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The Big Step
@the_bigstep
We’re a campaign to end gambling advertising and sponsorship in football, led by people harmed by gambling Part of @GambleWithLives
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    The Big Step
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    Dec 13, 2021
    RT if you want to see this happen 👇
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    The Big Step
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    Mar 1, 2023
    If you force young people to endorse addictive products, don’t be surprised if they use them.
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    The Big Step
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    Apr 15, 2022
    16 year old Carlos Richards coming on for Derby just now, wearing a shirt which is advertising a product he’s not legally allowed to use.
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    The Big Step
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    Jul 4, 2023
    Brentford will continue to promote gambling on their shirts next season which means when Ivan Toney returns he'll be a billboard for the addiction he is recovering from. Careless.
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    The Big Step
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    Sep 22, 2023
    British clubs playing in Europe forced to hide their gambling sponsors 🤌🤌
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    The Big Step
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    Jan 16, 2022
    17 year old wearing a shirt which is promoting a product he’s not legally allowed to use.
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    SportsJOE
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    Jan 16, 2022
    West Ham give Premier League debut to Sonny Perkins, who was born in February 2004 iRobot and The Bourne Supremacy were riding high in the cinemas, back then
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    The Big Step
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    Sep 25, 2023
    Luton Town CEO Gary Sweet has said rejecting gambling sponsorship has cost £2m - £3m per season but has no regrets. Promoting gambling costs society so much more than that - Thank you Gary and @LutonTown
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    The Big Step
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    Mar 28, 2022
    This current situation is not normal, safe, or fair. Let's kick gambling ads out of football.
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    The Big Step
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    Jul 12, 2023
    just can't understand why these footballers bet
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    Sky Sports News
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    Jul 12, 2023
    BREAKING: Nottingham Forest's Harry Toffolo has been charged with 375 breaches of betting rules from January 22, 2014 and March 18, 2017
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    The Big Step
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    Aug 22, 2024
    Don't ever accept that this is ok
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    The Big Step
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    Jan 17, 2024
    Man suspended from his job because of gambling addiction returns to work dressed as a gambling advert.
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    B/R Football
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    Jan 17, 2024
    Ivan Toney has scored 32 goals in 68 Premier League appearances. His eight-month ban ends today 🔙
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    The Big Step
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    Oct 21, 2023
    Footballer with a gambling addiction doing a lap of honour around the online casino adverts
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    The Big Step
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    Jun 15, 2022
    Here's the same footballer, forced to promote something that is destroying his life.
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    BBC North East
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    Jun 15, 2022
    Former Newcastle United midfielder Danny Guthrie has been declared bankrupt after he racked up £120,000 in gambling debts bbc.in/3tzhDvm
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    The Big Step
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    Nov 28, 2021
    The word ‘Bet’ appears 27 times here in one image - and that’s why gambling ads must go from all of football, not just from shirts.