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Quarrelsometoday at 10:40 AM1 replyview on HN

Agreed. I just personally think advertising gambling should be illegal. Obviously there's so much vested money that its hard to shift given that it props up a lot of sports revenue today. However we learned the horrors of tobacco advertising and I can't see why we shouldn't learn the same lessons about gambling. It can never be illegal because the black market would be worse, but we shouldn't encourage it.


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neonstatictoday at 11:02 AM

Yes, I agree. I think the advertising ban should be more general - anything that is known to be addictive should not be advertised.