After Spain followed Italy in introducing strict restrictions on gambling ads, limiting them to a reduced period in the early hours of the morning. The Gambling Control Authority has found that most Lithuanians are in favor of banning gambling adverts.
With a survey of 1,001 adults, they had seen that 76% of them still believed that new controls should be introduced.
More than half (52 per cent) said they believed gambling advertising should be banned completely, although a similar number (51 per cent) also recognized that the gambling industry was important for the economy.
56% of respondents to the Lithuanian survey were also in favour of raising the minimum age to buy a lottery ticket from 16 to 18.
Reason why in June, the Gambling Control Authority announced new know-your-customer rules for gambling operators after the sector was identified as a risk for money laundering.
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