On 23rd July 2014 a ruling was published on the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) website against Table Top Entertainment Ltd t/a Jackpot Cafe. There had been two complaints about an advert that had appeared on the social networking site Facebook. Jackpot Cafe had intimated in the ad that a UK man had won £18,000 with […]
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Jackpot Cafe Facebook Ad Banned By ASA
In April of this year one of our team, Kath, covered a story about advertising on Facebook by Jackpot Cafe. In the article she questions how responsible the advert actually is and suggests that it breaches Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) guidelines. She was so incensed by the ad itself that she even took the time […]
Wink Bingo Under ASA Scrutiny
It always amazes us how just one complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA)can result in a ban for a bingo commercial or marketing campaign that may have cost thousands to create. However, recently it was GRASP (The Gambling Reform and Society Perception Group) who were the complainants, this time about a poster on a […]
Advertising Standards Agency And Bingo
A recent complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency saw an advert on a social networking site banned because it was considered misleading after just one complaint. The advert offered a £10 free bonus to people registering for the first time but didn’t clearly link to the terms and conditions which state “entry to the promotion […]
Profitable Play Ltd (Bingo Friendzy) ASA Adjudication
When Bingo Friendzy first launched on Facebook offering the first ever real money gaming product there was much speculation and debate about the product. Since the launch in August this year the furore has died down and you rarely see the brand name banded about anymore, that was until yesterday when the Advertising Standards Agency […]
Advertising Standards Agency Bingo Rulings
Each week we check the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA) website to see if any of the recent online bingo adverts have come under scrutiny from this independent regulator and for the most part, bingo brands get off quite lightly with very few actually being complained about. However since 2008 there have been a total of […]
