The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against a banner ad on social networking platform Facebook by online gaming operator 888 which was found to be irresponsible for playing on addiction to encourage people to gamble.
The banner ad was placed on Facebook in February and stated: “Addicted to slots? 888promos.com” and featured a picture of a fruit machine. Further text stated: “Register in 888casino & get 7 spins every week for a whole [...]
