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Gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading app marketing in English Premier League football: A frequency analysis of in-game logos
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Maira Andrade ,
Philip Newall
Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Volume: 12, Issue: 4, Pages: 972 - 982
Swansea University Author: Jamie Torrance
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DOI (Published version): 10.1556/2006.2023.00066
Abstract
Background & aims:The gamblification of UK football has resulted in a proliferation of in-game marketing associated with gambling and gambling-like products such as cryptocurrencies and financial trading apps. The English Premier League (EPL) has in response banned gambling logos on shirt-fronts...
| Published in: | Journal of Behavioral Addictions |
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| ISSN: | 2062-5871 2063-5303 |
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Akademiai Kiado Zrt.
2023
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa65201 |
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Background & aims:The gamblification of UK football has resulted in a proliferation of in-game marketing associated with gambling and gambling-like products such as cryptocurrencies and financial trading apps. The English Premier League (EPL) has in response banned gambling logos on shirt-fronts from 2026 onward. This ban does not affect other types of marketing for gambling (e.g., sleeves and pitch-side hoardings), nor gambling-like products. This study therefore aimed to assess the ban's implied overall reduction of different types of marketing exposure.Methods:We performed a frequency analysis of logos associated with gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading across 10 broadcasts from the 2022/23 EPL season. For each relevant logo, we coded: the marketed product, associated brand, number of individual logos, logo location, logo duration, and whether harm-reduction content was present.Results:There were 20,941 relevant logos across the 10 broadcasts, of which 13,427 (64.1%) were for gambling only, 2,236 (10.7%) were for both gambling and cryptocurrency, 2,014 (9.6%) were for cryptocurrency only, 2,068 (9.9%) were for both cryptocurrency and financial trading, and 1,196 (5.7%) were for financial trading only. There were 1,075 shirt-front gambling-associated logos, representing 6.9% of all gambling-associated logos, and 5.1% of all logos combined. Pitch-side hoardings were the most frequent marketing location (52.3%), and 3.4% of logos contained harm-reduction content.Discussion & Conclusions:Brand logos associated with gambling, cryptocurrency, and financial trading are common within EPL broadcasts. Approximately 1 in 20 gambling and gambling-like logos are subject to the EPL's voluntary ban on shirt-front gambling sponsorship. |
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Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences |
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4 |
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