The health impact of gambling worldwide is much worse than previously known, international research says
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The health impact of gambling worldwide is much worse than previously known, international research says

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The global health impacts of gambling are much worse than previously thought, according to an international medical journal. "Our conclusion is clear: gambling poses a threat to public health, the control of which requires a substantial expansion and tightening of gambling industry regulation," the report said. "So that there isn't any threat to governments and countries that want to prohibit or to restrict gambling from overseas illegal operators," Professor Livingstone said. "There is a desire for change and to rightly treat gambling as a serious public health issue in Australia, given the extent and nature of harm," he said. "Banning online advertising will not stop Australian's gambling, it will simply push Australians towards illegal offshore providers, who lure customers in with large bonuses and then don't pay out winnings or provide their customers with any safer gambling tools," he said.

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