A group of lawmakers, representing various opposition parties, urged Culture and Sport Minister Limor Livnat (Likud) and Sports Gambling Commission Chairman Tzahi Fishbein to put an immediate end to a recent campaign promoting legal horse betting. In a letter addressed to Livnat and Fishbein, 10 MKs called for an immediate halt to the campaign aimed at boosting sales of recently approved horse-racing gambling products. "Over the past several days, a massive campaign has been launched. Its goal is to encourage the public to participate in horse betting overseas," wrote the MKs. "Calling on the public to use its money on horse races violates Israel's animal cruelty laws in a most egregious way."
MKs lash out at ministry for promoting horse-race gambling
Culture and Sport Ministry's campaign to promote gambling activity in newly sanctioned horse betting irks MKs from across the political spectrum, prompting scathing letter • "This constitutes a severe violation of Israel's animal cruelty laws."
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