Offshore Gambling Sites Remain Popular in Australia Despite Recent Restrictions

Offshore Gambling Sites Remain Popular in Australia Despite Recent Restrictions

So far in 2018, the competent authorities in Australia have brought some changes to the country’s online gambling policies, with illegal gambling sites banned in recent years. Despite the ban and the increased scrutiny imposed on the local gambling industry, offshore gambling sites remain very popular among Australian players. According to recent estimates, offshore gambling in the country is in the range between AU$63.9 million and AU$400 million, with some experts having predicted that the amount could reach AU$910 million by 2020. However, such gambling websites have been blamed for…

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GambleAware Warns English Football Squads over Gambling Operators Kit Sponsorship Deals

GambleAware Warns English Football Squads over Gambling Operators Kit Sponsorship Deals

Football clubs in the UK have been warned that gambling is excessively “normalised” for children thanks to the prevalence of bookmakers as shirt sponsors at a time when gambling addiction rates are constantly increasing. The Chief Executive Officer of the British charity organisation GambleAware, Marc Etches, explained that the amount and nature of advertising related to gambling services and such sponsorship deals make gambling look normal to people, and especially to under-aged individuals. According to Mr. Etches, the relationship between gambling services and football has already reached a point when…

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