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Sporting Index ad featuring altered Christ the Redeemer banned

6th August 2014 9:12 am GMT

The UK’s advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a print advert for Sporting Index featuring a digitally altered image of Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue after it was deemed offensive and seen to link gambling with sexual success.

The ad, which was published in the City AM and Racing Post papers, featured an image of the Christ the Redeemer statue that had been manipulated to show Jesus with his right arm [...]

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