AFL clubs and hotels target children with gambling products
In a move that may potentially groom children for gambling in clubs, the AFL have replaced their "footy cards", with casino gambling chips - with the cute name of "chipz".
Notwithstanding the fact that this is appalling bad taste, its the type
of ethically challenged bahaviour we have come to expect from the types
of venues and clubs leveraged by contact broadcast sport and
gambling.
This follows on from the example set by "family man" David Elliott
from the NSW AHA, who started the year by espousing the
AHA strategy of targeting gambling products at children in the
Sydney Morning Herald:
"Keno is the same market as lotto and bingo so you'll find elderly
patrons will play it. Because it's a lot like lotto, you'll find the
whole family wanting to play also - picking mum and dad's birthday, the
kid's ages as their chosen numbers and so on,"
"Keno is going to become one of those passive games that will be
embraced by families and others enjoying a Saturday or Sunday afternoon
out in the hotel beer garden".