Ontario’s minister responsible for gambling says potential changes to the laws governing ads for online gambling are coming soon.
“We understand that the time to do something is now,” Minister of Tourism, Culture, and Gaming Stan Cho told CTV News in an interview this week.
“I’ve gone through this with family in terms of problem gambling online, and I know that that days matter on this. ”
Mental health experts are alarmed by the pervasiveness of gambling ads baked into sports broadcasts, online, and on the street.
“We’re worried about whether we are basically just creating a generation of gambling addicts,” says Dr. Nigel Turner, a gambling addiction researcher at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH).
