Subban, and his pleas for the elimination of sports betting ads during games and a ban on the use of celebrities. Subban properly notes that the biggest targets in ads using the likes of Matthews and McDavid are young males being groomed as future gamblers. The opening up of online gambling in Ontario began a year ago, about the time jurisdictions in the U.K. and Europe, having seen online gambling’s social and economic consequences there, were cracking down. Restrictions would be a “positive step”RELATED STORIES Provincial Politics Should Ontario ban advertising for all online betting to protect young people? The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health urged the Ontario government in May to ban gambling ads during sports broadcasts, saying they wouldn’t be permitted for other potentially addicting activities such as alcohol consumption or smoking tobacco.

Source: thestar June 17, 2023 20:05 UTC