Network Ten breaches gambling ad rules
Network Ten breached gambling advertising rules during its broadcast of the Australian F1 Grand Prix in March last year, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) ruled on Wednesday morning.
An investigation by the communications watchdog revealed its findings this week, which detected four gambling ads that were aired at prohibited times during a broadcast of the sporting event.
Under the Commercial TV Code of Practice, gambling ads cannot be shown during broadcasts of sporting events between 5am and 8:30pm, including the five minutes before and after the event.
Serious question, what is the actual point of ACMA? All of this money wasted on salaries, office rent, stationary and everything else for this eleven month process to say “do some internal training and say you will improve your processes”. It is an absolute joke.
If the government or anyone had any backbone, gambling ads would just be banned altogether and the community will be “protected” which is what ACMA is laughingly trying to do.
The amount of money gambled on a A-League Women’s Central Coast Mariners v Newcastle Jets match is probably more than they make in ticket sales. The gambling money keeps these clubs alive. I’m sure they are happy for the errors.
I’ll bet whoever booked the slots has already been promoted