news on TV broadcasts about a child who is desperate to steal valuables in a shop and when interrogated it turns out that the money from the sale of goods will be used to finance his gambling and both parents do not know about their children involved in gambling.

It is money matters but they are supposed to see the outcomes of their works as they are representing something that can possibly make a kid, a young mind start gambling. A responsible influencer will not just be after the money but must carry responsibility for their doings. They can decline it if they are certain of their commitment not to ruin one's life and the future of their young followers. Unfortunately, they choose to be wrong and accept the money. The sad thing is that these influencers see nothing aside from earning money whether the impact is good or bad, doesn't matter to them.

I agree. It's quite obvious that not all of these influencers are a real gambler or into gambling. They're just paid to advertise a casino because of their huge followers. The problem is, everyone can see it especially the minors that might idolizing them. It's not a good influence because these minors might believe what they see and try playing. Some of these influencers are also offering free money if you register using their link, so it's really tempting especially if you're just new in gambling and blinded by the potential profit.

In my nation, gambling is legalized by the government but illicit in the people's eyes. Despite being legalized some gamblers still get careful of not being seen gambling. Most people get to worry about not making ends meet. Hence they focus on gambling and other related activities for funds. Influencers are behind the scene, nobody knows who actually owns or runs a page. Hence the owner wouldn't mind disseminating gambling contents on the page to yield leads for casino advertisers. Not because he's hidden from the public but for the fact he earns money through it. His viewers wouldn't be a concern.

They work everyday to get more followers of all ages. To boost their chances of retaining more brand deals. Additionally, to help reduce the number of underaged people getting influenced by these ads, sites based on responsible gambling, should send out ads on big influential pages to pass the information on responsible gambling. They should be a leveling, through awareness. Contents on why kids shouldn't click on gambling ads is meant to be at the top of gambling hashtags across platforms.

Being gullible is not a misplaced word for such people, this doesn't leave the young and old out of it and it baffles me about what could cause people to always believe what they hear even though the reality is all around them, which is the opposite. Well, one may still get it right when it comes to sports betting, because one way or another, such a person can still maintain very good results of 75% in prediction if he is good and lucky with his sports predictions. But for the casinos' predictions, I bet that the social media channel will not fool people for long before they start coming back to their senses.

Many had tried it on their websites but failed, and many had tried it on different social media platforms but failed. This is why they've become wiser and have turned to influencers in such a way that they only highlight some important functions and features of the betting sites and give some tips that can help gamblers win more. Some will even go to the extent of advising gamblers technically so that it will not be obvious if what they preach later fails.

I think this is still more reasonable to preserve social media channels than just daringly issuing forecasts and bet predictions.

Well you can't actually blame the influencers themselves because with the rate at which everyone is exposed to social media,  regulations aren't really put in to actually stop the particular age that aren't supposed to see this and that's why many people get it all tangle up especially the young ones that are glued to their mobiles 24/7. Most of these social influencers aren't really gamblers themselves but they just do what they do just for the sake of paid advertising.

That is good. So how do you ensure that your followers don't get carried away with all the possibilities you show to them on how to hit it big on the casino and how they can turn into mega wealth in no distant time because you are already that way from what they are seeing. Do you add a disclaimer or you practically tell them not to practice this at home 

Some gamblers are quite gullible, believing everything that they see that they were promised to help them win big without considering that casino is a business created for profit and that gamblers have slimmer chances of winning than what profit goes to the owner of the casino.

It indeed depends on the person and those promoting or advertising gambling platforms aren't the only ones to be blamed for it because what they are doing is only for them to earn a living, you don't need to follow what they do or say because they are doing what is right for them and you are supposed to do what is right for you, and for an individual, not getting involved in gambling, or trying not to become addicted should be the right thing for them to do.

If I'm a content creator on YouTube, and I'm promoting a casino platform because they are paying me for it, I wouldn't want my subscribers to become addicted gamblers but I would want them to gamble for fun and don't get carried away only because I'm promoting gambling because I have a different motive behind doing that.

The case is the same, in my country gambling is also considered an illegal activity, but there are lots of influencers who promote gambling sites. and I think this is a normal thing, considering that the economy in my country is not good, unemployment is everywhere, and it is difficult for someone to get a decent job. This difficulty can really make someone short-minded, so they do something reckless, taking a job as an influencer on an online gambling site even though it is against the law. Because the most important thing for him is how he can have an income so he can meet his needs to survive.

They know very well that working as an online gambling site agent carries quite serious risks, and they could end up behind bars. But they have no other choice, apart from that.

You raised an urgent matter of concern, the government are just after the tax thats been paid by gambling companies but the censorship and strict sanctions are not considered necessary, there are some advertisement that should not be taken as job despite the money that one is been paid for it though am not against any gambler, gambling firm or what they do but the means of communicating it to the public is what I don't support,  I so much concur to this thread, it is very obvious that bloggers are not looking at the side effect of the product they are advertising but just the money the money the will be going home with at the end of everything, children are very sensitive and any information they get is stored easily by them, so I think our blogers should rethink and do things rightly.

I think it is hard for them target specific audience because the video posted can still go viral or be shown on someone else feed even though they don't have interest with it. The only thing that they can do, is to choose properly if what they promote is legit and also the influencer should not be misleading on promoting it. Unfortunately many influencers nowadays are not like this but they are like what you describe there.

It's not that they are stupid to not know what they are doing but they are wise and selfish. I think children are still hooked in video games and not in gambling but many adults now are addicted to it, based on the comments I read online.

This promotion is a source of income and usually by promoting online gambling sites they will get paid quite a lot compared to promoting other applications that are more concerned about the positive impact on the future, they don't care about their followers even though there are some children who follow them because sometimes Many young children idolize beautiful or handsome influencers on social media, but sometimes these influencers don't care whether their promotion will have a negative impact or not because the most important thing for them is a job that will give them money and will continue to do so.

In my country there are many influencers who promote online gambling even though in my own country gambling is an illegal game and distribution permits are prohibited, but still these influencers are determined to promote it and don't know what will happen if they continue like that even though there is a possibility that they will be arrested and under the law which will definitely result in fines because they break the rules, let it be like this because they themselves also don't think about the impact of children watching their videos on social media. As a result, many children are exposed to gambling even though they are still too old to know about games like that.

I think they don't care that much. What they care about first is their profits. As for whether their viewers are old enough to participate in gambling or not, they consider it a personal matter for each person. Ethically, they will have to know that their actions will have a huge impact on viewers, but most will be governed by profits, and the law does not prohibit them from doing that. If it were you, would you do it?

In addition, they will have the thought that if they do not advertise, others will also advertise, and they alone cannot change this advertising trend. Basically, they create social networking channels just to make money, so if current regulations do not prohibit them from doing so, they will not miss the opportunity to make profit in this form. Income from advertising for forms of gambling is often much higher than for other products.

Those bloggers and bloggers who do this don't care about their target audience they make it appear that they care about the way they promote these casinos but in fact, they are ruining people's minds.

There's a lot of money to be made promoting gambling platforms and they only have to sacrifice their conscience
This is why I stopped watching videos coming from these bloggers and if I seen one I reported because it's against the policy of social media, but these vloggers have found a way to promote through their viral videos
 

The internet ad business is a decentralized one and it's not simple to organize an effective method to restrict or regulate how influencers place adverts on their space. Social media platforms like Facebook don't encourage casino ads, same way other social media companies don't. The only available means of utilizing the advertisement opportunity on social media is through those influencers. And the platforms where influencers promote gambling, can't or don't care about taking down those ads. Because it's assumed the influencer is making posts on behalf of himself.

I think trying to underline influencers as the only force available to end this ever-growing mistake will be a major delay in achieving such a goal of safeguarding young minds. That was why I picked parents as a valid means of shielding their kid's devices from accessing some platforms where gambling ads can be seen. Looking at your response, I have a doubt that parents will do a perfect job, but a every journey begins with a step. Money call the shots, and you know this, nothing would convince influencers not to place gambling related ads, provided they're offered a reasonable amount of money.

Problems include gambling ads and the entire system. Profitable influencers spreading dangerous stuff to kids? That's unacceptable. Telling parents to "just handle it" is cop-out. Advertising is everywhere to lure people in. Profit drives ethics away. Even influencers need accountability. Asking for basic responsibilities isn't "censorship". Since we regulate age on everything else, why not gambling ads? Protecting young minds, not profits, isn't rocket science. We need major reform. The content influencers promote must be carefully examined. Impacting the next generation is more important than money. Doing right shouldn't be so hard

Nah, everything can advertised nowadays even the NSFW. You'd see it still in social media because they can't filter everything and they can't remove them on an instant. So even if they've got rules and might just remove the ads but they have to get reported for them to remove it. But as long as it's not yet removed and reported, there are audiences that will see that ad and especially those that are not into this thing might potentially see it because that's how social media works and random stuff might appear on your news feed.

This is true, they'll be able to see those ads even if they don't want to because that's the power of advertising in all of the platforms that we're using nowadays. And that influences the decision of those that will be seeing those ads, otherwise it is them and their actions will make them addicted but the attraction came from the marketers and advertisers.

As for those countries that don't allow gambling, they have a lot of rules about it and they're able to monitor those ads.

Admittedly, the ads hardly encourage the emotional safety of kids who view them online. But the casino who issue funds for the distribution of such ads online, also, are doing it due to the demand gambling has across the globe. Clearly, everyone knows of kids spreading out on every online platform. Yet when placing ads on influencers page, age restriction is not available, unlike running ads officially on the website. Where advertisers have the choice to set a range of age groups who are eligible to view the ad. Influencers display ads regardless of who is going to see it or not. The task is for parents to set parental control on the smartphones or gadgets of the kids.

These things matter for the safety of their children. Not just about the relationship between the influencer and the kids. Influencers are not mainly concerned about the kids on the channel. Parents are to do the restriction jobs. No influencer will block younger people from following them, they're desperately in search of more impressions to attract advertisers. Thereby making more funds, enough to keep their online marketing platform up and running. I think they should be a better way of resolving such disputes, other than suggesting that influencers stop to accept gambling ads because of underaged followers. It'll delay the growth of their page as a business. Because gambling niche is hot and willing to pay significant amounts for ads

Nowadays everyone uses new strategies to increase their income and arrange advertisement. But not everything should be advertised. Especially gambling. Because through this a minor will end up gambling with wrong decisions. It is not always possible to solve this matter by applying the law if no one corrects himself. Although there is no restriction on such advertising in countries where gambling is legal, such advertising campaigns must not be allowed in countries where gambling is conducted unofficially but there is no official legalization. Advertising is fine for those who are fit for gambling but it will have a big negative effect on those who are still underaged. This is not an individual problem but a problem for a nation. I think such ads should be stopped to keep minors safe.

Casino influencer marketing is real, but we need to communicate. Not "morality police" or a killjoy. The goal is youth protection. They may not be targeting kids, but their luxurious lifestyle? The thrill, the gamble? Teens love that stuff, always testing limits and wanting to feel grown-up. Impulsivity and compulsive gambling are dangerous, as we all know.

Those kids are smart. They'll circumvent filters. Instead of warning labels or age checks, they witness influencers living a dream life paid for by luck and risk-taking. Not harmless entertainment.