<story><title>Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/23/ban-all-gambling-adverts-say-more-than-half-of-britons</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>alexb_</author><text>If you ever watch sporting events from the 80s, you see Marlboro advertisements &lt;i&gt;everywhere&lt;/i&gt;. Cigarette companies advertised in every single sport all the time in a gigantic marketing blitz - I think in the future we will see gambling ads now in the same way.</text></comment>
<story><title>Ban all gambling adverts, say more than half of Britons</title><url>https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/apr/23/ban-all-gambling-adverts-say-more-than-half-of-britons</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>hourago</author><text>They did this in Sweden. I think that people was not even worried about gambling addiction, but just totally tired of the non-stop amount of loud flashy ads. Gambling ads usually are quite aggressive and TV, websites, bus stops, everywhere there were gambling ads.&lt;p&gt;It worked. Nowadays it is not easy to see this kind of ads anymore.</text></comment>