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Video games are a gateway drug to gambling

The ready accessibility of online gambling across time zones means Australians can "always find something to gamble on," an expert has warned as a new survey finds advertising, video game gambling, and gaming livestreams are training youths to gamble from an early age. With video games now an "inherently social activity" and gamers interacting with…
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Advertising drives online gambling among young Australians

Gambling features such as loot boxes in video games and sports betting are the most popular forms of online gambling among young adults in the ACT, with many introduced to it before the age of 18, according to a new report from The Australian National University (ANU). The study asked 38 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 about their…
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Social Media Ads Fuel Online Gambling in Young Australians

Gambling features such as loot boxes in video games and sports betting are the most popular forms of online gambling among young adults in the ACT, with many introduced to it before the age of 18, according to a new study from The Australian National University (ANU). The study asked 38 young people between the ages of 18 and 25 about their online…
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Malta Independent

How Australia's gambling culture shapes national identity

Gambling is one of the most popular pastimes around the world. Australia is no exception. As time goes by the number of gamblers in the country increases more and more. Today gambling forms an important part of social activities. In these activities, Australians are actively engaged. For example, a large number of people play poker, and lotteries,…
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Massive change coming to online gambling in Australia

Labor will introduce laws banning the use of credit cards for online gambling in line with existing rules for betting in pubs, clubs and casinos. The Australian Communications and Media Authority would be given greater powers to enforce the ban, which would apply to wagering services with Australian licences. The Albanese government will on Friday…
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Gambling advertising restrictions: Tabcorp pushes to reduce gambling harm

The world's biggest sports betting companies are targeting punters on platforms such as TikTok, YouTube and Spotify, as the government says it will scrutinise social media platforms as well as traditional television networks. Gambling businesses, sports codes and regulators will front a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling on Tuesday, with…
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Asia bulletin: Australian sporting authorities reject greater regulation of online gambling

The Coalition of Major Professional and Participation Sports (Compps) has told a federal parliamentary inquiry that current advertising and broadcast restrictions are sufficient alongside action by individual sporting codes. Jo Setright, Compps' executive director of policy, said the existing arrangements strike the right balance between "the…
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Gambling: Children given unrealistic view of real-life gambling through exposure to gaming apps, websites, researchers warn

Children given unrealistic view of real-life gambling through exposure to gaming apps, websites, researchers warn Children and adolescents are exposed to growing risks from online games that make them more likely to graduate to harmful or addictive gambling, according to researchers who are calling for stronger federal rules over "predatory"…
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Are gambling ads destined to go the way of tobacco ads?

Nationals leader David Littleproud is quick to emphasise he is no wowser when it comes to gambling; he enjoys a punt here and there. But when he sits down to watch the NRL with his three sons (aged seven, nine and 16), he, like many Australians, is disturbed by the barrage of sports betting advertising blasted into the living room. "It grates on me…
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ACMA Finds Two Australian Broadcasting Networks in Violation of Gambling Advertising Rules

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) announced that two major Australian commercial free-to-air television networks - Seven Network (also known as Channel Seven) and Nine Network, which is the second highest-rated television network in the country after Seven Network - were found to have violated gambling advertising rules.…
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ACMA Finds Two Australian Broadcasting Networks in Violation of Gambling Advertising Rules
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Seven breached rules by airing gambling ads during Olympics coverage, Acma finds

The Seven Network aired 49 betting promotions during its Olympics coverage last year in breach of broadcasting rules that dictate that no gambling advertising can be shown during sporting events. The broadcaster was also found to have made gambling advertisements available on its live stream of the Olympics, according to an investigation by the…
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Online Gambling to Be Put Under the Microscope

The Australian government will scrutinise online betting and its effect on people with problematic gambling behaviour amid growing concerns about the widespread presence of online gambling platforms in Australians' lives. The House of Representatives' social policy and legal affairs committee launched the inquiry into online gambling on Sep. 15…
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Online gambling inquiry on the cards

An inquiry into online gambling will look at advertising on social media, sponsorships and branding. (Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS) Online betting will be put under the microscope as a parliamentary inquiry targets its impact on people with gambling problems. The House of Representatives' social policy and legal affairs committee is calling for…
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The Critic

Does rugby league have a gambling problem?

It was Easter 2004, and two of Britain's top rugby league players stumbled upon one of the best betting opportunities of all time. Ahead of the top-of-the-table clash between Super League giants Bradford and St Helens, Sean Long and Martin Gleeson discovered that one of the sides would be fielding their reserve team. With the bookmakers…
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Canberra Weekly

ACT online problem gambling bill causes problems

Debate over Labor MLA Dr Marisa Paterson's bill to protect online gamblers has been deferred after the Canberra Liberals accused Labor of profiting to the tune of more than $12.5 million from gambling. Dr Paterson called on the ACT Government to implement the National Consumer Protection Framework for Online Wagering; to review the online gambling…
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A generation of children increasingly think gambling is inextricably linked with the AFL

AFL's chief executive, Gillon McLachlan, will receive many tributes for his eight-year legacy of running the premier sporting code in the nation and guiding it though Covid to deliver joy to millions, despite terrible lockdowns. That is rightly so - but there is a huge shadow over his legacy. McLachlan took over as chief executive from Andrew…
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Critics' Choice: The Best Australian Gambling Movies

Often people are inspired by well-shot films that show ordinary life in a more colourful way, where everyone could feel freer and, of course, happier. Films inspire us to travel, adopt new experiences, diluting the daily routine with this. Especially interesting are those films where the main characters take risks, take unusual steps and do…
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