Australia’s main sports gambling regulator has admitted the identities of almost 50 addicts who asked to be banned from betting were not sent to several bookmakers, in some cases for at least five years since they first asked for help.
The oversight, which has been described as “disgraceful” and “shameful” by harm reduction advocates, has added to calls for a new and better-resourced national regulator to oversee the $50bn sports gambling industry.
