Submitted on Thursday 2nd April 2020
Rejected on Monday 27th April 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Create a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising
Tobacco ads were banned in 2002 - to help support addiction recovery and prevent addiction in young people.
4.5m 16+ vulnerable gamblers
1.5m 11-16-year-olds gamble
9% of all online ad spend.
17 Premiership partnerships.
26 of top 44 English Football clubs have a betting shirt sponsor.
It is estimated that 1.05m Disability-Adjusted Life Years are lost in Great Britain by adult vulnerable gamblers (exc. <16s & family) every year. The justification for treatments to manage harm in adult gamblers in the NHS could be 2-3 times higher than the total gross gambling yield excluding lotteries.
Tracey Crouch resigned in 2018 over concerns about the gambling crisis and cited 2 people tragically take their lives every day (730 per year - 30% of all 20-49 suicides)
Not small numbers!
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300285
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