Comments on: Gambling Ads On Google – Then v Now

By: Jatin Kshp

Jatin Kshp — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 09:15:15 +0000

Google done a great job. So far

By: Chvechi

Chvechi — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:46:56 +0000

I think this is a great decision from google.This will surely reduce the amount of gambling online.

By: Matt G.

Matt G. — Mon, 06 Apr 2009 15:53:25 +0000

Same thing going on with Facebook recently. Look at this! Ridiculous!
pokerteambankroll.com/poker-facebook-ads.htm

By: Google Lifts Ban On Gambling In U.K. | AccuraCast Search Daily News

Google Lifts Ban On Gambling In U.K. | AccuraCast Search Daily News — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 10:18:16 +0000

[...] This comes as a sudden change after they had issued a ban on paid search advertising for gambling sites about 16 months ago. The ban will however continue in Northern Ireland and outside U.K. [...]

By: Size Of The Online Gaming Market | Search Daily News

Size Of The Online Gaming Market | Search Daily News — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 18:16:04 +0000

[...] Europe accounts for 28.9% of the worldwide Internet population and 30.6% of the online gaming population. The number of online gamers in the Asia-Pacific region is 65.2 million, making it the second largest market, not far behind Europe’s 66.4 million gamers. [...]

By: AccuraCast

AccuraCast — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:07:49 +0000

How does Betcha.com offer a solution to the gambling laws? It’s just finding a loophole in the system, per se, by making it one-to-one rather than individual versus large gambling corporation.

Note that this post has little to do with the legality of gambling. Google does not make laws. It just maintains its own editorial policy for its own index, and has no control over what gambling laws allow or prevent.

By: Nick J.

Nick J. — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 06:07:21 +0000

“Play for fun” gambling? What’s that? That’s an oxymoron. There’s another way to comply with the gambling laws — make it honor-based, a la ebay. Check out Betcha.com, among others, for that.

By: AccuraCast

AccuraCast — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 11:00:10 +0000

Haha! Someone at Google took notice of this post. But there are still sponsored links for “play poker”. I can’t imagine it’s THAT tough to just automatically block anyone from advertising on the word poker altogether?!

By: Simone

Simone — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 09:08:04 +0000

15/06/07 10:07 and the search terms for online casino have changed again within google… no sponsored results turn up but the natural listing brings up quite a choice