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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Benita Kolovos Victorian state correspondent

Prime-time gambling ads would be banned in Victoria under proposal by Labor-led inquiry

Victoria Labor MP Sarah Connolly, the chair of the public accounts and estimates committee, which has tabled a report urging a national advertising ban on sports betting ads.
Victorian Labor MP Sarah Connolly is chair of the public accounts and estimates committee, which has tabled a report urging a national advertising ban on sports betting ads. Photograph: Ellen Smith/AAP

The Victorian Labor government is being urged to ban gambling advertising in public places and during television prime time by some of its own MPs, in an effort to reduce the “increasingly pervasive” nature of sports betting ads.

The Labor-chaired public accounts and estimates committee on Tuesday tabled a report into gaming and liquor regulation, which also recommended the government “urge” its federal counterpart to implement a national advertising ban.

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