Prime Minister Julia Gillard indicated the federal government was moving closer to imposing restrictions on sports broadcasts.
She said the Labor caucus had already been presented with a motion drafted by backbench MP Stephen Jones, and the matter was set down for future discussion.
"We've just finished a public consultation period for the form of the code to deal with all of this," Ms Gillard said of the FreeTV proposal, which has been developed in accordance with the government's communication department.
While she refused to "pre-judge" an outcome, the prime minister again made her personal opinion clear.
"I've made my attitude very clear to this ... it annoys me as someone who watches sporting events, that you get discussion about the odds. And it worries me too that kids when they're watching TV and watching sport aren't talking about the things we'd like them to be talking about ... but talking about the live odds."
