Scott Benton was able to lobby for the gambling industry despite reforms introduced by David Cameron when in office.
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Artificial intelligence and augmented reality tools are upping the stakes when it comes to online sports betting.
No one can say Australian sport is worse off without tobacco ads. We can protect a new generation of young sports fans from harm by following other nations’ lead – and phasing out gambling ads.
It’s important Australia doesn’t follow the ineffective voluntary approach to gambling marketing that the UK is taking.
With few regulations in place, gambling companies are going all-in to attract as many customers as possible – with younger, sports-obsessed and smartphone-savvy Americans particularly vulnerable.
Governments often blame citizens for social outcomes which are the result of their own policies.
How many happy gamblers, jobs and profits does it take to make up for the suicides, bankruptcies and domestic violence? Regulators must make cost-benefit guesstimates when considering applications.
Despite repeated calls for an overhaul of New Zealand’s marketing regulations to protect children from exposure to ads for unhealthy products, successive governments have failed to act.
With leagues lobbying for their share, a thriving illegal market that needs to be stifled, and bettors chomping at the bit, the headaches are just beginning.
Many states are pondering making gambling on sports legal after the US Supreme Court overturned a federal ban. But is the industry really worth as much as some say it is?
On December 30, 1967 the UK’s highest court drew a line in the sand over the rise of casinos. Here’s what happened next.
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Adjunct Professor of Law, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Professor of Economics and Finance. Director of the Betting Research Unit and the Political Forecasting Unit at Nottingham Business School, Nottingham Trent University
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Research Professor of Clinical Health, University of Memphis
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Lecturer in Politics, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor and Director, Center for Gambling Studies, Rutgers University
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Knight Chair in Sports Journalism and Society, Penn State
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Associate Professor, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University
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Vice Chancellor Illuminate Fellow, School of History, Anthropology, Philosophy and Politics, Queen's University Belfast
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Lecturer in Social Planning, RMIT University
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, East Tennessee State University
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VicHealth Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Deakin University
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Professor of Public Health, Deakin University
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PhD Student in Clinical Psychology, University of Memphis
