A very dark comedy but definitely worth a watch.
So in the UK, The States and beyond, the advertising for betting operators is everywhere as we all know. One on 7 adverts in the UK is for gambling. Branding for these companies is plastered all over sports and game shows. Most sports teams are even sponsored by them as they can't say no to the lucrative deals. If you watch a televised premiership football match on TV you will see on average, 700 adverts and branding logos for gambling !!!!
I myself worked in media for 36 years and as a compulsive gambler this was going to be a problem. Whilst gambling I wouldn't overly notice one, a bit like someone advertising a vacuum cleaner and me thinking, I don't need one so I'm not paying attention to the advert. Once I stopped gambling, I noticed that the predatory industrys advertising, used colours, sounds, famous people and wording to attract my attention.
At first I found myself sticking two fingers at the TV and swearing at them, saying you will never get me back in my mind. After a while I realised that every time I ignore them they have wasted their money.
We all know where the majority of their profits come from and therefore the advertising is to bring new victims to them, that they can get across the line to compulsion through AI or getting compuslvie gamblers back.
So they can waste all the money they want advertising as it certainly won't suck me back in
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