Archive | May, 2022

ASA publishes its Annual Report

The Advertising Standards Authority has today (19 May 2022) published its Annual Report 2021 (a copy of which you can download below), in which it states as follows in relation to the introduction (with effect from 1 October 2022) by the Committee for Advertising Practice of ‘tough new rules’ to ‘curb broad appeal of gambling ads and […]

Enforcement action taken by the UKGC against three more licence holders for AML and Social Responsibility failings

There has been a flurry of announcements today, 17 May 2022, emanating from the Gambling Commission relating to regulatory enforcement action taken against three of its remote operating licence holders: As reported by the Commission here, the following operators will pay a total of £675,000 to the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms in regulatory settlements […]

Children’s decreased exposure to TV gambling ads explained by changing media habits?

The Advertising Standards Authority has published a report on Children’s Exposure to Age-restricted TV ads (that you can download below) evidencing that children’s exposure to gambling and alcohol ads on TV has decreased significantly over the last decade. The ‘headline’ news is that: Under-16s exposure to TV ads for alcohol decreased by three quarters since […]

ASA upholds two out of 3 complaints against Skill on Net Ltd

The Advertising Standards Authority (‘ASA’) has investigated three issues arising from complaints made against Skill on Net Ltd (in relation to an ad on a webpage, a blog post and three TV ads for online casino PlayOJO, seen in September 2021) that allegedly: misleadingly implied that a PlayOJO ‘Hot or Cold’ feature within an online slot […]

EGBA encourages a more common and regular monitoring & reporting framework for problem gambling throughout Europe

A new pan-European study commissioned by The European Gaming and Betting Association (‘EGBA’) entitled ‘Consumer Protection in European Online Gambling Regulation – Monitoring Gambling Engagement and Problem Gambling Prevalence within Selected European Jurisdictions’ – that you can download below – has found significant differences in how European countries monitor and report problem gambling, with 12 […]