The segments are often presented by former players who spruik multi bets,for which the odds of winning are much slimmer.
The online bookie ran promotions showing NRL star Valentine Holmes with a bag of white powder and featuring pornographic imagery and slogans.
In 2016,a rising Australian tennis star was suspended for throwing a set in a low-level tournament. It was a sadly common tale in the murky world of tennis,where match-fixing is a major scourge.
Racing Victoria stewards have called for a former pro punter to be warned off tracks for 15 years over a betting scandal involving jockeys.
Eighteen months ago,a federal government inquiry into online gambling chaired by the late Peta Murphy recommended phasing out ads over three years. Promptly,the government got on with sitting on their hands.
The absence of a simple signature led to a Supreme Court stand-off between a punter who bet in thousands and a bookmaker who fielded his bets. This is how the bookmaker lost.
TV and gambling executives spent the week in Canberra trying to water down a proposed two-per-hour limit on TV ads and a digital blackout.
Three senior Albanese ministers have argued a blanket ban on sports bet promotions would cripple revenue for free-to-air TV in difficult times.
The Albanese government risks a backlash from some of its own backbenchers if it does not put a total ban on gambling advertising,instead of a proposed partial ban.
Former Labor MP Peta Murphy pushed for gambling reform until her death last year. Her husband says she “wouldn’t cop” the idea that doing something about it is too hard.