Australian rugby league chief Peter V’landys and AFL boss Andrew Dillon are using their sway with political leaders to stop a total digital ad ban.
The AFL and NRL have launched a last-ditch attempt to protect their business models from a far-reaching federal plan to ban gambling advertising across all digital platforms, fearing the changes will slash revenue from their websites and apps and hurt community sport.
The sports boss, who has a relationship with Albanese and joined him at a state dinner at the White House last year, said the prime minister was doing his best to take a balanced approach.“Nothing makes sense especially when you consider that problem gambling on lotteries alone is more than problem gambling on both racing and sports,” he said.“Rather than suppressing the majority, let’s have a greater focus on how we can help those with an addiction problem.
Public Health Association of Australia CEO Terry Slevin wants the airwaves ridded of gambling promotions. Government officials are consulting on a total digital ban because they doubt age limits could be enforced across the internet, even though Labor wants to “It’s just everywhere. I mean, I follow a lot of sport: I watch rugby league, I watch cricket, I watch the Olympics, I watch it all, and it’s just everywhere. It’s too much,” Howard said.Spending on poker machines was far greater, at $191.2 billion, despite the stricter controls on the promotion of gaming machines at casinos, clubs and pubs.
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