{"id":777005171,"date":"2023-05-12T12:58:31","date_gmt":"2023-05-12T15:58:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005171"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:03:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:03:18","slug":"new-call-for-ban-on-gambling-ads-during-televised-sports-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/new-call-for-ban-on-gambling-ads-during-televised-sports-in-australia","title":{"rendered":"New call for ban on gambling ads during televised sports in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Australia should copy the UK model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Opposition leader Peter Dutton<\/strong> has added his voice to calls for a ban on gambling ads during televised sports. He said ads were bombarding Australians during family time and normalising gambling, from a young age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dutton proposed the introduction of a ban that would prevent sportsbooks from promoting their products during sports broadcasts, and an hour before and after an event airs. He said the initiative, which was introduced by the Betting and Gaming Council in the UK, would protect Australian customers from gambling harm and preserve the country’s culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In March, a report<\/a> from the Australian Gambling Research Centre <\/strong>at the Australian Institute of Family Studies<\/strong> (AIFS) revealed a link between exposure to betting advertising and riskier gambling behaviour. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The survey of 1,765 people found that 78 per cent of Australian adults had seen or heard sports and\/or race betting advertising at least once a week in the past 12 months, with two in five (41 per cent) being exposed four or more times a week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, exposure to wagering advertising had the greatest impact on young people aged 18 to 34 and people at risk of gambling harm. One in five young women and one in seven young men started betting for the first time after seeing or hearing an ad on TV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also: <\/strong>AFL to review restrictions on gambling ads following criticism<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Opposition leader Peter Dutton says Australia should copy the UK model.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22974,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Australia's Opposition leader, Peter Dutton, advocates for a ban on gambling advertisements during televised sports, mirroring a UK initiative by the Betting and Gaming Council. This proposal, driven by concerns over gambling harm and normalization, follows research linking ad exposure to riskier betting behaviors, particularly among young demographics. The move signals potential significant regulatory shifts impacting B2C operators and the broader iGaming advertising landscape in Australia.","focusai_entities":"Peter Dutton, Betting and Gaming Council, Australian Gambling Research Centre, Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), AFL","focusai_location":"Australia, UK","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.85), marketing_crm (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"What UK model specifics?","query":"What specific elements of the UK's Betting and Gaming Council's voluntary advertising code is Peter Dutton proposing Australia adopt, and how do these compare to existing Australian regulatory frameworks?"},{"label":"Operator revenue impact?","query":"What is the projected GGR and NGR impact on Australian B2C sports betting operators if a comprehensive ban on televised sports advertising is implemented, and how might this affect their marketing ROI and customer acquisition costs?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-777005171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-australasia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005171","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=777005171"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005192,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005171\/revisions\/777005192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}