Betting and "Anti-betting"

Just a brief blog post today, again TV related. Aussies call the TV set "telly." It is quite common to see TV ads for sports betting. This happens mostly during the Australian Open and Melbourne Cup on the main TV channels. Occasionally, these ads appear also during the footy (Australian rules football) season. In the meantime, since gambling is allowed in many places in Australia, many people's lives are destroyed by addiction to gambling. So there are the ads for organizations helping those with a gambling problem... To make a silly parallel, since I perceive betting on sports as a sort of gambling, too, imagine watching one of the reality shows like "The biggest loser," yet, all the ads shown during the program focus on marketing junk food... Changing subject again, today's picture is that of an emu, our local ostrich. It's not agressive, but often inquisitive.