Day: 15 February 2018

Letou Under Fire for Gambling Promotions That Could Target Children

Thu 15 Feb 2018 13.53 Olivia Cole
Letou Under Fire for Gambling Promotions That Could Target Children

Letou Sports Betting & Online Casino, which is the shirt sponsor of Swansea City, has been investigated for using cartoons in their casino games’ promotional campaigns. The investigation has been started after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) received a complaint from the Campaign for Fairer Gambling, claiming that Letou’s advertising campaign could encourage children to gamble. Representatives of the Campaign for Fairer Gambling reached the advertising regulatory authority, calling it to remove the operator’s commercials for games which were likely to be found attractive to young individuals under the age…

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Australian Poker Players More Likely to Fall Victims to Problem Gambling

Thu 15 Feb 2018 10.16 Daniel Williams
Australian Poker Players More Likely to Fall Victims to Problem Gambling

The Australian Institute of Family Studies released the results of a research on the poker activity in Australia. The findings were provided after an analysis of the 2015 Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey took place. The study, which was conducted by the Australian Gambling Research Centre, offers one of the first-ever details understandings of the local poker players’ gambling habits in terms of different forms of gaming available in the country. According to the results of the research, approximately 132,000 Australian adults gambled on poker on…

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