Another pretty standard week; regulation not working & children being bombarded with advertising.
- Australia makes bookies pay their taxes and reduce harm
- Lord Sugar campaigns for ban on gambling adverts when children are watching
- Bookmakers should welcome & embrace tougher regulation
- Bookmakers’ shops are most prevalent in poorer areas
- Bookies go down tobacco line to avoid proper regulation
- PaddyPower apologises for shocking behaviour
- Football needs to kick bookies out
- Gambling needs new curbs in the UK
The following are all the links to the media coverage proving we’re not making it up.
ps: Does NOT include all the media coverage of violence and robberies in betting shops. From memory there’s been about 4-5 incidents this week, so back to regular levels.
http://www.thedrum.com/news/2017/09/15/lord-sugar-leads-calls-ban-pre-watershed-gambling-adverts
http://www.theirishfield.ie/rory-delargy-record-fine-sets-agenda-for-consumer-protection-305408/
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/uk-gambling-map-misery-shows-11185213
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1067636.shtml
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/09/23/world/europe/uk-gambling-addiction.html?referer=