Fan-led campaign calls on football clubs to stop advertising gambling firms
A fan-led national campaign has been launched urging football clubs to put an end to gambling sponsorship.
Football Supporters Against Gambling Adverts, which includes people recovering from gambling addiction and families bereaved by gambling-related suicide, has started more than 20 petitions.
The campaign group hopes to secure one million signatures and wants clubs across the country to cancel all existing gambling partnerships and pledge to reject future advertising deals.
“Nowhere is gambling’s pernicious presence felt more than in football, which acts as the ‘hook’ that draws young, first-time gamblers in, setting them up for a lifetime of addiction,” read a statement from the group.
Published: by Radio NewsHub