Industry
January 2, 2023
ACMA Reports a Doubling of Gambling Ads Complaints in 2022
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced that the number of complaints regarding gambling ads almost doubled in 2022, The Guardian revealed recently. The media regulator, which is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority, has also added that the number of complaints and inquiries regarding gambling advertisements has been on a steady growth trend […]
Industry
December 21, 2022
ASA Asks Ladbrokes to Take Down a Tweet
The Advertising Standards Authority was unhappy with a tweet by the sports betting operator Ladbrokes. According to the regulator, the bookmaker’s post breached the rules outlined in the Committee on Advertising Practice (CAP). Ladbrokes Had to Take Down a Tweet Featuring Premier League Athletes The tweet in question is actually a fairly old post from […]
Industry
September 21, 2022
MrQ Asked to Take Down an Ad Featuring Spiderman
MrQ’s parent company, Lindar Media, had published an ad that might have appealed to children. As a result, the United Kingdom’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) asked the online gambling operator to take the problematic ad down. Spiderman Is Recognizable Among Kids MrQ used a famous image of three Spiderman characters pointing at one another […]
Legal
May 10, 2022
Belgium to Ban Nearly All Forms of Gambling Advertisement
Belgium has taken drastic measures in its fight against gambling harm. The country began a process that will see gambling ads banned from billboards and all forms of media. Belgium Will Prohibit Most Gambling Ads The bill to end gambling advertising was introduced this weekend in a draft Royal Decree. The new rules will likely […]
