Customer Spending on Pokies in Bendigo Rises to More Than AU$9 Million in Current Fiscal Year

Customer Spending on Pokies in Bendigo Rises to More Than AU$9 Million in Current Fiscal Year

According to new statistics provided by the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation, gamblers have lost over AU$9 million on Bendigo-based electronic gambling terminals so far in the ongoing fiscal year. The figure represents an almost AU$100,000 increase in customer spending on the gambling machines. As the state’s gambling regulatory body has revealed, the total amount spent on the Greater Bendigo-based machines, also known as pokies, during the first two months of the current financial year was AU$9,329,875. The customer spending on the poker machines in August 2019 was…

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ASA Bans Casumo Gambling Advert for Inappropriately Targeting People Searching for Self-Exclusion Options

ASA Bans Casumo Gambling Advert for Inappropriately Targeting People Searching for Self-Exclusion Options

The online gambling operator Casumo saw regulatory action against one of its ads after the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) was addressed. The complainant explained they saw the Casumo gambling application add in May 2019, after a search for “how to unsubscribe from all gambling”. They challenged whether the advert was irresponsibly targeted as it promoted welcome bonuses to new customers of the gambling operator and appeared after a search for self-exclusion methods. Before receiving the complaint, Casumo Services Ltd said that ads displayed on Google were targeted on people who…

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