OPINION: Betting ads a balancing act

Thursday, August 15, 2024 2:42 PM
  • Bill Shorten, The West Australian

We’ve all heard the saying that Australians would bet on two flies crawling down a wall if they could.

Two-up was played extensively by Australia’s soldiers during World War I and is now closely associated with Anzac Day commemorations.

The Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge were built, partially, on money from government lotteries.

We throw our $2 in for the office sweep for the Melbourne Cup or buy the occasional scratchie.

It’s all gambling.

Some of us can have that first-Tuesday-in-November flutter and not think about it again until the first Monday in November the following year.