{"id":777008038,"date":"2023-08-09T07:49:23","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T10:49:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008038"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:13:30","slug":"australia-anti-gambling-campaigner-pushes-for-total-ad-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/australia-anti-gambling-campaigner-pushes-for-total-ad-ban","title":{"rendered":"Australia: anti-gambling campaigner pushes for total ad ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tim Costello of the Alliance for Gambling Reform rejects claims that a gambling ad ban would hurt free TV.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Australia.- Reverend\u00a0Tim Costello<\/strong>, chief advocate of the Alliance for Gambling Reform<\/strong>, has again called for a complete ban on gambling ads. Costello said gambling ads can influence young people. Independent MPs\u00a0Zoe Daniel<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kate Chaney\u00a0<\/strong>have also called for stringent restrictions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A parliamentary inquiry recommended a comprehensive ban but major media companies, including Seven West Media, Nine Entertainment and Network 10, are campaigning against the possibility. Free TV Australia<\/a>\u00a0is advocating for ad frequency caps instead.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to The Guardian, Costello said broadcasters were “lobbying heavily”, but he believed the government had “options”, including taxing foreign sports betting operators to support free-to-air channels and cutting the AU$45m in spectrum fees they pay.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs’\u00a0inquiry into online gambling<\/a>\u00a0made 31 recommendations<\/strong>, including\u00a0a phased ban on all advertisements<\/a>\u00a0that direct people to gambling websites and apps. The ban would be introduced over three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Australian politicians\u00a0Barnaby Joyce<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Keith Pitt<\/strong>\u00a0have voiced opposition to the proposal. They said\u00a0the industry can be effectively regulated with less severe measures<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Tim Costello of the Alliance for Gambling Reform rejects claims that a gambling ad ban would hurt free TV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":11554,"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 parliamentary inquiry in Australia has recommended a phased, comprehensive ban on gambling advertisements, drawing strong opposition from major media companies and some politicians, while advocates like Tim Costello support it. The debate includes proposals for alternative funding for free-to-air channels, such as taxing foreign sports betting operators, to mitigate the financial impact of an ad ban.","focusai_entities":"Tim Costello, Alliance for Gambling Reform, Zoe Daniel, Kate Chaney, Seven West Media, Nine Entertainment, Network 10, Free TV Australia, The Guardian, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs, Barnaby Joyce, Keith Pitt","focusai_location":"Australia","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Operator GGR?","query":"What is the projected financial impact on Australian iGaming operators' Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) if a phased advertising ban is fully implemented?"},{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Challenges?","query":"What specific challenges might Australian regulators face in enforcing a comprehensive gambling advertising ban, particularly concerning foreign sports betting operators and digital media?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16336,156],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-777008038","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\/777008038","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=777008038"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008038\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008057,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008038\/revisions\/777008057"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008038"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008038"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008038"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}