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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Tom Cavilla

Premier League clubs expected to agree voluntary shirt sponsor ban

Premier League clubs are expected to agree a voluntary ban on gambling companies appearing on the front of shirts.

Eight top-flight clubs, one of which is Everton, currently have a betting sponsor but there has long been call for change in this department after questioning the role in which such visible promotion is having on individuals.

Plans to reform gambling laws were pushed back for a fourth time back in July, further delaying the prospect of action being taken against clubs being permitted to benefit from lucrative gambling partnerships, but a new discussion is set to take place today at a shareholders' meeting involving sides from the top division.

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