Review urged on primetime gambling ads A LABOR-DOMINATED parliamentary committee has urged the government to review the exemption allowing gambling advertisements during sports broadcasts at times when children are watching. The Joint Select Committee on Gambling Reform released a report yesterday containing a series of recommendations to minimise the influence of sports gambling promotions on younger people. One of the key recommendations was a review of industry self-regulation in this area, with the prospect of government legislating to repair any inadequacies in the promotion of gambling products during children's viewing hours. Other recommendations include the commissioning of further research on the long-term effects of sports gambling advertisements on children and for the Council of Australian Governments to work towards nationally consistent rules governing so called "gambling messages." The COAG select Council on Gambling Reform is urged to review the promotion of betting at venues, including the display of gambling promotions on the uniforms of sporting teams. The Sports Minister is also encouraged to work with the Australian Wagering Council to "urgently review" merchandise marketed to children featuring betting logos. However, a dissenting report from committee chairman Andrew Wilkie, Greens Senator Richard Di Natale and DLP Senator John Madigan claims the recommendations do not go far enough. It proposes the total ban of live odds at sporting venues and during the broadcast of games. And, rather than conducting a review, the dissenting report calls for the government to proceed with legislation removing the exemption allowing gambling advertisements during sports games watched by children. In a move that would reduce celebrity bookmaker Tom Waterhouse's prominence, the dissenting report also urges the government to prohibit the promotion of gambling services during editorial segments of sports and sports-related programs.