Shahriar Coupal, director of CAP, said: "By ending these practices, our new rules invite a new era for gambling ads, more particular to the adult audience they can target and more befitting of the age-restricted product they're promoting."
"It won't stop gambling advertisements appearing on the shirts of children's sporting heroes nor many of the other concerning actions of gambling companies who spend over £1.5bn a year promoting their products," he said. The industry body, the BGC said previously introduced measures were already helping to tackle the problem. A "whistle-to-whistle" ban on TV commercials during live sport before the 9pm watershed introduced in 2019 had reduced the ads seen by young people at that time by 97%, Mr Dugher said.
Playing cards, scratchcards, fruit machines and betting between friends were more popular platforms among young people for gambling than BGC member firms, Mr Dugher said
Like tobacco, gambling advertising, should be banned 🚫 everywhere.
There goes my endorsement money 😩
🤔 Crisps? Just saying! 🤷♀️
Will Sky's Jeff Stelling be looking for another income source ?
Ray Winstone will be auditioning for Eastenders after that news.