Canada: Hockey fans can likely bet on seeing more gambling-related advertising — for now

Canada: Hockey fans can likely bet on seeing more gambling-related advertising — for now

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  • Geoff Nixon , CBC News
November 28, 2022 2:30 PM
  • Geoff Nixon , CBC News

Talk to a hockey fan and the odds are good they’ll have something to say about all the betting-related content appearing in NHL broadcasts lately.

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“It is forced upon us every few minutes,” said Gordon Rendell, writing via email from Happy Valley-Goose Bay, N.L., and summing up a frustration he and other like-minded fans are feeling.

There are TV ads promoting sports betting, broadcast segments devoted to sports betting, digital ads on arena boards promoting sports book companies — all part of the fierce competition for the business of people who want to bet.