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Using Social Media Gambling Ads To Promote Gambling

Jonathan April 27, 2024 05:14:40

Let's be honest here, gambling companies are not in the "honesty" business. In many cases, it's clear they prefer to break the rules in order to make a financial killing, already knowing the penalties (if any) will be paltry in comparison to their profits. It's the same story with using social media for gambling ads. The fact that it's mainly children seeing them doesn't matter to the iGaming industry.

Gambling Is A Safe Bet In Computer Games Despite The Fuss

Nich Moore May 5, 2020 16:20:01

With social media ready to pounce on every misstep game creators are getting cagey. Lurking controversy awaits to end promising executive careers. However, the need to replicate, or merely decorate, in-game environments means you’ll always be able to bet in computer games. What will be interesting is to see if online sportsbook sites in the UK, like Bet365, will be included in the virtual realities to come. Will an augmented reality include in-game bookies but RL wagers?

The Future Of Gambling In The US Looks Bright & Brash

Nich Moore February 5, 2020 11:16:40

With the population seemingly ready and willing to wager. The Super Bowl drew in some $7bn worth of wagers. There is already an understanding that the future of gambling in the US is bright, but what shape will it take? Online bookies like Bovada think they know and are already offering those who like to bet on sports in the US some great opportunities. However, there are already some new players on the block and it’s won’t be long before even more join them.

Gambling Advertising Ban in Italy Backfires with Google Ads

Thipphaphone July 20, 2018 11:57:24

As soon as the government’s approval of the gambling advertising ban in Italy was given, Google immediately complied but the results are unexpected.

Executive Goes To Shanghai And Wins The Chinese Fail Bet Crown

Nich Moore October 18, 2016 07:14:39

Crown Resorts, owned by Australian cartoon character James Packer, has been pushing its luck in China, riding the phantom steed of corporate supremacy cowering behind pedantic legality, but their luck finally ran out this week as its employees in the country were arrested and face lengthy sentences for promoting gambling in a country where it […]

Playtech Wins ‘Most Effective Agency Collaboration’ Award at ICE

Akos July 20, 2016 10:49:12

Playtech triumphed over technology giant Google, claiming the Most Effective Agency Collaboration award at ICE 2016. The International Corporate Event Awards (ICE) is attended by the world’s most influential technology companies, such as Google. This year, the award for the ‘Most Effective Agency Collaboration’ went to Playtech, leading gaming software and services supplier, over Google […]

Former Google Executive is New Betsson Chief Marketing Officer

Katrina P. December 11, 2015 18:20:50

The new Betsson chief marketing officer is Marion Gamel, a former Google executive and recent vice president of marketing at Eventbrite. In Sweden gambling news, Marion Gamel will take up her new post as Betsson chief marketing officer in January. She will split her time between the company’s Stockholm and Malta offices. Gamel had most […]

European Commission Bets On Latest Digital Single Market Proposals

Nich Moore May 10, 2015 12:21:10

The EU wants to level the digital playing field with the Digital Single Market but will gaming companies ever get to benefit from legislation likely to face a tricky road ahead? The European Union has always harked after harmonization in the same way that Captain Ahab set sail after the whale in Moby Dick. A […]

Apple Bets You Won’t Mind Their Profits At Your Expense

Nich Moore January 29, 2015 07:12:06

Despite the economic hard times in which we are constantly told we live, Apple have reported monstrous profits, so why aren’t their tax evading strategies being challenged by law makers? Apple, well known manufacturer of over-priced, slave produced, simplistic technology for those who prefer style over-substance, has reported profits of such an immense size that […]

Norway Gambles Gamblers Won’t Find A Way – But They Do

Nich Moore January 28, 2015 10:10:17

The Norwegian attitude to gambling is very much rooted in the past and the lack of forward thinking has led to a failure in policy to achieve the aims used to justify the restrictions When it comes to Norwegian gambling laws you have to say there’s a temptation to look askance, lower ones voice and […]

Racing Toward Too Many Casinos?

Nich Moore January 9, 2015 12:04:58

The choice of location for a new casino project is always fraught with difficulties but a new one begins to arise as proximity to other pre-existing gambling locations becomes more and more prevalent I don’t hunt. I mean I probably would if were to put food on my table but as a pastime or sport […]

Information and Science Take over in Sports Betting

Monica E. October 27, 2014 16:59:27

Blackjack is about card counting and strategy, poker has been accepted as a game of skill, and now sports betting is turning into a whole new branch of knowledge. There was a time when wagering was for people who loved sports so much that they were willing to put money on their favorite teams or […]

Marvin the Paranoid Croupier: Are Robots the Future of the Casino Industry?

April 10, 2014 13:54:24

With casinos in the US and Canada desperate to cut costs on the one hand and sustained investment in robotics on the other, the robotic croupier may appear in the not-so-distant future. The casino industry in North America is faltering. While more and more US states are licensing commercial casinos, profits are sinking in an […]

Governments are Spying on You, So are Others, Too?

Toni March 31, 2014 13:13:37

Some agencies are notorious for their relentless pursuit of data, however there are others that are less known, but equally efficient in obtaining your personal information. In the modern world virtually everyone and anyone can be reached and as a consequence anyone for that matter, can also be monitored by any one of the bigger […]