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Australia to ban gambling ads in daytime live sport streams

13th April 2018 7:42 am GMT

Having recently banned daytime gambling advertising around sporting broadcasts, Australia's Communications and Media Authority has now set its sights on live streamed sport.

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) wants to extend the TV advertising ban, which prohibits gambling ads around sports broadcasts between 5:00am and 8:30pm, to live streamed sports via the internet.

"Until now, rules restricting gambling advertising have applied to broadcasting services only," said ACMA Chair Nerida O’Loughlin.

"The new online rules will extend [...]

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