Two senators are calling on the federal government to ban advertising for sports betting in Canada.

A letter to the prime minister from Charlottetown Sen. Percy Downe and Waterloo Sen. Marty Deacon asks the government to have the CRTC ban all advertising for sports gambling apps and websites. It is supported by 40 other senators.

The letter says people of all ages who are exposed to the stream of ads are being influenced to turn their phone into “a pocket-sized casino.”

It also references a CBC Marketplace report that found gambling messages fill up, on average, 21 per cent of a sporting event’s broadcast runtime.

    • brax@sh.itjust.works
      13·
      1 day ago

      I wish we could just ban advertising period. It’s psychological manipulation that’s been perfected and concentrated over the years, and it’s only getting worse.

      • m-p{3}@lemmy.caM
        4·
        19 hours ago

        This, it’s borderline dangerous to advertise prescription-based pharmaceuticals. Leave that to the professional to decide if they should be prescribed, not the patient.

      • FireRetardant@lemmy.world
        2·
        17 hours ago

        Ive noticed this too, some of the ads I’ve heard on the radio are similar to the ads in the US where the disclaimer and side effects warnings are longer than the ad itself.

    • HubertManne@piefed.socialEnglish
      51·
      1 day ago

      I would like advertising for all adult activities to be limited to other places of adult activities. casinos, bars, liquor stores, strip clubs, what have you. They can have all sorts of banners and fliers for each other and none of it should be visible from the outside.