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Australia aims to cool sports betting fever with ad ban plan

Australia is considering banning advertisements for non-race sports betting to address concerns over rising gambling expenditure. Non-race sports betting has grown rapidly and now exceeds lottery spending in net terms. The policy proposal comes amid calls for stricter regulations to manage what is described as the world's largest gambling losses.

Nonrace sports betting is nowhere close to being the biggest form of gambling in Australia, but it is by far the fastest growing and has overtaken lotteries in net spending. (Illustration by Yoshiko Kawano)

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Critics call for tougher controls to contain world's largest gambling losses

SHAUN TURTON and SOPHIE MAK

June 19, 2026 06:00 JST

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Source document: Australia's gambling expenditure data

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Australia aims to cool sports betting fever with ad ban plan

Australia is considering banning advertisements for non-race sports betting to address concerns over rising gambling expenditure. Non-race sports betting has grown rapidly and now exceeds lottery spending in net terms. The policy proposal comes amid calls for stricter regulations to manage what is described as the world's largest gambling losses.

Bias read (Center): The article presents factual information about the growth of non-race sports betting and mentions policy proposals without overtly favoring any particular stance. It references the issue of gambling losses and includes calls for regulation but does not exhibit clear bias toward one side of the issue

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