Australia accounts for .33% of the worlds population yet it houses 20% of the worlds pokies machines. On any given single day, you’ll find 943 sports betting ads across our free to air television networks. I’ll just leave you with those numbers for a moment.
On this episode of the Behind The Mask Podcast, Im joined by chief spokesperson for the Alliance of Gambling Reform in Australia, Tim Costello and Mark Kempster who lost over $100,000 in sport betting over the course of his long addiction.
In this episode we discuss:
-What’s led to Australia’s obsession with sports gambling.
-What lured Mark into gambling and what makes it so incredibly hard for him and so many others to quit.
-How far ahead Australia are in terms of losses from the next worst country.
-The role former premier of Victoria Jeff Kennett had in beatifying gambling.
-The effect sport betting advertising is having on children as young as 10.
-Mark’s wife saving him from his likely suicide.
-Tim shares why NSW Labor Party has the biggest gambling addiction of all.
-Mark shares how is rehabilitation has inspired him to help others battling through their gambling addictions.
-Why Australia should implement all 31 recommendations from the late Peta Murphy’s report ‘You Win Some, You Lose More’ which pushes for a total ban on sports betting advertising across all media platforms in Australia.
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