Filed a complaint with CSBC regarding gambling advertisements in sports broadcasts a month ago, here is Rogers’ response.
February 22, 2023
Filed a complaint with CSBC regarding gambling advertisements in sports broadcasts a month ago, here is Rogers’ response.
37 comments
Maybe not the most appropriate place to post, but please file written complaints if this bothers you as much as me. The companies are forced to respond. There’s not a ton we can do, but at least we are forcing them to listen.
I appreciate this. I doubt it will accomplish much though. Too much money to be made.
Until someone in a position of authority does it, doubt they will care. $ for the network, $for the league, $ for the book keepers and most importantly $ for the owners
It is pathetic how much gambling is now the center focus to every sports show in Canada.
Let’s do a zoom out picture in picture of the GAME IN PROGRESS to update you on the moneyline. Get the fuck out of here with that shit.
I feel for anyone who suffers from addiction, especially a gambling addiction. It has to be impossible to enjoy sports without this being shoved down your throat
“Responsible and conscientious approach” feels a bit like “sense of pride and accomplishment.”
Hey Rogers, go fuck yourself.
What I got from this is that they are following the laws and regulations.
I don’t think many are doubting that. The concern is ethical.
Wish the CRTC gave more of a shit. I counted 5 out of 8 ads last night bring gambling related during one commercial break.
Give this a decade and we’re going to be having the same sports betting crisis Australia is having
> “a responsible gaming environment and ensure advertising and marketing material are not enticing to and do not target high-risk or underage players.”
Riiiiight.
Every single game is drowned by gambling ads, but sure, the at-risk and underage are not being targeted, sure.
> These guidelines were created to promote a responsible gaming environment and ensure that advertising and marketing material are not enticing to and do not target high-risk or underage players.
ya ok
I’m sure there’s really no overlap between sports fans and high-risk or underage players.
Corporations will always maximize profit, ethically or otherwise, unless regulated. Never forget, it took child labor laws to stop companies from hiring kids.
It sounds like they don’t even make money on this. It is a loss leader for the potential of iGaming, which would be full online casino gambling on your phone.
When a company responds to a serious issue by quoting regulations you know they don’t give a fuck.
What is your goal here? Do you complain about commercials that advertise other things you don’t like, or don’t apply to your life? I’m confused as to why this was even needed.
What is just as sad is seeing who they are using as shills.
Not sure why people always take things to the extremes regarding these topics. Most people that bet on sports do so responsibly in very small amounts, and primarily for entertainment purposes.
A small minority with highly addictive personalities will find something to get addicted to if not this… whether it’s drugs, alcohol, video games, food delivery apps, etc.
My only critique is the sheer amount of betting ads in hockey right now, because it is legitimately annoying.
This reminded me that I need to lodge a complaint in BC. I sent it to the complete wrong agency and they point me to >”Gambling advertising is regulated at provincial level in Canada. As a result, Ad Standards cannot consider concerns related to the activity of gambling and internet gaming sites advertising (including concerns about frequency and placement). Such concerns should be addressed to the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch who regulates gaming-related activities in British Columbia”
I hate the ads and although I dont gamble at all I really feel for people who struggle with it who are forced to watch this trash.
I’ve stopped watching anything other than the game itself. No pregame, no post game, I even change channels during the intermissions and set an 18 minute timer.
Meanwhile I still think I see too much focus on gambling.
Y’all need a hobby or something lol
Gotta love how during a hockey game intermission, they spend half of it talking about betting odds. Then you hop on the GO train to go home and oh, what do you know? Gambling ads take up half the window now.
welp, sounds like the CRTC will have to step up. i’m sure it won’t be difficult to get them to make reforms. /s
That response feels like a whole lot of nothing to me.
Not sure if it’s Bally or ESPN, but someone plays slot machine noises at the end of penalties. Makes me cringe.
Yup. My wife and I are hardly watching live hockey anymore. We’re completely turned off. We won’t be renewing next season.
The short and simple is they’re going to ruin the game juuuust up to the point where the consumer is about ready to turn off their TV, but not quite. If it doesn’t cost them viewership or butts in seats, that’s not even part of their cost/benefit analysis.
Rogers got jealous of activision/ea/blizzard, and all the legal gambling companies getting rich from exploiting the last group of addicts who can still be legally advertised to.
They cant invest in cigarettes, they already take all the alcohol advertising money that they can, so gambling addicts are the final group that are ripe for exploitation
Now do alcohol
I HATE all the gambling ads now. Say what you will about the CBC, like em or hate em, this is the kind of garbage that happens when Rogers and Bell are solely in charge. Pretty soon it going to be nothing but gambling and pharma ads everywhere we turn. It’s disgusting.
I hate what has happened to north american sports in the past few years.
For me it’s not the commercials themselves. I don’t care that they advertise gambling. It’s just that on Sportsnet it is a constant barrage. And that’s also what’s worse for encouraging gambling. That it’s getting absolutely rammed down our throats. It’s all you hear about. They should be allowed to advertise but there must be a certain duration, say 2 hours, between airing advertisements.
I know /r/hockey is a very small group of hockey fans relative to the global community, but I’m pleasantly surprised at how anti-gambling ads most people here are.
cigarettes are legal to those over 18 years of age too, but we don’t see tobacco ads due to the harmful and addictive nature of the product. Screw this gambling promotion
I can handle it for adults. But my kids watch sports with me and to have them inundated with gambling ads really saddens me. They are sponges for ads and they definitely ask me about it. It does lead to some conversations about gambling where I can caution them on doing it but still.
Then you have mobile games that are set up like fucking slot machines with all their colours and noises and god damn. The future generations are going to be a new level of degenerates.
Good for you! I hadn’t thought to do this, but it’s a great idea.
I’m interested in seeing what their reply would be to someone saying “we understand they have no legal obligation but a moral and ethical one instead. What do you say to the public who are concerned about that? Because addicts can’t think clearly enough to play responsibly.”
37 comments
Maybe not the most appropriate place to post, but please file written complaints if this bothers you as much as me. The companies are forced to respond. There’s not a ton we can do, but at least we are forcing them to listen.
I appreciate this. I doubt it will accomplish much though. Too much money to be made.
Until someone in a position of authority does it, doubt they will care. $ for the network, $for the league, $ for the book keepers and most importantly $ for the owners
It is pathetic how much gambling is now the center focus to every sports show in Canada.
Let’s do a zoom out picture in picture of the GAME IN PROGRESS to update you on the moneyline. Get the fuck out of here with that shit.
I feel for anyone who suffers from addiction, especially a gambling addiction. It has to be impossible to enjoy sports without this being shoved down your throat
“Responsible and conscientious approach” feels a bit like “sense of pride and accomplishment.”
Hey Rogers, go fuck yourself.
What I got from this is that they are following the laws and regulations.
I don’t think many are doubting that. The concern is ethical.
Wish the CRTC gave more of a shit. I counted 5 out of 8 ads last night bring gambling related during one commercial break.
Give this a decade and we’re going to be having the same sports betting crisis Australia is having
> “a responsible gaming environment and ensure advertising and marketing material are not enticing to and do not target high-risk or underage players.”
Riiiiight.
Every single game is drowned by gambling ads, but sure, the at-risk and underage are not being targeted, sure.
> These guidelines were created to promote a responsible gaming environment and ensure that advertising and marketing material are not enticing to and do not target high-risk or underage players.
ya ok
I’m sure there’s really no overlap between sports fans and high-risk or underage players.
Corporations will always maximize profit, ethically or otherwise, unless regulated. Never forget, it took child labor laws to stop companies from hiring kids.
It sounds like they don’t even make money on this. It is a loss leader for the potential of iGaming, which would be full online casino gambling on your phone.
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/10/podcasts/the-daily/sports-betting-lobbying-laws-states.html
Turning the ice rink into a casino, no thanks
When a company responds to a serious issue by quoting regulations you know they don’t give a fuck.
What is your goal here? Do you complain about commercials that advertise other things you don’t like, or don’t apply to your life? I’m confused as to why this was even needed.
What is just as sad is seeing who they are using as shills.
Not sure why people always take things to the extremes regarding these topics. Most people that bet on sports do so responsibly in very small amounts, and primarily for entertainment purposes.
A small minority with highly addictive personalities will find something to get addicted to if not this… whether it’s drugs, alcohol, video games, food delivery apps, etc.
My only critique is the sheer amount of betting ads in hockey right now, because it is legitimately annoying.
This reminded me that I need to lodge a complaint in BC. I sent it to the complete wrong agency and they point me to
>”Gambling advertising is regulated at provincial level in Canada. As a result, Ad Standards cannot consider concerns related to the activity of gambling and internet gaming sites advertising (including concerns about frequency and placement). Such concerns should be addressed to the Gaming Policy and Enforcement Branch who regulates gaming-related activities in British Columbia”
I hate the ads and although I dont gamble at all I really feel for people who struggle with it who are forced to watch this trash.
I’ve stopped watching anything other than the game itself. No pregame, no post game, I even change channels during the intermissions and set an 18 minute timer.
Meanwhile I still think I see too much focus on gambling.
Y’all need a hobby or something lol
Gotta love how during a hockey game intermission, they spend half of it talking about betting odds. Then you hop on the GO train to go home and oh, what do you know? Gambling ads take up half the window now.
welp, sounds like the CRTC will have to step up. i’m sure it won’t be difficult to get them to make reforms. /s
That response feels like a whole lot of nothing to me.
Not sure if it’s Bally or ESPN, but someone plays slot machine noises at the end of penalties. Makes me cringe.
Yup. My wife and I are hardly watching live hockey anymore. We’re completely turned off. We won’t be renewing next season.
The short and simple is they’re going to ruin the game juuuust up to the point where the consumer is about ready to turn off their TV, but not quite. If it doesn’t cost them viewership or butts in seats, that’s not even part of their cost/benefit analysis.
Rogers got jealous of activision/ea/blizzard, and all the legal gambling companies getting rich from exploiting the last group of addicts who can still be legally advertised to.
They cant invest in cigarettes, they already take all the alcohol advertising money that they can, so gambling addicts are the final group that are ripe for exploitation
Now do alcohol
I HATE all the gambling ads now. Say what you will about the CBC, like em or hate em, this is the kind of garbage that happens when Rogers and Bell are solely in charge. Pretty soon it going to be nothing but gambling and pharma ads everywhere we turn. It’s disgusting.
I hate what has happened to north american sports in the past few years.
For me it’s not the commercials themselves. I don’t care that they advertise gambling. It’s just that on Sportsnet it is a constant barrage. And that’s also what’s worse for encouraging gambling. That it’s getting absolutely rammed down our throats. It’s all you hear about. They should be allowed to advertise but there must be a certain duration, say 2 hours, between airing advertisements.
I know /r/hockey is a very small group of hockey fans relative to the global community, but I’m pleasantly surprised at how anti-gambling ads most people here are.
cigarettes are legal to those over 18 years of age too, but we don’t see tobacco ads due to the harmful and addictive nature of the product. Screw this gambling promotion
I can handle it for adults. But my kids watch sports with me and to have them inundated with gambling ads really saddens me. They are sponges for ads and they definitely ask me about it. It does lead to some conversations about gambling where I can caution them on doing it but still.
Then you have mobile games that are set up like fucking slot machines with all their colours and noises and god damn. The future generations are going to be a new level of degenerates.
Good for you! I hadn’t thought to do this, but it’s a great idea.
I’m interested in seeing what their reply would be to someone saying “we understand they have no legal obligation but a moral and ethical one instead. What do you say to the public who are concerned about that? Because addicts can’t think clearly enough to play responsibly.”
Thats a lot of text to say Go fuck yourself