Denmark considering ban on betting ads during sports broadcasts

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Danske Spil, the Danish national lottery, is calling for a ban on betting ads during live sports broadcasts, similar to what was introduced in the U.K. last year.

From The Local in Denmark:

“We think we have reached a point where it makes sense to discuss whether we should let viewers watch the match in peace, and promote our commercial messages at other times,” director of Danske Spil Jonas Folmann told newspaper Jyllands-Posten.

The idea has been positively received by a range of political parties, including the Socialist People’s Party, the Social Liberal (Radikale Venstre) and Danish People’s Party. Those parties have said they are prepared to table a bill which would introduce such a ban if the gambling industry does not reach an agreement on its own.

Per Marxen, head press officer with in-play betting provider Unibet, told Jyllands-Posten it was too early to reach conclusions on the effects of the UK ban on betting ads during sporting broadcasts, but said his company was “willing to look at” the question.

The ethical stature currently being prepared within the industry is expected to be completed during the spring.

Read more here: https://www.thelocal.dk/20190129/den...rts-broadcasts

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They have been talking about doing this for quite sometime now but have never gotten around to doing anything about it. It seems very doubtful that they ever will.

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They have been talking about doing this for quite sometime now but have never gotten around to doing anything about it. It seems very doubtful that they ever will.

But still there's a chance it'll happened eventually.. maybe it'll take some time