The sports betting sector has proposed to stop advertising on football club jerseys amid a stand-off with the government over betting promotions. The industry has also suggested restrictions on radio advertisements and billboards near schools.
The sports betting sector has offered to remove logos from football club match-day jerseys amid an intense stand-off with the government over aCommunications Minister Michelle Rowland is preparing to announce curbs on TV, online and outdoor betting promotions and has been in talks with gambling, TV and sporting code executives.Alex Ellinghausen
Multiple sources said government officials involved in the talks had been asking questions about a milder intervention, favoured by media companies and bookmakers, that would limit the volume and frequency of advertisements. An option mooted by officials, sources said, was a limit of between one and three advertisements per hour, per TV channel.
Murphy said on Sunday: “While any reforms are welcome, what the evidence clearly shows is that nothing short of a complete ban on advertising is needed to tackle the scale of this problem.”A well-placed source said Rowland was attempting to thread the needle and would probably opt for the path of least resistance.
Comparing the gambling debate to that around tobacco, anti-gambling advocate Tim Costello said half-measures were tried in the form of warnings on cigarette packages, which were later ditched in favour of plain packaging.
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