Betting firms ‘should be taken out of sports sponsorship’
Fact gambling ads allowed in afternoon a scandal, says former chairman of Paddy Power
Former chairman of Paddy Power Fintan Drury said: ‘You cannot have booze advertising on television in this country until a certain hour of the evening, but you can have gambling.’ File photograph: Frank Miller
Betting firms as well as alcohol companies should be taken out of sports sponsorship to help combat gambling addiction, a conference on ethics in sport has heard.