The Guardian – Ofcom research finds 1.39m gambling ads ran in UK last year, compared with 234,000 in 2007 when sector was deregulated. The number of gambling commercials on British TV has rocketed from 234,000 a year to nearly 1.4m annually since the deregulation of the sector six years ago, according to new research. Media regulator Ofcom on Tuesday published research showing that viewers were bombarded with 1.39m gambling ads ran last year, with under-16s exposed to an average of 211 ads each. This is an increase of nearly 600% since the Gambling Act 2005 came into force in September…