Gambling Companies Shoot Up Their Spending on Gambling Advertising during UK Covid-19 Lockdown

Gambling Companies Shoot Up Their Spending on Gambling Advertising during UK Covid-19 Lockdown

Two university studies on gambling advertising spending cited data that operators increased their expenditures on advertising by almost 50% during the winter Covid-19 lockdowns although they were aware of customers’ anxiety. According to separate studies held by the Universities of Glasgow and Stirling, the amount spent on gambling advertising reached a new high in 2021. The Daily Mail even reported that the figures exceeded the levels of gambling advertising spending surpassing the pre-coronavirus pandemic levels. Gambling operators still kept their promise to reduce their investments in advertising during the first…

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Campaign Group Calls for EPL Clubs to Stop Entering into Gambling Sponsorship Deals

Campaign Group Calls for EPL Clubs to Stop Entering into Gambling Sponsorship Deals

A national fan-led campaign is urging football clubs in the UK to stop signing sponsorship agreements with gambling operators. The campaign group, called Footballers Supporters Against Gambling Adverts, includes recovering problem gamblers, as well as families affected by suicides related to gambling. It has so far filed over 20 petitions and is now hoping to gather more than a million voters’ signatures in order to encourage football clubs across the UK to cease their existing partnership deals with gambling companies and make a promise to cease future sponsorship agreements with…

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