Sportsbet spends extra $19m in marketing blitz ahead of expected gambling ad ban
by Henry Belot from World news | The Guardian on (#6DR1W)
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Sportsbet has increased its marketing spend by millions of dollars in an advertising blitz ahead of an expected crackdown by the Australian government.
The business spent an extra $19m on marketing in the first half of 2023 compared with the same period the year before, the financial results of Sportsbet's Dublin-based parent company, Flutter, show.
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