How do you convince yourself?

[Ninja16]

I have been doing aff marketing couple years. As I see my brother actually addicted to betting from his teen ages I question the business a lot lately whether its ethical? How do you get over this feeling?

[Malikbhai]

It's not ethical. Neither are people who are into selling cigs, alcohol, drugs etc.

We profit from addiction. That's it.

If you got problems with ethics, selling gambling products isn't for you.

[patdog]

I have bills to pay.

[dannyx]

You can promote operators where you earn more if the player wins, then you try to attract winning professional and informed players.

[NoDepositCasinos]

You can promote operators where you earn more if the player wins, then you try to attract winning professional and informed players.

I think this is an excellent option. You could also include quality information (beyond responsible gambling badges) about the risks of betting and warning signs to identify when it's becoming a problem.

[TheGooner]

Cars crash - are automotive workers responsible?
Fast food causes obesity and death - are wait staff and servers responsible ?
Industrial outputs cause man made climate change and health issues - are all factory workers responsible ?
Alcohol causes deaths - Are you going to ban beer, wines and spirits because a small group abuse a substance that is pleasurable for the vast majority of users?

Even the well meaning charities and religions have negative effects on peoples self reliance and desire to make change in their lives.

Every activity has unintended negatives for groups of people - if you warn people about the negatives that's probably the best you can do.

[universal4]

Fast food causes obesity and death - are wait staff and servers responsible ?

So it IS the waiters fault I have to buy new pants?

Can I sue and make him pay?

Rick
Universal4

[DaftDog]

Can I sue and make him pay?

Rick
Universal4

You're in the US aren't you? So partake in another local addiction and sue the pants off him.

[dannyx]

In contrast, the ethics at the country level are as follows:

Offshore betting/casino that cannot be taxed cause terrible damage to public health and increase the number of addicts. Such sites should be blocked for the sake of citizens, so they don't lose money.

Betting "legal" country monopolies, licensed sites do not cause addiction to citizens or damage to society. People can lose their money there without fear. Their health and finances are not affected. Such sites should not be blocked.

[eenzoo]

I made my first million as an affiliate in the porn, dating space. referred binary option accounts and sending players to casinos.
And I living a good life. Should I screw down my lifestyle, the lifestyle of my family because others can't handle his own life and money?
for sure not! And very very honest I'm feeling good!

[Mattbar]

If you are getting traffic through search then the people landing on your site already have the motivation to bet and gamble they are just looking for more information.

If you provide genuinely useful information and advice and you refer people to quality sites that won’t screw them over then you are providing a service. Ultimately if your site is not there then it will be someone else’s, perhaps with far less ethics than you have. They might not give good advice and they might refer people to shady operators.

Gambling is legal in most places now, governments tax it, people enjoy betting, a fraction take it too far and have issues. You are not responsible for that, you are only responsible for the advice and service you provide through your portals.

You can very much promote legal gambling in an ethical way and you can promote it in a completely unethical way - like the non-gamstop stuff. Just because you are an affiliate doesn't make you unethical, there are many shades of grey.

[allfreechips]

I need money to buy bourbon, its all equals out

[dannyx]

If you are getting traffic through search then the people landing on your site already have the motivation to bet and gamble they are just looking for more information.

If you provide genuinely useful information and advice and you refer people to quality sites that won’t screw them over then you are providing a service. Ultimately if your site is not there then it will be someone else’s, perhaps with far less ethics than you have. They might not give good advice and they might refer people to shady operators.

Gambling is legal in most places now, governments tax it, people enjoy betting, a fraction take it too far and have issues. You are not responsible for that, you are only responsible for the advice and service you provide through your portals.

You can very much promote legal gambling in an ethical way and you can promote it in a completely unethical way - like the non-gamstop stuff. Just because you are an affiliate doesn't make you unethical, there are many shades of grey.

He signs off on this. It is one thing to have a presence in search results and another to advertise aggressively.

Of course, sports betting is also gambling and there are certainly a large number of compulsive sports gamblers. However, it seems to me that it is easier to ethically promote sports than a casino. It's hard for me to comment on casinos as I have no idea about it.

[xecutable]

I have been doing aff marketing couple years. As I see my brother actually addicted to betting from his teen ages I question the business a lot lately whether its ethical? How do you get over this feeling?

The keyword here is addicted not gambling. Any sort of addiction, be that to gambling, drugs, alcohol, _____ fill in the blank is self-destructive.

TheGooner had a great quote from many years ago, that I've even saved as it was so simple and true, couldn't have said it better:

"I'm comfortable that I provide a viable and valuable service connecting adults who want to gamble with safe, secure and reliable operators"

Overall you are promoting to adults who should have a grip on their financial life, and treat gambling as the leisure activity it is. You stopping won't change those who are irresponsible, but if you feel uncomfortable getting paid for your online efforts, by all means stop and find something you feel comfortable with.

[mickyfu]

I don't need to convince myself that it is good. I just need to convince my self that there are far worse people out there than me. For example Ronald McDonald and Kenny Alexander.

[Cash Bonus]

I don't need to convince myself that it is good. I just need to convince my self that there are far worse people out there than me.

Exactly right, mate, and the fact that the cost of living is on the rise along with the bills, that I really must pay. I still have a rates bill to pay in the amount of nearly $500, that's due in mid May.

[Pokerface]

I have worked in other industries where there can be addiction. I never used the products, I don't even gamble, but look at it that I am marketing a legal product. Often I don't even think of the actual product but the activities and processes required.

As long as I am marketing a legal product or service in a legal manner I don't have a problem.

[iso2009]

I deal only with sports betting. Some users might also play in the casino, but it's pretty rare.

From the many months I had with a negative balance (sometimes at minus 20-30k), I can say it's more or less like investing on the stock market, forex trading, crypto etc. People win or lose, it's their own decision what they do with the money.

For many of these winning players, I never got back the money from them.

I won and lost lots of money on the stock market (prior to 2008 and in 2008-2009), but I don't blame the broker for losing.


For casinos it was a different story, I tried a bit with offshore US gambling during the pandemic and the results were just pure profit. I'm not sure how I feel about it.

[SoftirinaSD]

As a rule, I analyze the information and try to apply logic and reason to make a decision. Sometimes it helps