Gambling regulator employing more people to counter the 'gamblification' of sports

CEO of the Gambling Regulatory Authority, Anne Marie Caulfield, said: “It is estimated that for every person who is demonstrating problem gambling, six to seven people are affected in terms of the family, in terms of the friends." Picture: Conor McCabe

The head of Ireland’s first-ever gambling regulator has hit out at the “gamblification” of sports, and said that it could damage young people’s relationship with something that should be a “positive influence on them”.

A new broadcast watershed set to be introduced will mean that gambling advertising won’t be permitted to be shown on Irish television or radio during, for example, a Super Sunday Premier League game or during most Six Nations games when many children are tuning in.