Create a comprehensive ban on gambling advertising

Tobacco ads were banned in 2002 - to help support addiction recovery and prevent addiction in young people. 4.5m 16+ vulnerable gamblers 1.5m 11-16-year-olds gamble 9% of all online ad spend. 17 Premiership partnerships. 26 of top 44 English Football clubs have a betting shirt sponsor.

This petition was rejected on 27th Apr 2020 as it duplicates an existing petition

The Petition Committee commented:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/300285

Reticulating Splines

You may be interested in these active petitions

1. Ban wind farms on protected peat land in England - 15,139 signatures
2. Ban large solar schemes on farmland/open countryside and promote solar on roofs - 25,156 signatures
3. Impose a lifetime ban on animal ownership for anyone convicted of animal cruelty - 15,815 signatures
4. Create path to Settlement for Ukrainians in the UK - 35,940 signatures
5. Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy - 10,766 signatures
Official Petition Site

It is estimated that 1.05m Disability-Adjusted Life Years are lost in Great Britain by adult vulnerable gamblers (exc. <16s & family) every year. The justification for treatments to manage harm in adult gamblers in the NHS could be 2-3 times higher than the total gross gambling yield excluding lotteries.

Tracey Crouch resigned in 2018 over concerns about the gambling crisis and cited 2 people tragically take their lives every day (730 per year - 30% of all 20-49 suicides)

Not small numbers!