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sports betting regulation

UK/ˈspɔːts ˈbɛtɪŋ ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪʃən/US/ˈspɔrts ˈbɛtɪŋ ˌrɛɡjəˈleɪʃən/SPORTS BET·ting re·gu·LA·tion

Band 7+task2speaking

Laws and policies governing betting on sports events, intended to prevent corruption and protect consumers.

Examples

Countries are tightening sports betting regulation to combat match-fixing.

Effective sports betting regulation requires international cooperation.

Poor regulation of sports betting can lead to addiction and corruption.

Band 8 sentence

Robust sports betting regulation is essential to protect the integrity of competitions and to reduce the social harms associated with problem gambling.

Collocations

  • tighten sports betting regulation
  • introduce sports betting regulation

Word family

betting nounregulation nounregulate verb

Common mistakes

sport betting regulationsports betting regulation

regulation for bettingsports betting regulation

betting lawsports betting regulation

Say it for a higher band

5betting law6regulation of gambling7+sports betting regulation

Synonyms

gambling regulation

Easily confused

gambling regulation

The government introduced new gambling regulation to cover online casinos as well as betting shops.

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