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AFL plan to extract more money from gambling faces potential legal challenge

Exclusive: Bookmakers consider fighting proposal to increase fees from 0.9% to 1.5% of turnover from most bets

The Guardian - AU

Senator pushes for gambling industry influence inquiry

David Pocock is critical of the government for not acting on a landmark report recommending banning gambling ads, linking it to industry lobbying efforts.

AAP

Sportsbet sued by gamblers over 'illegal' live betting

Sportsbet has been taken to court in a class action over its Fast Code services, which allows customers to bet on a live event.

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9 out of 10 Australian sports bettors are men. Here’s why that might change

Whether it’s on the AFL or the Australian Open, sports betting is one of Australia’s most popular gambling activities, and its fastest growing.

The Conversation

‘Grooming our children’: politicians demand Sportsbet pull promotional filters from Snapchat

Exclusive: Monique Ryan, Kate Chaney, Andrew Wilkie and Sarah Hanson-Young all call for gambling giant to remove the social media ads immediately

The Guardian - AU

Australian children seeing gambling ads via Sportsbet filter on instant messaging app Snapchat

Exclusive: Filters, including one that turns a person into a horse, include Sportsbet logos and direct 18+ users to open a gambling account

The Guardian - AU

Betting ads played before, after kids' song shock dad

A fight for a blanket ban on gambling advertising has been reinvigorated after Sportsbet paused promotions on Spotify following an incident.

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Australian father calls out Spotify for allegedly playing Sportsbet ads during Frozen and Bluey songs

Man says gambling ads ‘potentially damaging’ for his children who regularly listen to Disney and the Wiggles on his account on music streaming app

The Guardian - AU

Banks and bookmakers tricked by ‘sophisticated’ gambling syndicate may have breached anti-money laundering laws

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia show syndicate placed bets with Sportsbet while using another person’s name

The Guardian - AU

Knight's Choice an omen for thousands of Hunter punters in the Melbourne Cup

More than 60,000 bets were placed per minute on Melbourne Cup Day.

Newcastle Herald

The gambling industry is pulling out all the stops to prevent an ad ban, but the evidence is against it

With parliament sitting this week, the federal government is trying to finalise its proposed laws to limit gambling advertising.

The Conversation

Cocaine-fuelled adviser 'disgraceful' in duping clients

A financial adviser who ripped off almost $500,000 from clients was a drug user who spent about $3000 a week on cocaine, a court has heard.

AAP

From memes to sports betting, AFL clubs blur the line between big business and fun

The clubs’ social media teams create a fun, likable voice for fans online. But there is a business beneath all this – or rather, enmeshed with it – that needs to function

The Guardian - AU

Greyhounds NSW fire contractor over Ezra Mam comment

The person responsible for poking fun at the NRL's recent racism saga in an official form-guide for Greyhounds NSW has been fired, the racing organisation says.

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The Guardian - AU

Global gambling company to leave Australia’s peak lobbying group

Entain will withdraw from Responsible Wagering Australia in coming months, as a government crackdown on betting ads looms

The Guardian - AU

Sports gambling giants face ‘wake-up call’ as Australian money-laundering investigation nears end

Austrac inquiry into Sportsbet, Ladbrokes and Bet365 could influence government regulation amid calls for total ban on gambling ads

The Guardian - AU

Lobbyists lining up to put their case to minister over Australia-wide ban on gambling ads

Exclusive: Freedom of information reveals long list of concerned parties meeting Michelle Rowland

The Guardian - AU

Major gambling firms caught enabling illegal in-play sports bets in Australia

Acma ruling prompts calls for money to be returned to punters as government continues to consult on tougher regulation

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The Guardian - AU

More than a million gambling ads aired on Australian TV and radio in a year, research finds

Nielsen study commissioned by Acma says most gambling ads shown on free-to-air were from online bookmakers

The Guardian - AU

Lotteries should not be exempt from credit card ban for online gambling, experts say

Proposed laws provide carve-out but financial counsellors say lottery products can cause ‘serious gambling harm’

The Guardian - AU

AFL criticised for promoting series of bets that have 85% loss rate for gamblers

Analysis of 90 advertised same-game multis from Sportsbet shows only 15% would result in a win

The Guardian - AU

Gamblers hit with restrictions after profiting from betting agencies’ promotions

Exclusive: Some companies say restrictions have been placed to stop customers ‘exploiting’ offers

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s betting agencies find one thing they won’t touch – the voice referendum

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie says vote ‘much too important to be treated like a footy game’ although doesn’t doubt companies’ motivations are ‘entirely self-serving’

The Canberra Times

The ACT government move that infuriated a leading betting agency

There are concerns the ACT government is trying to shutdown the gambling and racing industries.

The Guardian - AU

NSW greyhound industry claims ban on gambling ads would result in dogs suffering

Exclusive: Greyhound Racing NSW estimates betting ban would cost sector $20m a year while animal welfare advocates say claims of increased cruelty are absurd

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