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PM pulls odds spruiking off live TV.<\/p>\n

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Labor clamps down on betting spruiks, announcing live odds would be banned during sports broadcasts. <\/p>\n

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Under new live odds code, all gambling broadcast ads will be banned during play. Banner adverts, sponsorship logos are also banned. <\/span><\/div>\n
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The new measures will curb broadcast of live odds during a game, but still allow bookmakers or sports commentators to spruik betting odds before play, during breaks and after games.<\/div>\n
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PM Julia Gillard announced new rules on gambling over the weekend and said the ban will be enforced to broadcasters almost immediately. <\/div>\n
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The surprise announcement comes days after Communications Minister Stephen Conroy was reported to have made a secret deal with free-to-air body Free TV, allowing betting companies to spruik the odds on live TV.<\/div>\n
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The new broadcast code also bans gambling companies’ reps from being at or around the game venue. <\/div>\n
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“The public have had enough of odds and betting promotions being shoved down their throats while listening to and watching sport,” said Minister for Communications, Stephen Conroy. <\/div>\n
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However, some anti-gambling campaigners say the new broadcast code are too soft and don’t go far enough. <\/div>\n
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Independent senator Nick Xenophon said, “For the prime minister to announce victory yesterday is a bit like a player walking off at halftime during a game and saying that they have already won,” reports Fairfa<\/a>x.<\/div>\n
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Free TV CEO Julie Flynn said the new rules were “unprecedented ” for TV networks, but is currently drawing up an alternative code. <\/div>\n
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“These are unprecedented restrictions for broadcasters but we accept the Government has acted in response to community concern.”<\/div>\n
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“The industry continues to hold the view that regulation in this area should apply consistently to all advertising and content distribution platforms, not just television.” <\/div>\n
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Free TV plans to submit a revised code within the next two weeks in line with the Prime Minister’s announcement.<\/div>\n
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“The Government will impose a total advertising ban,” Conroy warned, if the “intensity” of gambling ads (within allowed time slots), goes too far. <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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