In making betting public across Russia as well as acquiring more clients, the Russia’s Communication Ministry has put in place the 24 hour advertisement on various betting sites and bookmaking offices in the nation. This is a new bill that was tabled to the parliamentarian and is expected to go through as betting will form a basis of revenue for the Russian Government through taxation.
This new bill that is to be tabled will act as an amendment clause to the Article 27 of the Law on Advertising. This amendment will imply that betting and bookmaking office advertisement will be made throughout the day across the nation. Nevertheless, the Government will take full control of the advertisement and will in turn incorporate stern rules and terms that would avoid any bias or exaggeration of the advertised product. Hence, the products to be advertised will be put on check.
One of the main restrictions to be incorporated would involve being on the lookout especially to those adverts that would focus mostly to the under age or those who have not attained the betting age. It will also make sure that the betting agents do not put more pressure on wagers to make them see it as a way to earn a living. This means that the adverts will avoid inflating winnings which would be hazardous to some bettors.
These advertisements on gambling are scheduled to be staged via TVs, Radios, printing media, at various facilities that offer sports as well as physical fitness, online advertising and also in various buildings where an array of activities takes place. On the other hand, these adverts are banned in airports, rail station, metro stations or any other related fields.
The to be amended Article 27 of Law on Advertisement implied that these adverts would only be made via TVs and radios. On other platforms such as areas of interests like gyms, the adverts were time restricted only from 10 p.m to 7 a.m.
This article is published in: About Betting
Tags: betting adverts, Legislation, sports betting, tax
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