World Cup: Singapore anti-gambling ad backfires

[Beeroclock]

http://www.theguardian.com/football/2014/jul/09/singapore-anti-gambling-ad-germany-world-cup

[zzm9980]

Haha nice

[ecureilx]

Haha nice

and some netizens have made it like the govt is promoting Gambling ... :p

and some comments directed to the ministers are hilarious to say the least

welcome to Singapore ......

[Mi Amigo]

Can't stand football, but this did make me laugh...

[JR8]

https://sg.sports.yahoo.com/news/singap ... 00182.html
'Singapore gambling addiction ad gets lampooned on Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon'


Hehehe.... some minion is going to get taken out back of the palace and shot...

p.s. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hc3L0-vRpHM
'World Cup 2014 Singapore Anti gambling Ad Joke Parody (Chinese) #MyFather #我爸'

[Fortan]

Adds against gambling and casinos being build and more to come. Standards are good but double standards are twice as good....

[JR8]

Expect an Op/Ed piece about this Fail in the ST this weekend.

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[bro75]

Lucky kid!

[zzm9980]

Lucky kid!

Apparently not.
http://blogs.wsj.com/searealtime/2014/0 ... ld-cup-win

[JR8]

http://www.todayonline.com/sports/footb ... ambling-ad
'New spin to World Cup anti-gambling ad'

= face-save exercise...


The new ad, print rather than video this time...

http://www.ncpg.org.sg/en/Pages/home.aspx

[ScoobyDoes]

= face-save exercise...

Credit where it's due..... it's a good save.

[JR8]

The visions I have of them (those 'staffs' that dreamt up the ad) praying that Germany would NOT win, at 4am, as the clock ticked down minute by minute really make me laugh. One of the original ads was posted somewhere I pass every day - how the tension rose day by day in the run-up, yet they never seemed to register the risk of the coming PR issue until it happened...

And then how they must have had a super-crisis-meeting over what to do...

Back home in such a situation, the mess-up, if it happened, would have been addressed with irony. Here it is amended with a blank face. Maybe that's why I'm not persuaded (i.e. 'when you've already dug yourself a hole, stop digging!).

I suspect they'll be a little more cautious next time they're implying predictions...

[Beeroclock]

I suspect they'll be a little more cautious next time they're implying predictions...

At least not to pick one of the favourites !

[JR8]

I suspect they'll be a little more cautious next time they're implying predictions...

At least not to pick one of the favourites !

Wah, 'Daddy bet all of my money on Singapore to win!'

- Guaranteed not to win
- Clear suggestion of 'Daddy having a significant (if not delusional) problem'
- Patriotic too though, strikes a chord in the Heartlands.
- Even plausible

[the lynx]

I still think the new ad is a good move though! If you're thinking from community service advertisement perspective, they really meant to drive the message home against gambling.