U.K.
Threatens to Impose Online Gambling Ad Controls
As reported by the UK Digital
Bulletin: "The Government has threatened
to bring in statutory controls over advertising
for online gambling following evidence that
operators are breaking the law.
"Tessa
Jowell, the culture secretary, has also asked
the Crown Prosecution Service to consider taking
legal action over online casino and poker advertising
that offers incentives to gamble such as doubling
the punter's initial stake.
"Jowell
said action would be taken if advertising continued
to cross the line.
"…The
Department of Culture, Media and Sport warned
that the Act provided the secretary of state
with powers to restrict future gambling advertising,
should self-regulation by the ad industry prove
insufficient. It stressed that the crackdown
under existing legislation is not about trying
to catch out operators who are acting in good
faith, but about stopping companies that deliberately
flout the law…"
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