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Non-commercial raffles and sweepstakes rules shake up continues
Written by Nick Johnson on 22 Aug 2014
Did online advertising finally overtake TV in the complaint stakes? Was “leisure” the most complained about sector again? How many ASA decisions were successfully appealed? What are the ad super-regulator’s goals for 2015? Thomas Spanyol reports.
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New gambling ad regime is almost here
Written by Nick Johnson on 19 Jun 2014
Who: UK parliament Where: UK When: 14 May 2014 Law stated as at: 2 June 2014 What happened: The Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 received Royal Assent on 14…
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Seagate Technology prize competition challenged
Written Osborne Clarke on 29 May 2014
Who: Seagate Technology UK Ltd (“Seagate”) Where: Advertising Standards Authority, UK When: 26 March 2014 Law stated as at: 7 May 2014 What happened: Seagate ran a competition on their…
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Gambling Commission’s new quick guide to “skill with prize” machines
Written Osborne Clarke on 14 Jan 2014
Topic: Promotion Marketing Who: Gambling Commission When: 21 November 2013 Where: Great Britain Law stated as at: 13 January 2013 What happened: The Gambling Commission has recently issued new summary guidance for licensing…
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CAP’s online remit review commitment – what happened?
Written by Nick Johnson on 06 Nov 2013
Who: Committee of Advertising Practice, ASA Where: London When: October 2013 Law stated as at: 6 November 2013 What happened: Back in March 2011, the CAP Code’s online remit was…
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New gambling ad regime in April 2014?
Written by Nick Johnson on 06 Nov 2013
Who: Gambling Commission Where: UK When: October/November 2013 Law stated as at: 6 November 2013 What happened: The second reading of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill 2013 in the…
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In-game ads make for not just Angry Birds
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Mar 2013
Topic: Children Who: Paramount Pictures Where: UK When: 6 February 2013 Law stated as at: 4 March 2013 What happened: Paramount Pictures was on the receiving end of an upheld…
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Gambling ad regulation set for big changes
Written Osborne Clarke on 01 Feb 2013
Topic: Betting and gaming Who: Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the Committee of Advertising Practice (CAP) When: December 2012 Where: UK Law stated as at: 10 January…
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Did social platforms’ age gates save “Hitman Absolution” ads?
Written Osborne Clarke on 07 Nov 2012
Advertiser Square Enix was brought before the Advertising Standards Authority over allegedly offensive and distressing computer game ads on Facebook and Twitter. Did effectively placing the ads behind the social…
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Key cross border gambling ad verdict
Written Osborne Clarke on 08 Aug 2012
HIT and HIT LARIX challenged the Austrian authorities’ refusal to issue a permit allowing them to advertise their Slovenian casinos in Austria. Whatever happened to the Single Market, they said…
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New CAP Helpnote on “advergames”
Written Osborne Clarke on 12 Jun 2012
“Advergames” are typically electronic games that are used to advertise a product, brand or organisation. Increasingly accessible on social media sites as well as in the form of downloadable apps…
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LOCOG publishes “Brand protection-information for the betting industry”
Written by Nick Johnson on 04 Apr 2012
Just a few months to go now, but still the flow of Olympic regulations, guidelines and controls continues unabated. Now it is the turn of the betting industry, but these…
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