Live: WATCH: Saturday Night Live Spoofs Sports Betting Ads
Football season may be over, but the sports betting ads continue. As sports betting legalization has swept the country, a typical fan has become inundated with commercials touting bonuses and how to get in on the action.
Over the weekend, a Saturday Night Live parody took that to a new level – mixing betting with the struggles of problem gambling, albeit in a humorous way.
The ad brought plenty of the explosions and energy one might find in these types of commercials, while ironically advertising the dark side of gambling addiction.
“We all know a friend who struggles with online gambling – a friend who’s on the verge of losing everything. His house, his family, his entire life,” the ad notes. “Now you can bet on exactly how he’ll lose it all with Rock Bottom Kings.”
The faux betting p...