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Gambling industry now targeting and grooming children

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12.06.2024

Our kids are being deliberately targeted and groomed by the gambling industry.

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A new pilot study released by the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education last week revealed children as young as 14 were being targeted by social media ads urging them to download gambling apps on their phones.

The pilot study by Deakin University researchers used an AI- based system to scan the screens of children for online marketing of harmful products such as gambling, tobacco, alcohol and junk food.

Of course, we knew gambling companies targeted our kids through the endless stream of advertising that now saturates our sports coverage, now this latest research gives us just a glimpse of the hidden campaign to entrap our children.

Many people now know Australia is the biggest loser in the world in terms of gambling losses per head of population. We lose a staggering $25 billion every year.

But what we still do not know is the extent to which the tentacles of the gambling industry is reaching into the lives of every Australian including our children.

We also lack a complete picture of just what our addiction to gambling is doing to our society.

You simply cannot tear $25 billion away from........

© Canberra Times


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