Should advertising for online poker be restricted?

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So, the recent news about many you tube videos being taken down got me to thinking. Should advertising for online poker or casinos be restricted?

I had a good friend that was an alcoholic and had 30 years clean. He had also been a therapist that dealt with addictions. He used to take issue with the amount of hard liquor commercials that are on television now. He talked about recommending that recovering alcoholics to stay away from the outside aisle in the grocery store that had the beer. But other than not having television, there was no way to keep the commercials from entering the home. There are obviously people that have gambling addictions. So should the advertising for casinos and online poker be restricted to channels designed for those activities?

I personally don't think pharmaceutical companies should be advertising meds. Don't get me wrong, some of the ads are comical. I will never forget the ad for the med that reduced hair loss in men but had a possible side effect of impotence. I am sure that one flew off the rack!

I feel like there has to be some kind of balance between free speech and being considerate of others. I don't think something should ever be outlawed because a portion of the population has a problem. However, just because something is available, doesn't mean we have to promote it or advertise it to the general public. For example, to me there is a difference between advertising for online poker during a regular sitcom or advertising for online poker during a broadcast of the final table of a poker tournament. I have noticed some of the online sites and the fantasy sports sites offering bonuses for referring a friend. Some of them make it easy to refer your entire contact list. I have plenty of people I still consider to be friends, but I certainly am not close enough in their life right now to know if any of them have a gambling issue. So, I haven't done any referrals. I would feel bad if I did a simple referral and found out a few years later someone lost their house. I know it sounds a bit over the top, but not everyone knows bankroll management. Some people have never learned the lesson, if you don't have it to lose, don't gamble.

So, what do you think? Should there be restrictions for advertisements for online poker? If so, how would you do it? While you are at it, what about drugs and alcohol? How would you do that?
 
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As far as it is legal and regulated i do not have anything against commercials of poker, sports betting, alcohol, cigarettes or whatever else of similar type. If there is warning like on the commercials of cigarettes i think that this is enough. If anybody has gambling in his blood he will gamble even if you forbid all commercials related to poker or casinos.
 
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I never believed in restrictions. There could be a wise limitation of advertising, the proper hours for these things, like late evening and night. The most important thing is education. It is the best shield for protecting yourselve from bad actions, habits or decisions.
 
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It’s a difficult situation because it’s important to be mindful about addiction and problem gambling, but the world doesn’t revolve around the 1% of the population that does suffer from it. Advertising is very important to any company, so I think as long as the adverts are placed responsibly (ie at a time where children are unlikely to be watching) then advertising is fine.
 
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who has the problem is that you have to be careful and avoid the advertisements
 
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I am categorically against the advertising of alcohol and cigarettes, because they can harm the health of people, but I have nothing against advertising of gambling, if it does not violate the law !!!
 
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I think advertising anything should be legal, but I’m a libertarian so don’t ask me haha :)
 
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So, the recent news about many you tube videos being taken down got me to thinking. Should advertising for online poker or casinos be restricted?

I had a good friend that was an alcoholic and had 30 years clean. He had also been a therapist that dealt with addictions. He used to take issue with the amount of hard liquor commercials that are on television now. He talked about recommending that recovering alcoholics to stay away from the outside aisle in the grocery store that had the beer. But other than not having television, there was no way to keep the commercials from entering the home. There are obviously people that have gambling addictions. So should the advertising for casinos and online poker be restricted to channels designed for those activities?

I personally don't think pharmaceutical companies should be advertising meds. Don't get me wrong, some of the ads are comical. I will never forget the ad for the med that reduced hair loss in men but had a possible side effect of impotence. I am sure that one flew off the rack!

I feel like there has to be some kind of balance between free speech and being considerate of others. I don't think something should ever be outlawed because a portion of the population has a problem. However, just because something is available, doesn't mean we have to promote it or advertise it to the general public. For example, to me there is a difference between advertising for online poker during a regular sitcom or advertising for online poker during a broadcast of the final table of a poker tournament. I have noticed some of the online sites and the fantasy sports sites offering bonuses for referring a friend. Some of them make it easy to refer your entire contact list. I have plenty of people I still consider to be friends, but I certainly am not close enough in their life right now to know if any of them have a gambling issue. So, I haven't done any referrals. I would feel bad if I did a simple referral and found out a few years later someone lost their house. I know it sounds a bit over the top, but not everyone knows bankroll management. Some people have never learned the lesson, if you don't have it to lose, don't gamble.

So, what do you think? Should there be restrictions for advertisements for online poker? If so, how would you do it? While you are at it, what about drugs and alcohol? How would you do that?
I think that is poker, like sports areas - has a right to exist. I mean, online tournaments, and amazing tournaments. Since these areas of poker, discipline , and help a person to work on themselves. Everything else is dangerous. Again, it depends on the individual. For someone else the use of drugs and alcohol are not a problem. And someone can not even come close to this. Still, the right to choose should be. No one should impose anything on anyone. A fact. In my understanding.
 
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Чем больше рекламы в покере, тем больше новых игроков и больше конкуренции.
Looks like this one posted in what I believe to be Russian. Unfortunately, I missed the first week of that Russian class I took, missed the entire alphabet, and never did learn that language [emoji16].
 
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The ban on advertising is not good. I think this is counterproductive because people are being educated in the wrong way. The alcoholic will always find his whiskey, the gambler will always find a casino ...
 
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My opinion is that you need to limit a little. But still, it is not necessary to completely prohibit it, because at the expense of it poker rooms are supported financially. And they can afford to carry out various promotional actions, bonuses, profitable offers for deposits, etc. Everything should be done in moderation.:idea::idea::idea:
 
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My opinion is that you need to limit a little. But there is no need to completely prohibit it, because due to this, the poker rooms get financial support. And they can afford to carry out various promotions, bonuses, lucrative offers on deposits, etc. Everything should be done in moderation.:eek::eek::eek:
 
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Apparently they targeted the youtube content of several poker vloggers. Negreanu was talking about one of his vlogs where he was playing on wsop.com, a site which is legal in Nevada. He did not mention more that the fact that his legal team was working on it. Now, most youtube vloggers don't have a legal team. I think Jamie Staples had content removed because he vlogged about sessions on pokerstars , which I don't know if it's legal in Nevada, but I don't think so. And the legality of online poker is in a grey area ( probably more states have legalised marijuana than online poker). So I guess youtube has to make sure they themselves respect the law or that the content they allow on their platform does not break any law, otherwise they might have legal issues themselves.
 
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I believe that advertising of alcoholic beverages and pharmaceuticals should be limited.
 
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I agree 100% on the advertising! People have all kinds of addictions - food, alcohol, gambling, sex, - even things addiction is not normally associated with.

Totally agree, different things are “triggering” for everyone and if we cut out anything that was offensive to any person, we’d be left with nothing!
 
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Totally agree, different things are “triggering” for everyone and if we cut out anything that was offensive to any person, we’d be left with nothing!
Yes, you would soon have a group of people deciding what is "right" and what's not and that is totalitarianism. The governments seldom has any idea of what poker and gambling is either. For example, in sweden the government has taken a lot of measurements against gambling addiction. One of them being that a little window pops up every half an hour or so when playing online poker telling you for how long you've been playing and how much you've won/lost. The most common problem with addiction is that you want to win back all that you've lost. If I were like that, it would make me even more triggered haha
 
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The governments seldom has any idea of what poker and gambling is either. For example, in Sweden the government has taken a lot of measurements against gambling addiction. One of them being that a little window pops up every half an hour or so when playing online poker telling you for how long you've been playing and how much you've won/lost. The most common problem with addiction is that you want to win back all that you've lost. If I were like that, it would make me even more triggered haha

Wow I didn’t know that and that’s a really interesting point about people with a gambling addiction being more likely to want to chase the loss—they’re actually encouraging the very thing they claim they’re “helping” people avoid. I fear this kind of thing happens in a lot of different ways with government programs :(
 
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Wow I didn’t know that and that’s a really interesting point about people with a gambling addiction being more likely to want to chase the loss—they’re actually encouraging the very thing they claim they’re “helping” people avoid. I fear this kind of thing happens in a lot of different ways with government programs :(
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I see no reason to prohibit advertising "forbidden fruit is sweet" it works at all .... :confused:
 
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Cutting out all possible "triggers" is not a solution of whole problem, I think. As far as such commercials are legal it's OK to have them on.
 
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In canada, I have seen ads for the .net versions of sites. I would like to see more advertising, but I understand some might find it an issue..
 
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The almighty dollar rules the world and the rich, powerful and greedy don't give a crap about the suffering of the masses. Just keep those nickels rolling in.

Also, please seek medical assistance is a certain thing lasts for over 3 hours.
 
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