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I hate the Paddy Power ads on during this World Cup

  • 25-06-2018 03:53PM
    #1
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭


    They are horrible. All about acting the mad lad and being great craic altogether. When the reality is all they do is take your money.

    Now I like betting. I'll do a small one most days of this World Cup. But there feels like something really toxic or morally wrong with the way betting companies market themselves. It feels very deceptive and I don't like it.

    So I want Paddy Powers marketing team to piss off. Please.


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  • #2
    Adamocovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,292 ✭✭✭Adamocovic


    Some cheek from Paddy Power. Should know better than to advertise to you.


  • #3
    Sabre0001
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,499 ✭✭✭Sabre0001


    And just like that, their job is done

    🤪



  • #4
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,907 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    You beauty...


  • #5
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    And as for those Maroon 5 pricks....


  • #6
    Adamocovic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,292 ✭✭✭Adamocovic


    Gambler hates gambling ads. What are the odds?



    Seriously what are the odds here? Time to make a bit of extra cash.


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  • #7
    Pa8301
    Closed Accounts Posts: 542 ✭✭✭Pa8301


    super_furry wrote: »
    And as for those Maroon 5 pricks....

    That ad really gets on my nerves, apart from the brief glimpse of the pretty lady in the blue and white shirt and short shorts.


  • #8
    super_furry
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,387 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    I do think there should be a watershed of 10pm when it comes to gambling adverts on TV. Children watching sports are normalised to gambling and bookies before they can even play football.


  • #9
    verycool
    Closed Accounts Posts: 965 ✭✭✭verycool


    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2057656979


  • #10
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,847 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Dr. Bre wrote: »
    You beauty...

    That you, Ruby?


  • #11
    cavemeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 593 ✭✭✭cavemeister


    I cannot stand the amount of gambling adverts on TV at the moment. Was watching some show with the other half a few weeks ago - It was one of her shows, defo a female target audience. Well, I was shocked by the amount of adverts for online casinos for women.. Pink this casino, pink that casino, fluffy this betting etc.. All they do is get people addicted, hoover up all their money and spit them out at Gamblers anonymous minus a house and a family.

    I think all online gambling should be illegal.


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  • #12
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    super_furry wrote: »
    I do think there should be a watershed of 10pm when it comes to gambling adverts on TV. Children watching sports are normalised to gambling and bookies before they can even play football.
    Agree with this. They should be banished to the late night wastelands, to roam among the party line and shoddy sex toy adverts.


  • #13
    murpho999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,937 ✭✭✭✭murpho999


    The gambling ads are going to be the next big social issue like smoking and drinking and the ads will be eventually banned.


  • #14
    glenfieldman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,058 ✭✭✭glenfieldman


    This is a photo of the Paddy Power wall chart


  • #15
    GavRedKing
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 53,267 ✭✭✭✭GavRedKing


    If you stopped at "I hate Paddy Power ads", you would have been correct.

    They're all awful, the lad banter sh*te they try and engage in is painful.


  • #16
    Popeleo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 423 ✭✭Popeleo


    super_furry wrote: »
    And as for those Maroon 5 pricks....

    Surely we would all spend a few thousand euro extra to get a car that would protect our children from Maroon 5.
    It seems complicated, involving a drone somehow, but that must give it a greater anti-Maroon range.

    Bravo Hyundai!! Get the message out there.


  • #17
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    super_furry wrote: »
    And as for those Maroon 5 pricks....

    That ad fills me with rage. It really does. Christ I fcuking hate it. I wish a dose of the trots on that hipster looking fcukbag Adam Levine. Absolute ****-knuckes in that ad and nothing else. Kill them all with fire. Thank you for your time.


  • #18
    jobless
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭jobless


    agree the poster about it being normalised for kids even before they are old enough to kick a ball... defo needs a watershed time


  • #19
    Ulysses Gaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,570 ✭✭✭Ulysses Gaze


    Omackeral wrote: »
    That ad fills me with rage. It really does. Christ I fcuking hate it. I wish a dose of the trots on that hipster looking fcukbag Adam Levine. Absolute ****-knuckes in that ad and nothing else. Kill them all with fire. Thank you for your time.

    Someone should issue a Fatwa on that weasel faced cnut.


  • #20
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Pa8301 wrote: »
    That ad really gets on my nerves, apart from the brief glimpse of the pretty lady in the blue and white shirt and short shorts.

    She's a gee-bag too. What's she doing gawking like that. Imbecile. Stalking that family, specifically the child. She's a kunt muffin.


  • #21
    EagererBeaver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,999 ✭✭✭EagererBeaver


    Paddy Power's marketing is lowest denominator ****e. Aimed at the sort of idiot who watched/watches Soccer AM and thinks Transfer Deadline Day is an actual thing to look forward to, to the extent they plan it out and get the beers and crisps in so they can sit up and watch Jim White.


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  • #22
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,275 ✭✭✭Your Face


    A lot of people buy in to that lad culture banter sfuff and Paddy Power know who they can make the most money off of.


  • #23
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    Pa8301 wrote: »
    That ad really gets on my nerves, apart from the brief glimpse of the pretty lady in the blue and white shirt and short shorts.

    That ad is so out of taste. The girl moments from getting wiped out when trying to open her car door, to Maroon 5 singing and smiling. It's nearly making a joke of the car safety features.


  • #24
    al87987
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 746 ✭✭✭al87987


    PP twitter is excellent, the ads not so much.

    Don't like the blaming of the company for problem gamblers though, I don't blame Mcdonalds advertising for all the fat people around.

    Bit of self-control and responsibility never hurt anybody.


  • #25
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    al87987 wrote: »
    PP twitter is excellent, the ads not so much.

    Don't like the blaming of the company for problem gamblers though, I don't blame Mcdonalds advertising for all the fat people around.

    Bit of self-control and responsibility never hurt anybody.

    And I don't blame alcohol adverts for people being alcoholics. But having these ads on during the day while impressionable kids will be watching the football is morally wrong.

    I'm all for people making their own decisions in life, but only adults. Children need to be kept out of it.


  • #26
    BoroMan32
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 623 ✭✭✭BoroMan32


    Your Face wrote: »
    A lot of people buy in to that lad culture banter sfuff and Paddy Power know who they can make the most money off of.

    Precisely. They target everything at the younger gambler these days; have a look at any Powers shop and they're putting in as many of the betting machines as they can - and it's all young lads doing soccer and sports bet on them.


  • #27
    sexmag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,303 ✭✭✭sexmag


    I'm sick of this now, mods can you close the thread please?


  • #28
    sbsquarepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,810 ✭✭✭✭sbsquarepants


    Pa8301 wrote: »
    That ad really gets on my nerves, apart from the brief glimpse of the pretty lady in the blue and white shirt and short shorts.

    I'm not quite sure what her point is, but she has a very nice bum, so that'll do I suppose:D


  • #29
    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,009 ✭✭✭Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo


    sexmag wrote: »
    I'm sick of this now, mods can you close the thread please?

    Lol. And why are you making such a demand?


  • #30
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 32,956 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo wrote: »
    Lol. And why are you making such a demand?

    This is unrelated but can you thank this post? When you thank a post, it always looks like about 3 people are thanking it.


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  • #31
    Chaos Tourist
    Closed Accounts Posts: 207 ✭✭Chaos Tourist


    I try to limit my exposure to ads whenever I can -- rarely watch TV. Avoiding ads is great. Most of them are boring. If only there were ad blockers for regular TV.


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