Why is Pennsylvania using a children’s game to advertise gambling?
The Game of Life, the family board game marketed to children 8 and up, has been used by the Pennsylvania Lottery on billboards, in commercials, and in grocery stores advertising a scratch-off with the top prize of $1 million. (The odds of winning? 1 in 1.68 million, worse than the odds of being struck by lightning.)
This type of appeal is an example of a troubling pattern in Pennsylvania where the gap between marketing schemes and moral guardrails is wider than the PA Grand Canyon. This isn’t simply about whether someone has the freedom to gamble. It’s about an in-your-face gambling culture and whether the…