Russell Crowe

Now you get the sting.

The thing is, with what we do in Australia, like the newspapers, like network news services, we allow betting ads.

It is so all-prevailing.

I had an experience probably a year or two ago, and I see my two boys are talking to a mate of theirs, and they've all got their phones out.

And I realized they were checking up on their bets.

So I had to have a big conversation with my boys and say, look, every single dollar that you have comes out of my pocket.

And if I give you a dollar, that's not a dollar to gamble with.

I had to have a very serious conversation with them about it.

I don't care if you think it's fun.

You've got to actually see it for what it is.

Because what's $5 or $10 now?

is easily going to turn into $400 or $500 in a minute, $1,000.

Sooner or later, you will allow yourself to think that this thing is beyond fun and it's a way for you to earn back your losses or whatever.

So I just had to have a chat with them, and they were –

Probably looking at me going, how old is our father that he doesn't understand that everybody does this?

But I just had to let him know from my point of view.

I didn't appreciate them taking my hard-earned dollars and wasting them.

I get it.

I don't need it.

If I'm into the sport, I want to see the game.