Posted on 10/20/2021 9:13:17 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — The NFL is spending $6.2 million to help expand programs to prevent or treat problem gambling across the country.
The league is launching a responsible betting initiative aimed at getting fans to set limits on their wagers, understand the risks of betting, and know where to get help if things get out of hand. It is partnering with the National Council on Problem Gambling to improve the group’s nationwide help line, create new treatment programs and expand existing ones, and educate football fans who gamble on how to do so responsibly.
A three-year effort will include in-game messaging, social media outreach, broadcast, print and in-stadium messaging. Some of it will target people who are too young to legally gamble but may feel tempted to do so.
More than 45 million Americans say they plan to bet on NFL games this year, according to the American Gaming Association, the casino industry’s national trade group. That’s an increase of 36% from last year.
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)dds are 3 to 1 it fails
I’ll take those odds...
“responsible betting”
Pretty much an oxymoron isn’t it?
If it was not for irresponsible betting, most of the remaining viewers would not be watching the National Felon League.
More virtue signaling from these clowns...
Any amount that you bet is your responsibility.
It’s already succeeded. They’re gonna make hundreds of millions, throw 6 mil into PR, boom.
As long as the NFL allows their employees to disrespect the Flag, the national anthem and by inference, my service, I will not watch. Period. End of discussion.
If it wasn’t for white people living vicariously through a football team or player the nfl would have been broke a long time ago.
Responsible betting? I am speechless.
For years, the NFL had scrupulously avoided any ties with gambling. For that reason, Las Vegas was not a popular choice for an expansion franchise. There was an understanding that ties with gambling would corrupt the sport.
Now, besides the franchise in Vegas (which is moot, as sports book gambling has expanded far beyond Nevada’s boundaries), there are official NFL betting affiliates (Draft Kings).
My guess is that guys like Carlo Rizzi gave a better payout, too.
I’ll bet the NFL $6.2 million that their PR campaign will not achieve the stated goal. As useless as buying “carbon credits” so you can pretend to care about “climate change”.
Gambling does cause massive sport corruption—that is just common sense.
Professional gamblers do not survive betting on losers.
They _have_ to move the odds in their favor.
I bet it fails..........................
Seems like pro football would be one of the easiest sports to arrange a thrown game - one lineman misses an assignment or one defensive back is a step slow on coverage or one linebacker lets a ball carrier slip a tackle, etc., and the whole game changes. Buying off one player in baseball or basketball can make some difference, but everything is so coordinated at the highest level of play in football that investing in just one guy can readily change an outcome.
I expect the NFL would like to see an expansion in sports gambling as that increases their market, but I wonder if they realize it could also lead to their death knell if football gambling gets too popular and degenerates into corruption.
Coming to a black neighborhood near you:
Gamble responsibly, gamble here. NFL/Lottery/Liquor
I think the corruption has already happened—and I would not be surprised if the league knew and was hushing it up...
Remember that the gambling is not just about who wins or loses the whole game—it could be by quarter or it could be about points or it could even be about individual statistics.
There are many ways for a professional gambler to “rig” the system by black-mailing a player or two...
“NFL is kicking off a $6.2M responsible betting campaign”
The article’s from Atlantic City.
That’s like an article being written to help curb evil...and the article was written in Hades.
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