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Ban on betting ads during live sports broadcasts to take effect March 30 in AUS

The Australian Subscription Television and Radio Association (ASTRA) on Friday released the new industry code of practice, which effective March 30, prohibits gambling advertisements during all live sports broadcasts between the hours of 5am and 8.30pm on most television channels in the Land Down Under.

The Sydney Morning Herald newspaper reports that the siren-to-siren ban on gambling ads during daytime live sports broadcasts, which will be in effect five minutes prior to play to five minutes post final play, is intended to reduce children’s exposure to them. However, several so-…