Prime-time gambling ads would be banned in Victoria under proposal by Labor-led inquiry

Inquiry says gambling advertising ‘increasingly pervasive’ and should be banned in public places and during TV prime time

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The Victorian Labor government is being urged to ban gambling advertising in public places and during television prime time by some of its own MPs, in an effort to reduce the “increasingly pervasive” nature of sports betting ads.

The Labor-chaired public accounts and estimates committee on Tuesday tabled a report into gaming and liquor regulation, which also recommended the government “urge” its federal counterpart to implement a national advertising ban.

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