Gambling site Neds pulls tradie ad after watchdog criticises excessive wagering
Following over 60 complaints, the Advertising Standards Board has banned a TV commercial by betting service Neds for promoting “excessive participation in wagering activities”.
The 30 second television ad shows a female client checking in on the lack of progress on a construction site while the tradesmen on site are all sitting around with their phone in their hands explaining why they can’t finish their part of the unfinished house.
There should be no gambling ads on TV if the board rules these ones as ‘excessive’. PC complainers gone mad.
There should be no “skincare” ads on TV while we’re at it, they are barely more than lies selling people – mostly vulnerable women – unobtainable and expensive standards.
Great decision, the excessive adverting by betting agencies is getting ridiculous and Ned’s tagline, “it’s time to bet” is just horrible
I agree with Ffs: “There should be no gambling ads on TV”. I know, I’ve taken the comment out of context but the density of gambling ads and inappropriate times of telecast on top of the fact that, as a genre, they are degrading to ethics, humanity and creative excellence, suggests this would be a good outcome. The demonstrably higher quality of cigarette advertising prior to its TV banning shows up today’s gambling ads as the crap that they are.
We just saw that Neds advertisement at the Avalon cinema. We hope all of those gambling advertisements can be banned.