Google & Yahoo To Stop Online Casino Ads
The US Justice Department has warned giant search engines, Google and Yahoo, for allowing online casino advertisements and promoting gambling indirectly to an underage audience through advertising pop-ups. As a result Google HQ has decided to impose a global ban on casino ads.
The voluntary decision applies only to the United States in the case of Yahoo!, where Justice officials have been exercising a major crackdown on all aspects of Internet gambling. However, Google plans to extend the ban globally.
The news follows reports that the US Justice Department is to order banks in the UK to hand over information concerning their dealings with several online poker sites. The DOJ seem to be targeting big online sites that trade their stock publicly on the London Stock Exchange, such as PartyGaming and 888 Holdings.
Source: Casino News Online
The voluntary decision applies only to the United States in the case of Yahoo!, where Justice officials have been exercising a major crackdown on all aspects of Internet gambling. However, Google plans to extend the ban globally.
The news follows reports that the US Justice Department is to order banks in the UK to hand over information concerning their dealings with several online poker sites. The DOJ seem to be targeting big online sites that trade their stock publicly on the London Stock Exchange, such as PartyGaming and 888 Holdings.
Source: Casino News Online
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