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Gambling advertising in Premier League trebles, says new research

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Summary
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78% Informative

Researchers analysed Premier League coverage across TV, radio and social media.

They counted more than 29,000 gambling messages, a 165% increase on the opening weekend a year ago .

West Ham's match against Aston Villa contained close to 6,500 gambling messages - about 30 every minute .

Peter Shilton , England 's most capped male footballer and a former gambling addict, says gambling industry is "out of control and can't regulate itself".

VR Score

77

Informative language

73

Neutral language

76

Article tone

semi-formal

Language

English

Language complexity

56

Offensive language

possibly offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

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