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Evening Standard
Josie Clarke

Gambling ads in football creating ‘tidal wave of normalisation’, Lords told

Peers heard that gambling advertising and sponsorship in football is a ‘priority issue’ (Alamy/PA) -

Gambling advertising within football has created an “absolute tidal wave of normalisation” for young people “without any understanding of the risks involved”, peers have heard.

James Grimes, from Gambling with Lives, told the Lords Liaison Committee that gambling advertising and sponsorship in football is a “really priority issue because of how many young people just love our national sport”.

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