Industry
December 8, 2022
Google Asserts It Does Not Allow Gambling Ads in India
US tech giant Google has issued an official statement in response to India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting directive addressed toward the company obliging it to stop any gambling ads that are being shown on YouTube or in the search engine. Google Affirms It Does Not Allow Gambling Ads in India In an official statement, […]
Industry
September 9, 2022
Google to Roll Out Rummy and DFS Pilot on Google Play India
Google Play has posted information about a pilot program for DFS and Rummy apps that will now be launched in a temporary capacity in India. Essentially, the company is allowing Indian developers to make their products accessible to local customers with DFS betting and rummy apps getting a temporary exemption. Google Play India to Feature […]
Legal
September 5, 2022
Italy’s AGCOM Issues Fines to Companies Promotion Gambling via YouTube
Italy’s media and communications agency, Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM), has issued a warning to both domestic and international media owners, as well as affiliate publishers that the gambling advertising rules in the Dignity Decree must be respected and obeyed. The warning comes after AGCOM issued a €750,000 ($743,000) fine to Google Ireland […]
Industry
July 7, 2022
Google Removes Gambling Products from Rich Results
Google has passed changes to the way its Rich Results are displayed with the company confirming that it will now consider certain high-risk products as unfit to be featured in the section. The company warned operators and affiliates that their products may be excluded from the Rich Results category if they are “prohibited, regulated or […]
Casino
May 3, 2022
Google, Facebook & Apple Respond to Gambling Lawsuit
Consumers have stated that Google, Facebook (now known as Meta), and Apple earned billions of dollars from online casino chip sales and their stance is that the companies invoke a defense based on Section 230 Communications Decency Act. The Suit Was Filed in 2021 The aforementioned three companies received a lawsuit in November 2021 and […]
Industry
March 25, 2022
Google Updated Advertising Policy, Included Ontario Operators
Internet technology giant Google announced an update to its advertising policy to include ads from regulated sports betting operators in Ontario ahead of the market launch on April 4. Support for the Regulated Market According to the latest update, the global search engine will now accept advertisements from the government-run lottery operators, as well as […]
Industry
January 25, 2022
Gambling Companies in Ireland Can Use Apple, Google Tools to Block Credit Cards
Apple and Google, often blamed for their alleged complacency in facilitating gambling companies, may have been siding with consumers all along. The companies provided Irish betting apps with a reliable method to filter credit card payments for the purposes of gambling, the Irish Independent wrote, but at least one firm has opted out of this […]
Sports
January 11, 2022
Google Amends Gambling Advertisement Guidance on New York
As sports betting in New York is picking up a lot of momentum, advertisement has become another hot button for stakeholders. Thankfully, Google has updated its US Gambling and Games advertisement rules to offer guidance at a time when marketers are eager to push their clients’ brands in the newly fledged betting market in the […]
Industry
November 26, 2021
Google Suspends All Gambling Ads in Florida Following Court Order
As the State of Florida and the Seminole Tribe are trying to juke it out, Google has decided to act preemptively and effectively banned all gambling advertisements that may appear through Google Ads in the state. The decision by the search engine comes a day after a federal judge in Washington DC overturned the Florida-Seminole Tribal […]
Legal
November 3, 2021
Google Strike Down Illegal Ad Fine in Italy
Google has won a milestone case in Italy, managing to overturn an injunction and a fine imposed on the search engine platform and company for purportedly violating the country’s ban on gambling ads. In the original claim, the Italian regulator Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) claimed that Google had allowed gamblers to work […]