By the end of the year 2023, Australia wants all advertisements to be online gambling to get rid of the tube. This applies not only to TV but also to radio, social media, kzodiacs and all other forms of advertising. Justice Secretary Quickenborne even compares gambling to smoking. Advertisements about smoking have been banned for years.
"Gambling is the new smoking and everyone agrees that tobacco advertising is better off," Quickenborne said. The reason that there is a lot of comment and criticism from politics on (online) gambling has to do with the corona pandemic, among other things. During the lockdown, there would have been a 43% increase in Youth Gambling.
However, it will not be all off the tv immediately from 2023. Ongoing advertising contracts related to gambling ads may be honored until October 2023. As a result, advertisements can still appear in Belgium until October next year. However, the lion's share is expected to be gone by the end of this year.
There are also exceptions and other circumstances in which advertising may be made for gambling and casinos. for example, people who search online for online gambling can still see advertisements from casinos. in practice, if a search engine such as Google is searched for casinos or gambling, Sponsored Ads can be shown at the top. In addition, it is possible for gambling sites to advertise on their own site for certain casino games such as live blackjack , casinoslots and more.
In New Zealand, there is also more and more criticism of advertisements of online casinos. as a result, measures have already been taken that no known New Zealanders may appear in the advertisements. However, New Zealand is not yet as heavily intervened as its southern neighbours.
