Liaison Committee (Lords)
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17 Jun 2026Digital gambling advertising is now pervasive and hard to escapeConcern
“[Speaker: Dr Raffaello Rossi] The gambling industry now spends around £2 billion on gambling advertising each year. What has changed over the last couple of years is that they have created this very integral and complicated ecosystem of gambling advertising across digital, sports, media, everywhere. It makes it very pervasive and hard—almost impossible—to escape for both children and adults. Three things have particularly changed since the last inquiry. The first one is digital. The gambling industry is now mostly investing in digital marketing—on social media, integrated in gaming, loot boxes and streaming platforms.”