So I stumbled upon this anti-gambling video from Singapore.
It was made before the Football World Cup of 2014 with a powerful message to stop problem gambling.
Of course its a good ad and I hope it helped some people realize their gambling problems, but couldn't they have chosen another less likely to win team that Andy's father bet on? Cause that World Cup, Germany won!
They tried to save the ad by making another one afterwards
A funny comment by a Redditor
Although I think he meant to say that Leicester would win the Premier League Cup, not Champions League. He might have sold Bitcoin a bit too early as well. ;)
If some of you are familiar with John Oliver's Last Week Tonight show, he made a really hilarious parody about this and its worth a watch!
James Oliver is the shit. His segment on the beauty pageants is a must watch.
@acidyo first of all thanks for these content. Gambling like drugs its easy to enter but really tough to exit these gamblers play to distract themselves, forget their problems, and reduce their stress & harmful negative consequences or a desire to stop.
I had experience of communication with a gambling man.
What can I say... He was ill. Just a desease, nothing more.
There are periods when a desease is seemed to be won but sometimes it gives a great hit and then you're just not you at all.
Money is so little what they can lose.
They loe themselves, freedom and understanding of reality.
It's a real drug(
I was once in a position when I used to spend all my money on gambling and it brought me down to the point where I lost everything . It's an addiction that's hard to overcome
So, bottom line is, betting is wrong unless you bet on the winning team :P and then just keep going.
I keep looking back to that story about the guy that bet on Leicester winning the Premier and the casino had to settle with him before the season ended, cause they weren´t liquid enough to pay him if indeed, Leicester won the league.
I bet a bit over sportsbet.io but just scraps to make it more interesting, a few mBTC over here and some over there, nothing big.
Gambling is an addiction the more you loss, the more you wany to recover your lost money or want ever you gambled back and the only way to cure addiction is to provide something to replace the addiction something that has more or equal value to the actual addiction
That John Oliver clip is hilarious! Obviously, Singapore should make more gambling ads because they can tell the future.
Haha, that was great.. and the John Oliver skit made it even better! In all fairness, that was a decent and awesome attempt to save the ad. It went viral, but in all the wrong ways I guess lol!
Haha yeah, everyone was probably like "damn, I wanna do what Andy's dad does". :D
Hi @acidyo this post is funny .
it would be nice if the gambling was dismissed but I think it is impossible because in singapore it is the biggest gamble lol
I just read this while playing some poker for crypto at Lucksacks... that makes me feel a bit weird lol. But it is a freeroll so... different story.
I agree that theres a fine line between recreative gambling and having a problem with it. And it usually is tough to realize and accept you have a problem when you have one.
Some ads are literally dumb. Like I use to ask myself : "is this ad really meant to sell something or is it just making fun of the sponsoring company?"
Another thing that baffles me is their choice of actors and resource persons. I mean, an untrained young child who is really talented in acting can do much better than some of these.
In summary, I think the ad company are the ones that actually lost the bet!
Remain awesome @acidyo.
What a great ad for a sport with probably the biggest gambling/corruption problem.
haha the greatest anti gambling add ever
If we want freedom, then we must educate people how to behave, how to spend their money and how to plan the future, but at the same time we should also allow a choice. If someone wants to bet, let him bet. You can bet 5 $ instead of spending that for a pint of beer just to have some more excitement when you are watching the match. You also can bet 5000 $ if you know what you are doing. Investment in Steem is nothing more than a bet, that Steemit will grow. And people put millions in. So what kind of society do we want? Free liberal society where everyone can spend own money the way he likes, or a restricting system where government will tell you how you can spend your money. I prefer the freedom.
Well said.
The world is like a reverse casino. In a casino, if you gamble long enough, you're certainly going to lose. But in the real world, where the only thing you're gambling is, say, your time or your embarrassment, then the more stuff you do, the more you give luck a chance to find you
Hahahahahaha can't stop lafing and to also see that his dad won the bet, that's like heaven, if am the child am going to be like dad when are you gonna bet my savings again
haha normally I don't think he is that funny but this time I lolled so hard haha awesome
haha. That was so funny!
Good . . Thankyou for sharing
Good video 😄 a little funny because the children who become parody actors
cool!
@acidyo, you nicely convey the message through your article and video, thats a lesson for gamblers, any how i have not a single intrest in gambling. anyway thanks for sharing.
Steem on!
I steal candy off babies to sell for gambling cash...
Such a poignant ad! Ruined by the actual result lol!! He might have peaked a little early with the bitcoin selling hehe ;0)
Good video😂😂👍👍
Thanks for sharing my friend
Such a poignant ad! Ruined by the actual result lol. Classic stuff. John Oliver always does a good piss take too!
Life belongs to the risk takers (betters), I guess
I bet his dad is from the future.
Wanna ask the CD if there is another anti-gambling commercial plan, I want the script.
He should have gone all in on crypto instead.
Haha :) did Andy's father put on Germany?
Germany is worthy of applause
99% of people don't search for the information presented to them ...but..still funny :))
Haha :) funny parody
That's funny but it speaks volume. No good in trouble making.
Gamblers gona gamble..
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I had experience of communication with a gambling man.
What can I say... He was ill. Just a desease, nothing more.
There are periods when a desease is seemed to be won but sometimes it gives a great hit and then you're just not you at all.
Money is so little what they can lose.
They loe themselves, freedom and understanding of reality.
It's a real drug(
Gambling is a addiction .the more you won,the more you want to win.
the more you loss,the more you want to recover.
It is like a trap or a gate without the key to open it
Nice post thanks for sharing
Haha, pretty funny ad :D
Andy's dad is really a master gambler man...he is always winning! Gotta look out for him!Lol!
Hilarious video you shared man!
With his life savings jackpot, I bet that kid is now starring in a Thug Life video
;-)
Anti-smoking ads always make me want a cigarette and this makes me want to buy some lottery tickets
Great funny post. Surprised that it generated so many comments in regards to gambling addiction. I certainly do enjoy the endorphin rush that a good poker hand can provide. So yes do agree its a path to stimulant use. That can be said of so many activities that release those feel good elements in our bodies. Its a matter of lifestyle balance. Simplified... you control it or it controls you. That said, it is tragic when lives are lost and greatly harmed by addiction.
I am not a gambler and I dislike it very much. the last video is really funny.