Oireachtas group recommends ban on gambling ads before 9pm watershed

It remains to be seen how such a ban would affect billboards and bookies' shopfronts

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A BAN on “all forms of advertising” by betting companies – before the 9pm watershed - has been recommended by a powerful Justice Committee report on gambling regulation.

Such recommendations will impact how large firms market and publicise their brands, and is expected to form a significant piece of the Gambling Regulation Bill, which is due to be passed into law next year.