1. You did not want to make this ad. You'd much rather put that money into paying Kevin Hart and Jamie Foxx and ESPN hosts to blather about how SuperAwesomeAmazingFunAndEasy gambling on sporting events is. A "system?" Yeah, the only system you're interested in is the one that provides the App and takes the money.
2. "I set up a one hour a week time limit on FanDuel." First, you have to set this up- it's not the default. The default is to stay on as long as you want. And what happens if you want to go beyond that time limit? Is it just a matter of turning it off like the "Do Not Disturb" option on your phone. I'll give you +400 that it is. That's a joke.
Is an hour a week a long time to be spending making bets? Isn't the whole program super-easy to navigate? If you decide how you want to bet in advance, it seems to me that an hour means a lot of placing of a lot of bets.
3. "I set limits so I only bet what I can afford." Yeah, right. Who decides what a gambling addict "can afford?" Isn't this like trusting a drunk to limit his alcohol consumption? How many smokers successfully "limit" themselves to a certain number of cigarettes per day? And again- how powerful is the "lock" an individual places on his maximum? Is that "limit" just a swipe away from vanishing when the itch becomes too strong not to scratch?
And the image of two men who obviously live in substantial suburban homes, obviously intended to send the message that gambling is something that financially stable, SUCCESSFUL guys do with no impact on their financial stability...ok then.
Come on, FanDuel. There's no safe level of heroin intake. You can't play Russian Roulette "in moderation." The only "safety feature" you can add to your phone is one that prevents gambling apps from being downloaded. Like Thermonuclear War, the only winning move is....not to play.
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