The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has revealed that children’s exposure to TV ads for gambling increased slightly during 2018, driven by bingo and lottery ads.
The ASA’s latest report on children’s exposure to age-restricted TV ads for alcohol, gambling, and food and soft drink products which are high in fat, salt or sugar (HFSS products), showed that rates remained at broadly the same levels as 2017.
During 2018, the number of gambling ads seen by children [...]