Sportsbet is among the industry leaders fronting the inquiry. The company welcomed “the government’s focus on reducing exposure to children of gambling advertising, protecting consumers from unregulated illegal offshore gambling markets and making improvements to bets”, he said. Lottery grilledRepresentatives of Australia’s lottery industry were also grilled. Half the adult population in Australia plays the lottery, the inquiry was told. Later, departmental officials told the inquiry an 8.30PM cut-off for gambling ads was due to changes in viewership numbers.