An economics professor has warned banning sports betting could harm community-level sports.

Professor at RMIT, Sinclair Davidson, claims some of the data used to push a ban is misleading and the real problem is not sports betting.

“If you have a look at the Victorian Responsible Gambling Foundation’s report, if you unpack the numbers the problem gamblers are not in the sports gambling space,” he told Michael McLaren.

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