SectorWire
SearchGet the daily briefing
Menu

House of Lords committee recommends broad UK gambling advertising ban

Regulation

The House of Lords Liaison Committee recommended a broad gambling advertising ban in the UK, with exemptions for lotteries and racecourses, according to its report. The committee said the measure could reduce gambling-related harms and acknowledged it might contract the gambling sector. The Betting & Gaming Council argued that a ban could benefit illegal operators.

A ban could materially change licensed operators’ advertising options and increase competition from illegal operators.

Request a correction

Keep reading

Regulation

Researchers urge Britain to ban gambling advertising across all channels

Reportedly, Researchers have called for Britain to prohibit all gambling advertising. They want the proposed prohibition on sponsorship by unlicensed gambling businesses extended across every advertising channel.

The Local Health and Global Profits (LHGP) consortium has called on the British government to extend proposed restrictions on sports sponsorship by unlicensed gambling businesses to licensed operators and to all gambling advertising channels. The group made the call in its response to a Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) consultation on prohibiting sponsorship by unlicensed gambling firms, which closed on 9 September. The government has not announced its conclusions, according to the source.

Continue reading