{"id":33030,"date":"2022-08-29T05:54:02","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T08:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33030"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:26:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:26:05","slug":"71-of-australians-agree-that-tv-gambling-ads-should-be-banned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/71-of-australians-agree-that-tv-gambling-ads-should-be-banned","title":{"rendered":"71% of Australians agree that TV gambling ads should be banned"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Australia Institute has carried out a survey on whether television advertising for certain products should be allowed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Australia.-\u00a0<strong>The Australia Institute\u00a0<\/strong>has published the results of a new poll that found that seven in 10 Australians (71 per cent) believe that gambling ads on TV should be banned.\u00a0The 1,003 Australians surveyed also largely agreed that junk food advertising should be banned during children\u2019s programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Respondents were asked if they agreed or disagreed with five statements about advertising on TV:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ads for junk food should be banned during children&#8217;s viewing hours.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Gambling advertisements should be banned on Australian television.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Television advertisements promoting alcohol should be banned in Australia.&nbsp;<\/li><li>The advertising of fossil fuels on Australian television should be banned.<\/li><li>Advertisements for tobacco on Australian television should remain banned.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A majority of Australians of all voting intentions agreed that<strong> gambling ads on TV<\/strong> should be banned, with agreement highest among Independent\/Other, Greens and Labor voters (72 &#8211; 79 per cent).<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2022\/08\/Gambling-ads-survey.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-33031\" width=\"538\" height=\"543\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In Australia, ads for betting products are not permitted during TV programmes classified G or lower between 6am and 8.30am and 4pm and 7 pm, or in programmes directed at children between 5am and 8.30pm. Until 2018, these restrictions excluded sports broadcasts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, in May, a report from <strong>the Nielsen institute<\/strong>\u00a0revealed that\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-study-reveals-increase-in-gambling-ads-on-victorian-tv\" target=\"_blank\">gambling ads shown on TV<\/a>\u00a0in the state of Victoria had increased by 253 per cent since 2016. An average of 948 gambling ads were broadcast daily on free-to-air TV in Victoria in 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In April, Dr Aino Suomi, director of the Centre for Gambling Research at the Australian National University released\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/200000-australian-children-exposed-to-parental-gambling-study-finds\" target=\"_blank\">a study about gambling behaviours<\/a>\u00a0that found almost<strong>\u00a0200,000 Australian children\u00a0<\/strong>are exposed to moderate or serious levels of harmful gambling by a parent each year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Australia Institute has carried out a survey on whether television advertising for certain products should be allowed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"A recent survey by The Australia Institute indicates that 71% of Australians support a ban on gambling advertisements on television, reflecting strong public sentiment for stricter regulatory controls. This follows reports of a significant increase in gambling ad broadcasts in Victoria and studies highlighting children's exposure to parental harmful gambling. The findings signal potential for intensified regulatory scrutiny and policy shifts impacting iGaming operators' marketing strategies.","focusai_entities":"The Australia Institute, Nielsen institute, Dr Aino Suomi, Centre for Gambling Research at the Australian National University","focusai_location":"Australia, Victoria","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Response Timeline?","query":"What is the projected timeline for Australian regulatory bodies to respond to this public sentiment regarding a potential ban on gambling advertising, and what specific legislative actions are anticipated?"},{"label":"Operator Revenue Impact?","query":"What is the estimated financial impact on Australian B2C iGaming operators' gross gaming revenue (GGR) and net gaming revenue (NGR) if a comprehensive ban on television advertising is implemented, considering current marketing channel diversification?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,23876],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-33030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-social-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33030"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33035,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33030\/revisions\/33035"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}