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ArticleSoccer and society2019

Shirt sponsorship by gambling companies in the English and Scottish Premier Leagues: global reach and public health concerns.

Christopher Bunn, Robin Ireland, Jonathan Minton, Daniel Holman, Matthew Philpott, Stephanie Chambers

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Article in Soccer and society, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Christopher BunnCollege of Social Sciences, Institute of Health and Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Robin IrelandEuropean Healthy Stadia Network, Liverpool, UK.
Jonathan MintonCollege of Social Sciences, Urban Studies, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.
Daniel HolmanDepartment for Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, UK.
Matthew PhilpottEuropean Healthy Stadia Network, Liverpool, UK.
Stephanie ChambersSocial and Public Health Sciences Unit, Medical Research Council/Chief Scientist Office, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK.

Funding

Chief Scientist Office SPHSU12Chief Scientist Office SPHSU14Medical Research Council MC_PC_13027Medical Research Council MC_UU_12017/12Medical Research Council MC_UU_12017/14
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

While the nature of gambling practices is contested, a strong evidence base demonstrates that gambling can become a serious disorder and have a range of detrimental effects for individuals, communities and societies. Over the last decade, football in the UK has become visibly entwined with gambling marketing. To explore this apparent trend, we tracked shirt sponsors in both the English and Scottish Premier Leagues since 1992 and found a pronounced increase in the presence of sponsorship by gambling companies. This increase occurred at the same time the Gambling Act 2005, which liberalized rules, was introduced. We argue that current levels of gambling sponsorship in UK football, and the global visibility it provides to gambling brands, is a public health concern that needs to be debated and addressed. We recommend that legislators revisit the relationship between football in the UK and the sponsorship it receives from the gambling industry.

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football (soccer)Gamblingproblem gamblingpublic healthsponsorship

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PMID31619942
PMCPMC6795541

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