PREMIER LEAGUE shirts are set to look very different from next season as the government considers action on gambling sponsorship.
Fans have become used to seeing betting firm logos splashed across the front of club jerseys.
But this could be coming to an end as politicians mull changes over gambling laws.
New draft legislation is set to be published over the coming weeks.
And while the government is not expected to ban gambling sponsors, the BBC reports that the Premier League could take action into their own hands.
It is believed the division is set to agree to voluntarily remove better sponsors from the front of shirts.
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However top-flights clubs are said to have not yet voted on the measure.
Betting companies are still expected to be allowed to advertise on other parts of the kit and in their stadium.
The changes could have a knock-on effect for a number of clubs with eight top-flight teams sporting betting logos on the front of their shirts this season.
Bournemouth, Brentford, Everton, Fulham, Leeds, Newcastle, Southampton and West Ham will all have a different front-of-shirt sponsor if the new ruling is passed.
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The EFL, which is sponsored by Sky Bet, is not expected to implement anything similar with the league previously claiming that any outright gambling ban would cost its 72 members £40m-a-year.
The government have looked closer at the relationship between betting and football after campaigners argued that tighter regulation was needed to protect vulnerable groups.
But the Betting and Gambling Council, which represents the industry, has previously said the "overwhelming majority" of people in the UK who bet do so safely and responsibly.
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