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Torcuil Crichton

SNP MP says gambling adverts in football 'grooming' children for betting lifestyle

Gambling advertising in Scottish football is “grooming children '' into a lifestyle of betting an SNP MP has claimed.

Ronnie Cowan MP made a call for action to curtail gambling advertising in sport as he voiced frustration over the delays in reforming gambling legislation.

The Inverclyde SNP MP, who is vice-chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling Related Harm, called on the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport to show some urgency on the issue as changes to the law were being delayed.

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