A Chat With... Tim Costello: Sports Gambling Has Changed The Way We Watch Footy - a podcast by Christopher Pepper

In this special episode of'A Chat With...', host of Lace Out, Chris Pepper, talks to Tim Costello, the former Chief Executive of World Vision Australia and is now putting awareness of gambling harm on the national agenda.
Mr Costello states in the interview how the gambling industry is making a very deliberate play to capture a generation of children, through a bombardment of advertising during sports broadcasts, both on radio and television. Tim also gives examples of how the fabric of mateship is getting torn apart by sports betting apps and the way we watch sport will never be the same.Information/Fact Sources (
https://www.endgamblingads.org.au/ (Signup to End Gambling Ads)https://aifs.gov.au/agrc/publications/sports-betting-australia (Sports betting in Australia - Australian Institute of Family Studies)
https://www.statista.com/topics/1740/sports-betting/ (Sports betting worldwide - statistics& facts - Statista)
https://takeatumble.com.au/insights/lifestyle/gambling-statistics-australia/ (40+ Australia Gambling Statistics for 2021 - TakeATumble)https://www.savings.com.au/savings-accounts/gambling-statistics-australia (Gambling statistics in Australia: how much money we lose)

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