gambling reform & gambling harm awareness
Before you cast your vote in the 2014 Victorian state election, take a look at the $100 million bonus the Victorian state government is handing out to establish a “frequent gambler” pre-commitment program that has already failed internationally.
Clubs Australia, the governing body behind this country’s registered clubs movement and indirectly responsible for over 100,000 poker machines, has been caught out lying about poker machine reform… again.
You’d think they’d have learned by now.
It’s official. The door is now wide open for gambling companies to advertise in any way they like, without worrying about getting in trouble.
In 2008, sports betting companies won a constitutional challenge in the Federal court, allowing them to advertise their services interstate. Following this, in 2009 Victoria repealed local advertising restrictions on interstate sports betting companies and the gambling floodgates opened.
The Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation (VRGF) has a new campaign called BetRegret. The idea is that “BetRegret” is the feeling you get when you’ve spent too much on gambling.
A number of ads for the Victorian TAB, placed in their sponsored section of News Ltd’s Herald Sun website, appear to have broken a key Victorian gambling law that regulates warning messages in gambling advertising.
