Australia to crack down on gambling ads after years of criticism

I'm from italy where we have a ban.

Some companies now make advertisements of news websites that it is clear are also part of a betting companies. For example, https://www.admiralbet.news/ has as other Google result the betting website. However, I do have to say it is still less than before and it's much better

Finally.

The deluge of gambling ads on TV during Friday night footy is absolutely appalling. There’s a very robust conduit for normalising sports gambling through advertisements around the broadcasts and it’s clearly influencing young adults. I’ve noticed a dramatic uptick in how common it is compared to when I was that age.

Gambling ads are to Australia what Pharmaceutical ads are to the USA.

Bold move limiting gambling ads to just three per hour. Next up light-touch bans on cigarettes where you can only smoke during ad breaks.

This is all I see on ad supporteed TV at night here in the UK. And half the time during the day. It's a serious problem coupled with, I assume, serious lobbyists here in the UK.

Let's hope that they don't burn someone else's house.

https://youtu.be/ZI3zaHUsgXg

https://youtu.be/jZivPIRvi0U

I'm from italy where we have a ban.

Gambling ads are to Australia what Pharmaceutical ads are to the USA.

This is all I see on ad supporteed TV at night here in the UK. And half the time during the day. It's a serious problem coupled with, I assume, serious lobbyists here in the UK.

Let's hope that they don't burn someone else's house.

https://youtu.be/ZI3zaHUsgXg

https://youtu.be/jZivPIRvi0U

Finally.

I nicknamed ESPN in the US EBetPN

Bold move limiting gambling ads to just three per hour. Next up light-touch bans on cigarettes where you can only smoke during ad breaks.

The ability for Sportsbet to deluge your feed with gambling remains unhindered. Their TikTok/Instagram ads are clever and unrelenting.

As a consequence there is a quiet crisis in young people, 18-30, deeply in debt, working second and third jobs so that they have a bit more money to gamble.

I'd strongly support a year-based ban on cigarette purchases.

Set the purchase birth year to the current age 18. So DOB 2008 if done today, if you're born 2009 or later you can't buy smokes at all ever.

Within two generations we'd largely eliminate smoking. Within three cigarettes would be amongst impossible to get. Great public health initiative.

I nicknamed ESPN in the US EBetPN

The ability for Sportsbet to deluge your feed with gambling remains unhindered. Their TikTok/Instagram ads are clever and unrelenting.

As a consequence there is a quiet crisis in young people, 18-30, deeply in debt, working second and third jobs so that they have a bit more money to gamble.

I'd strongly support a year-based ban on cigarette purchases.

Set the purchase birth year to the current age 18. So DOB 2008 if done today, if you're born 2009 or later you can't buy smokes at all ever.

Within two generations we'd largely eliminate smoking. Within three cigarettes would be amongst impossible to get. Great public health initiative.

I smoke maybe a pack a year at best. I can’t buy smokes because some nuffies don’t like it? Take a hike.

Why stop there? Government mandated fitness programs too. Government meals. Calories in and out perfectly controlled by government scientists. Start getting over weight your food ration is cut and you have double duty in the fitness camp. Caught with illegal unaccounted for food? Straight to jail. Obesity solved in probably 6 months. Trillions saved in healthcare costs and hundreds of millions of early deaths avoided.

The UK is supposedly doing exactly this. As are a few other places.

I smoke maybe a pack a year at best. I can’t buy smokes because some nuffies don’t like it? Take a hike.

The UK is supposedly doing exactly this. As are a few other places.

Smoking affects surrounding people much more than the above

Seatbelts, speed limits, laws against property and personal crime, workplace safety regulations,

All government overreach, eh?

Smoking affects surrounding people much more than the above

Seatbelts, speed limits, laws against property and personal crime, workplace safety regulations,

All government overreach, eh?

16 hours ago

Tiffanie TurnbullSydney

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Australia has the highest per capita gambling losses in the world

The Australian government has announced long-awaited gambling advertising reforms, after years of public pressure.

The suite of measures will further limit when and where gambling ads can appear, as well as who can star in them - but it stops short of a full ban, which had cross-party support and the backing of a range of community groups.

Restrictions have been fiercely opposed by powerful gambling agencies, as well as media firms and sports organisations who feared a steep revenue hit.

Australians lose more money to gambling, per capita, than anywhere else in the world.

A number of countries - like Italy, Belgium and Spain - have introduced total or near-total bans on gambling advertising, and a parliamentary inquiry weighing up reform in Australia recommended similar more than 1000 days ago.

In a speech to the National Press Club on Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government was "getting the balance right" with this package.

"Letting adults have a punt if they want to, but making sure our children don't see betting ads everywhere they look."

Under the reforms, from January 1:

TV ads from betting agencies will be capped at three per hour, between 6am and 8:30pm, and banned completely from any live sports broadcasts during those hours
Gambling ads will be banned from radio during school pick-up and drop-off times
Celebrities and sports players will not be permitted to appear in gambling advertising
Gambling ads on online platforms will be banned, unless people have a logged in account, are over 18 and have the option to opt-out
Gambling ads will be outlawed in sports venues and on players' and officials' uniforms

The government will also crack down on illegal, offshore gaming sites, and ban more types of online gambling - like Keno and apps and websites modelled on poker machines.

The measures have already prompted backlash from voices in the gambling industry.

In a statement, Responsible Wagering Australia - the peak body for betting agencies - said the new measures are "draconian" and set a "dangerous precedent".

"Today it's gambling advertising, tomorrow it's alcohol, then it's sugary drinks, fast food, critical minerals and who knows what else comes next," chief executive Kai Cantwell said.

He accused the government of blindsiding a sector that supports 30,000 jobs and "provides critical funding to sport, racing and broadcast industries".

A spokesperson from Sportsbet - one of Australia's biggest agencies - said they were concerned the "overly blunt" restrictions could have "unintended consequences", like driving more Australians towards illegal offshore betting which isn't limited by the same conditions.

"Sportsbet recognises changing community sentiment on gambling advertising and has already taken proactive steps."

Many of those advocating for change were also unhappy, believing the proposed changes don't go far enough.

"Imagine three cigarette ads per hour," Reverend Tim Costello said.

"Australian children deserve to grow up in a country that puts their wellbeing before corporate profits."

His Alliance for Gambling Reform were among groups calling for a full gambling advertising ban on the web and broadcast platforms, and the establishment of a national industry regulator.

Similarly, Australian Medical Association vice-president Julian Rait in a statement declared that "partial bans do not work".

"Anything less than a comprehensive ban will continue to expose Australians - especially children - to relentless gambling promotion," he said in a statement.

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