Ad Clicks and Gambling Tricks with Dr Cesar Albarran-Torres

Did you know that globally, Australian’s lose the most money per capita to gambling?

In response to a parliamentary inquiry into online gambling, reports suggest that the Federal Government is considering a ban on gambling advertising online.

Findings from the Australian Ad Observatory highlight the complexities of enforcing such a ban, with the prevalence of giveaway ads, raffles and rewards clubs - which do not legally classify as gambling but have gambling components - proliferating across the platform landscape.

View Cesar’s book, Digital Gambling: Theorizing Gamble-Play Media (Routledge, 2018): https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Gambling-Theorizing-Gamble-Play-Media/Albarran-Torres/p/book/9780367591724?srsltid=AfmBOoojWxovEEMyVPcBreyQa2mZde55Clk2eLiEeAylKPafpJyhZfwh 

More on Cesar’s work: https://www.admscentre.org.au/cesar-albarran-torres/