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Gambling companies Sportsbet, TAB and bet365 taking bets on cricket matches involving minors

The National Children's Commissioner blasts some of the biggest gambling companies in Australia for offering bets on international cricket matches involving underage players.

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The 10 movies set to battle it out for top prize at the Oscars

Although official nominations for best film don't come out until January 12, here's a shortlist worth of consideration

The New Daily

Gambling advertisements ‘groom our kids with impunity’

Concerns have been raised at how companies are targeting children with gambling ads, with one activist going so far as to brand it "grooming".

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Gambling ads 'groom kids with impunity'

A gambling inquiry has heard ads targeting children could have "horrific and lifelong" implications with more than 430,000 kids under 16 likely betting already.

AAP

Proceeds of crime: gambling firms keep millions when Australians steal to fund addiction

When gambling addicts steal hundreds of thousands of dollars for losing bets, the victims of theft have little recourse. Advocates say that must change

The Guardian - AU

Tim Costello: AFL’s gambling addiction on ‘borrowed time’ after betting scandal

While no changes will happen to the AFL's gambling sponsorships overnight, Tim Costello the partnership is now living on "borrowed time".

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Bookmakers defend bulk TV advertising

Two bookmakers have admitted they have a social responsibility to ensure their advertisements don't target minors.

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Online sports betting is targeting young Australians. These academics want more to be done to protect them

Online sports betting is growing rapidly in Australia, but new research suggests this could be linked to a concerning rise in youth gambling.

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HMM: TikTok Has Been Airing Sportsbet Ads Despite Gambling Promotion Being Against Its Ad Rules

This seems... not good.

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TikTok backflips on gambling ban by allowing Sportsbet ads, prompting calls for social media regulation

Social media platform TikTok lets betting company Sportsbet advertise to its users in a move experts label "concerning".

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Financial watchdog launches investigation into Sportsbet and Bet365 over money laundering suspicions

Austrac chief Nicole Rose says the financial crimes ombudsman is ‘putting the whole industry on notice to lift their game’

The Guardian - AU

Anti-money laundering watchdog probes online gambling giants Sportsbet and Bet365

The Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) is launching an investigation into two of the nation's biggest online sports betting companies over money laundering concerns and warns that it wants the multi-billion-dollar gambling industry to "lift its game".

ABC News

Sportsbet, Bet365 face AUSTRAC-led audit

Australia's financial intelligence agency has told online gaming groups Sportsbet and Bet365 it has reasonable grounds to suspect they may have broken the law.

AAP

Online bookies say Queensland betting tax increase could end up stripping $1.75bn from state’s revenue

RWA claims state’s racing industry will suffer after corporate wagers deprioritise Queensland races to mitigate widened tax

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Analysis-Slots to smartphones: pandemic sends Australia's gambling problem online

For Rhys Wareham, a coffee industry technician from Sydney, the start of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 did not just mean staying home, but having to stop visiting the pub every afternoon to gamble on poker machines.

The Guardian - AU

Pay up: mining and gambling companies told not to expect sympathy over Queensland tax hikes

Campaigns against changes to coal royalties and betting taxes given short shrift by government and advocates

The Guardian - AU

A generation of children increasingly think gambling is inextricably linked with the AFL

Codes say without betting sponsorships we cannot have top-tier play but there is nothing inevitable about having gambling so intertwined with sports

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Gambling giant cops mammoth spam fine

Sportsbet has copped a $2.5 million fine and will refund $1.2 million in bets for spamming customers who had tried to unsubscribe from marketing.

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Sportsbet to pay $3.7m in fines and penalties for sending 150,000 unwanted gambling ad messages

Online bookie will pay customers who made bets after receiving marketing spam

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