Decision makers we are targeting:

1. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
2. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
   
3. The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
   
4. The House Committee on Energy and Commerce

Our children are being targeted by predatory marketing, and our families are absorbing the fallout.

Right now, tech startups and prediction market platforms like Novig are using aggressive, hyper-sexualized marketing campaigns on platforms like YouTube and Instagram. By using explicit imagery and viral shock value, these corporations are pushing high-risk gambling platforms directly into the feeds of minors.

Using the objectification of women and real-world trauma as a stunt to drive corporate profits is unacceptable—especially during an era where women's safety and economic autonomy are already facing intense systemic regression.

This is a full-blown public health crisis operating entirely unchecked through legal loopholes.

Because platforms like Novig operate as "prediction markets" or utilize "sweepstakes" clauses rather than traditional sportsbooks, they are completely bypassing state gambling commissions. This legal gray area allows them to run aggressive, highly sexualized ads completely unchecked—even in states where traditional sports gambling is totally illegal. They are exploiting a lack of federal oversight to put predatory content directly in front of minors without any regulatory guardrails.

The unchecked explosion of frictionless, smartphone-based betting isn't just an advertising issue; it is a direct driver of household trauma. Landmark research from the University of Oregon proves that unexpected sporting losses cause an immediate 10% spike in intimate partner violence against women—and this violent escalation is statistically amplified in states that have legalized mobile betting platforms.

By weaponizing instant, smartphone-based access to financial ruin, these apps trap women in cycles of economic abuse, wiping out shared bank accounts and leaving victims without the financial means to escape dangerous relationships.

We are demanding that federal regulators and lawmakers step in immediately to enforce corporate accountability, protect our children, and secure the safety of women.

We demand Congress and Federal Regulators take immediate action on three fronts:

1. An Outright Ban on Mobile Sports Betting Ads: Follow the public safety models of countries like Australia and the United Kingdom by completely outlawing sports betting and prediction market commercials on social media and television, or restricting them strictly to late-night adult viewing hours.
2. Mandatory Automatic Account Locks: Force all digital betting platforms to implement legally binding "cool-down" loss limits. Stopping instant, high-volatility financial destruction on a smartphone stops the volatile domestic spikes that follow.
3. Establish a Federal "Gambling Toolkit" for Domestic Violence Shelters: Mandate that a fixed percentage of all state and federal tax revenues generated from sportsbooks be automatically diverted to fund crisis text lines, emergency housing, and financial autonomy grants for victims of gambling-fueled abuse.

When corporate tech platforms profit from viral exploitation while families absorb the physical and financial wreckage, the system is broken. We must regulate digital gambling with the same strict public safety guardrails we use for tobacco and alcohol.

Sign this petition to demand that Congress put human safety and child protection over corporate betting profits.