10 clubs in the Premier League are currently sponsored by gambling firmsBookmakers are "considering" a voluntary ban on football shirt sponsorship and pitchside advertising, a parliamentary committee has heard. Half of Premier League clubs and 17 of 24 Championship clubs are sponsored by bookmakers. Brigid Simmonds, chair of the The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), which represents 90% of the betting and gaming industry, told the House of Lords' Gambling Industry Committee that the whistle-to-whistle ban has reduced gambling advertising on television by 85%. Asked whether her organisation was considering banning gambling logos from football shirts and perimeter stadium advertising, she said: "We are certainly looking at the whole issue of sponsorship. "There are probably too many gambling adverts and too much noise about gambling in front of consumers in the UK at the moment."

Source: BBC February 04, 2020 19:32 UTC