Quote Originally Posted by Messenger View Post
On the back page of The Age today
Peter Ryan makes the following point

When I fell in love with the sport, most races were bet upon and shown at the TAB, the weekend punter making his trip to the TAB before listening to the nags on the radio at home.
Now, racing is broadcast constantly, bets can be laid on phones easily and the advertising is so thick and constant that a perfectly reasonable response from a parent is to shield their children from betting ...

No doubt the perks we enjoy nowadays are not all bad but his point about advertising is IMO a valid one
What's his point mean though?