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Closed Ban Gambling Adverts Pre-Watershed

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This petition aims to get the government to introduce legislation to ban gambling adverts from being shown pre-watershed.

Gambling is a huge problem in the UK, last year a Gambling Commission report finds more than 2 million people are addicted to gambling or at risk of developing a problem [1].

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/aug/24/problem-gamblers-uk-gambling-commission-report

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    This petition will stay open until 4 December 2018.