Australia’s ACMA found that a gambling banner shown during Foxtel’s live coverage of an AFL match in April 2024 lacked an adequate responsible-gambling message. Foxtel added a tagline, agreed to staff training and will report to ACMA on measures to ensure its gambling adverts include sufficient messaging.
Foxtel’s required follow-up and ACMA’s finding clarify compliance expectations for gambling advertising in live sports broadcasts.
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Australia’s ACMA formally warned mixed martial arts fighter Jamie Mullarkey over social media promotion of Leon, an offshore gambling service, following an investigation. Mullarkey acknowledged the commercial arrangement, which paid him $2,500 on signing and $2,500 a month until it ended in August 2025; ACMA cited his cooperation and removal of the posts in issuing a warning rather than a fine.
Australia's ACMA issued formal warnings to six companies for providing prohibited online gambling to players in the country. The warnings were issued in May and made public on 7 June; the companies offered casino games, in-play betting or both, and each provided an Australian customer helpline.
Australia’s ACMA found that Buddybet, Ultrabet, VicBet and Topbet breached National Self-Exclusion Register rules. Buddybet failed to close excluded customers’ accounts and sent them marketing; Ultrabet reopened an account and marketed to another excluded person, while VicBet and Topbet each marketed to a self-excluded individual. ACMA issued formal warnings to VicBet and Topbet; Buddybet has since left the Australian market.
Denmark’s government has advanced proposals to restrict gambling advertising around live sporting events, including a ban during broadcasts and for ten minutes before and after them. The proposed rules would also restrict ads in specified public places, limit certain advertising content and prohibit brand ambassadors under 25; sponsorship and in-stadium promotions would remain permitted.
Sportradar will provide live NBA player data for graphics on NBC’s regional sports networks under a deal announced on Monday. The arrangement starts this season and runs through the 2026-27 NBA season, covering hundreds of games.