Marketing Magazine – The advertising watchdog has received 67 complaints that the latest Ladbrokes outdoor ad campaign glamorises gambling and links it to sexual success. Complainants to the Advertising Standards Authority believe the ads are harmful and irresponsible because they glamorise gambling, link it with social and sexual success, and exploit the credulity of young and vulnerable people. The Ladbrokes outdoor campaign features red stylised posters of the characters in its wider campaign, but use taglines such as “once is lucky, twice is talent” and “when you win it’s skill, when you lose it’s bad luck”. The criticism of the…

If the US Supreme Court decides to take up the New Jersey sports betting case, it will be a sure victory for proponents in the Garden State, State Senator Raymond Lesniak said this week at the annual East Coast Gaming Congress in Atlantic City. But just in case the high court decides otherwise, Lesniak said he is already drafting legislation that would still allow casinos and racetracks to offer sports wagering on their premises. So while the state waits to see if the green light for betting on sports comes from either Washington or Trenton, Lesniak said it would be…

ACC – In this eBulletin, we provide an overview of the findings arising from the Sorbonne-ICSS Integrity Report into the prevalence of match-fixing and illegal betting in international sport. The report details how a lack of regulatory oversight and the explosion of online betting have gone hand-in-hand with the growth of the illegal betting market, and has allowed criminals to launder approximately $US140 billion annually through sports bets. The report also highlights the problem of match-fixing at all levels and across a variety of disciplines of sport, with a particular emphasis on football and cricket, two sports that the report…

iGaming Business – The English Football Association (FA) national governing body has announced that all professional footballers in the country will be banned from betting on any match or competition in the world from next season. An earlier proposal by the FA to implement the new rules was ratified by the governing body’s shareholders at its Annual General Meeting on Wednesday. The new rules, which will come into force on August 1, will apply to professional players in the top eight tiers of English football – the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two, Conference and top Northern, Southern…

Euro Sport – Australia’s National Rugby League will investigate allegations that one of its top officials knew about Canterbury Bulldogs forward Ryan Tandy’s gambling problems but failed to take action before the player was convicted of match-fixing. Tandy, banned from the NRL for life after attempting to fix a 2010 match, was found dead last week at his parents’ house in eastern New South Wales state having suffered an apparent drug overdose. State media reported this week that the NRL’s head of football Todd Greenberg was made aware of Tandy’s gambling problems when he was chief executive of the Sydney-based…

The Costa Rica News – A detailed report released on Thursday in Paris, France, reveals that organized crime launders $140 billion annually through sports betting with 80% of transactions from illegal gambling. The document indicates that Costa Rica is one of the world’s havens with between 250 and 500 people doing trades, while”no sports betting licenses are granted. In fact, this activity is not legal in Costa Rica, despite past efforts that were made for taxing this activity. The bill that was under discussion, but got stuck. The extensive document is called Integrity Protecting of Sports Competitions, and was conducted…