Government could slash gambling ads during TV sport to win key vote

[manlyfan76]

The Turnbull government is considering a major crackdown on gambling ads during TV sporting events as it seeks to strike a deal with the Senate crossbench to water down Australia's media ownership laws.

Nick Xenophon, whose votes will be crucial for media ownership reform to pass the Parliament, is using a ban on betting ads during sporting broadcasts as a bargaining chip in his negotiations with the government.

Even betting operators such as Tabcorp and commercial TV bosses have admitted to concerns about the surge in gambling advertising over recent years. More than one in every six ads broadcast during AFL matches last year were for gambling companies.

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[HoldenV8]

This already happens during GEM's broadcasts in South Australia. The part where they go to Joel Cain and SportsBet during the pre-game is always blanked out due to South Australian Government legislation.

 

[Captain Moondog]

I like to have a bet on the horses and I'm far from a prude but seeing these dickheads telling me to gamble responsibly every five minutes during the football really pisses me off.

 

[Terry Zarsoff]

This already happens during GEM's broadcasts in South Australia. The part where they go to Joel Cain and SportsBet during the pre-game is always blanked out due to South Australian Government legislation.

So Joel is a quasi-household name in SA, without anyone knowing what he looks like?

Or being able to experience the joys of his 110 kph verbal delivery.

 

[manlyfan76]

So Joel is a quasi-household name in SA, without anyone knowing what he looks like?

Or being able to experience the joys of his 110 kph verbal delivery.

They would know him from his days at the tigers surely.

 

[Under the Sticks]

So Joel is a quasi-household name in SA, without anyone knowing what he looks like?

Or being able to experience the joys of his 110 kph verbal delivery.

Were one of seven first grade games for the Adelaide Rams?

 

[Budgie]

These ads just get shoved down our throats constantly during sporting events yet the players who get the biggest penalties from the powers that be are not the wife beaters but the ones who had a bet. And why is this?
Because them having a bet may make it unfair for other gamblers on whom the sponsors and therefore the sport rely.

 

[Loobs]

Maybe SA is blanking Coke because they want them to bring Tom Waterhouse back

 

[fLIP]

Its the last game of the round, your last chance to blow your money. So jump in the car and run down to cash converters and hock the tele. Rabbits are paying 1.85 and remember with our cashback special if your team leads by six but goes on to lose, you get your tv back.

Heck, why not throw on a same game multi, just give us your house keys, those kids dont need a roof. Back Greg Inglis in to score with a bunnies win and double that profit.

But always remember, Gamble responsibly.

 

[The Who]

It's not going to worry us much. Manly is travelling so poorly we won't be featured on FTA TV this season.

 

[nightster]

the adds are bad enough but most of the commentators (and I use the word loosely), harp on about betting odds too .... that is talking irresponsibly about gambling (in front of young impressionable kids), any wonder this country has such a gambling problem ..

 

[jbb/james]

This already happens during GEM's broadcasts in South Australia. The part where they go to Joel Cain and SportsBet during the pre-game is always blanked out due to South Australian Government legislation.

Very nice, we are moving to SA at the end of the year. That will be a nice little extra

 

[Mark from Brisbane]

These ads just get shoved down our throats constantly during sporting events yet the players who get the biggest penalties from the powers that be are not the wife beaters but the ones who had a bet. And why is this?
Because them having a bet may make it unfair for other gamblers on whom the sponsors and therefore the sport rely.

Such hypocrites!!!

 

[sheridanstand78]

I am all for this. The gambling ads are a blight on the game. I switch them off cause they get repeated and repeated and they appeal to the boof headed footy fan. Not all of us gamble on football and with some of the recent problems in the game regarding gambling it is appropriate that the government do this as they did with cigarette and alcohol advertising in the past.

 

[ricardo]

I really miss Tom Waterhouse. I wonder what he's doing now?

Said no one ever

 

[ricardo]

take some candles

We get a blackout and it's just life on the Northern Beaches. They get a blackout and the whole country is running around like a headless chook.

 

[jbb/james]

take some candles

Ill be able to buy a candle factory with the price difference in houses. Be able to park in the same suburb as the factory as well.

 

[CorkQld]

Does that mean they won't be able to show the sign for 'Lottoland' during the game? Now that would be a shame. Although then do we lose another major sponsor again. Yep here we go again

 

[HoldenV8]

Were one of seven first grade games for the Adelaide Rams?

Interesting fact. When the Rams had the rug pulled from under them only 2-3 weeks before the 1999 season, they had only recently announced a new CEO. Some bloke by the name of Michael O'Connor......

 

[HappilyManly]

http://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2017-...ing-money-laundering-laws/8360164?pfmredir=sm

Gaming company Tabcorp has been fined $45 million for breaches of anti-money laundering and counter-terror financing laws.

The Federal Court found Tabcorp failed to alert regulators to reports of suspicious behaviour on 108 occasions over more than five years.

Tabcorp has admitted that the suspicions related to unlawful activity including money laundering and credit card fraud, which was not reported to the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC).
....

Wow, we can not trust any bookie 😱