Belgium Ministers Back Bill to Ban Gambling Ads by 2023

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Belgium Ministers Back Bill to Ban Gambling Ads by 2023
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Belgium wants to ban gambling advertising by the end of 2022 and betting firm-linked sports sponsorships by 2025.

Belgium's Deputy PM Petra De Sutter supports the ad ban proposal. The ban will apply to digital and traditional media including TV, radio, posters, in addition to email and mobile messages. It will come into effect by the end of 2022.

There are more than 100,000 problem gamblers in Belgium. A third of them have a severe addiction. Online gambling is on the rise among young people. Problem gambers and young bettors finance up to 40% of gambling companies' turnover in the country.

Belgium's government is considering a ban on gambling ads. The leader of the Reformist Movement (MR) Georges-Louis Bouchez is against the ban.