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Gambling: Advertising

Commons · Question 27091 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Department for Culture, Media and Sport · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Sir Iain Duncan Smith

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she has taken with the Advertising Standards Authority to tackle online gambling advertisements (a) targeting children and (b) failing to disclose the presence of (i) loot boxes and (i

Answer

Answered by Stephanie Peacock, 10 Feb 2025

Gambling operators must ensure that their advertising is not targeted at children and must not appear in media created for children or for which children make up 25% or more of the audience. Operators must also ensure that they take all reasonable steps t...