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House of Lords committee recommends UK gambling advertising ban

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A House of Lords committee recommended a total ban on gambling advertising in the UK, according to the report. It also called for the Gambling Commission to take responsibility for advertising regulation from the Advertising Standards Authority, arguing that the current system is inadequate for newer marketing practices.

The recommendation could change the rules governing gambling advertising and which authority oversees compliance in the UK.

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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.

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