In recent times the Advertising Standards Agency (A.S.A) have really moved with the times, and now they don’t only cover television advertising, but have broadened their spectre to cover advertising online, banner advertising, and even advertising in newspapers and magazines. Even Facebook advertising is covered by the new rules, which leaves us wondering what Jackpot […]
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Bingo Ads Include Mouseovers To Get Around ASA
We’ve noticed a change in gambling ads across the Internet in the last few weeks and we can only assume it’s down to several ASA rulings, where companies have been rapped for failing to include terms and wagering requirements. Now, many sites are employing a new type of as, where you rollover the ad with […]
ASA Rules Anti-Gambling Campaign Can Stay
A series of adverts by The Campaign for Fairer Gambling will be allowed to continue after the ASA failed to uphold a complaint against the company. The Campaign for Fairer Gambling has been running a series of ad campaigns, in protest to Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs), that is the roulette and gaming machines popping […]
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 […]
Wink Bingo Press Advert Banned
Just a quick note on the latest Bingo themed Advertising Standards Agency ruling. Spotted earlier that one of Wink Bingo’s press adverts has been banned by the ASA. The advert featured a nurse in a maternity ward playing Bingo online rather than attending to her patient. The headline read ‘Find An Appropriate Moment.’ The complain […]
MP In Fails To Get Foxy Bingo Advert Banned
Keeping it online bingo advertising related, I’ve just spotted this report in The Guardian about the infamous (around these parts at least) Foxy Bingo advert. Don Foster, the Liberal Democrat culture spokesman complaint centres around the advert’s promoting of the £10 free offer at Foxy Bingo (which is no longer available). The MP complain that […]
Camelot’s Bingo Advert Banned
There’ll be smiles from the Bingo Association on this one. The Advertising Standards Authority has agreed with them that Camelot’s add which depicted a closed Bingo hall was indeed denigrating the Bingo industry. After some careful consideration, the ASA has stated the ad must not be shown again. You can read the ASA’s full adjudication […]
