Brownlow backlash: Coverage slammed for flood of gambling ads
Channel 7’s coverage of the 2022 Brownlow Medal was awash in gambling advertising on Sunday night.
The disgusting hypocrisy of @AFL which permits #gambling advertising on #Brownlow when every kid in the country is watching. It is normalising gambling which for most ppl is a losing option and for many people, devastating. pic.twitter.com/67lpHnx7Ye
— Ian Mannix (@sedvitae) September 18, 2022
Regular crosses on odds for Sportsbet throughout the night led to fierce criticism.
“Lots of kids watch this, lots of kids watch footy,” Associate Professor Charles Livingstone, a gambling researcher from Monash University told 6PR Breakfast.
“And what we’ve got is, we’ve got a generation of kids that have grown up watching football and being indoctrinated to think that gambling is a natural part of the sport.
“I think that’s the real problem.”
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