cross-posted from: https://aussie.zone/post/33102544
The Albanese government introduced laws to ban kids from using social media, but it’s done little to stop kids from being subject to online gambling ads.
Australia Institute research shows that almost one in three 12-17 year-olds gamble. In fact, Australian teenagers are more likely to gamble than to play soccer, basketball, cricket or any other sport.
Like big tobacco, the gambling industry knows if it can get kids hooked, it has a pipeline of customers for life. That’s why they pour so much money into gambling ads and lobbying efforts to keep their profits rolling in.
And it works. Australians are the biggest gamblers in the world. We’re also the biggest losers – Australians lose over $30 billion to gambling a year. That’s more per capita than any other country in the world.
The solutions are not hard or complicated. If we ban online gambling ads, fewer people – fewer children – will be lured into a gambling habit that could last and cost a lifetime…
The only thing that’s missing is the political will.
✍️ Add your name now to join the call for gambling reform!
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What if we ban an all commercial gambling.
Nek minit: 🏠🔥
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(Basically the gambling lobby is criminal, allegedly…
Thanks for sharing, I shall sign
$50 says it won’t go anywhere.
Perhaps one petition may not, but if there are enough people signing it tells the politicians this issue has traction with voters (otherwise they wouldn’t have done even the small reforms they’ve done so far). If we let them know we haven’t forgotten and keep at them, more is likely to happen.
But if the Gambling Ads are banned from the Internet, what will the Porn Websites advertise!?
… oh wait…
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