The committee made 31 recommendations on how online gambling, which it said was changing the culture of sport, should be regulated and how Australians struggling with addiction should be supported.
Australians outspend the citizens of every other country on online gambling, Peta Murphy, chair of the committee said in the report titled "You win some, you lose more".
Murphy said online gambling companies advertise deliberately and strategically alongside sport, which has normalised it as fun and harmless and socialble activity.
A phased, comprehensive ban on all gambling advertising on all media, broadcast and online, that left no room for circumvention, was needed, the panel said.
The gambling problem shifted online to a much greater extent when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the closure of public venues.
Persons:
Peta Murphy, Murphy, Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Praveen Menon, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
SYDNEY, Entain PLC, Tabcorp Holdings, ABC Gold Coast, Thomson
Locations:
Australia, London