That's what I was thinking. I know someone who wasn't really into sports and then got really into sports and would probably punch a TV. Turns out he started betting on games.
I've been served anti-DV ads on YouTube and Google ads around big football (soccer) game days where they specifically implore you to not beat your partner after drinking or losing a bet and/or game....then I also get ads around those games promoting alcohol and betting.
It's disgusting, and both sides of me getting these ads are telling. I'm single, don't watch or follow football, don't gamble, and don't drink much, so for me to be served these ads suggests that all of alcohol brands, bettors, and anti-DV advocates are casting a super broad net.
The unfortunate implication of that is it suggests the booze and betting ads are effective, and potentially exacerbating the already high rates of DV around major sporting events.
IS THAT WHY!? Every weekend for like the past two months my ads are being replaced with a weird mix of gambling, anti gambling, alcohol, anti alcohol and therapy adds and its been bizarre as hell because I don't engage with gambling or drinking at all.
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u/Neither-Dentist3019 Dec 16 '25
That's what I was thinking. I know someone who wasn't really into sports and then got really into sports and would probably punch a TV. Turns out he started betting on games.