Day: 24 November 2020

ASA Reports Significant Decline in Children’s Exposure to Gambling Advertising in Q3

Tue 24 Nov 2020 9.53 Daniel Williams
ASA Reports Significant Decline in Children’s Exposure to Gambling Advertising in Q3

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has welcomed the gambling sector’s efforts to protect underage individuals by tackling advertising. The latest monitoring sweep published by the UK advertising watchdog confirmed a considerable decline in underage individuals’ exposure to gambling adverts in the third quarter of the current fiscal year. Previously, the ASA has revealed that the UK gambling industry was one of the worst offenders when it came to adverts that were found particularly appealing by children. The second monitoring sweep of the ASA covered the period from July to the…

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New Zealand Sees Massive 116% Poker Machine Profits Increase Following Coronavirus Lockdown

Tue 24 Nov 2020 6.04 Olivia Cole
New Zealand Sees Massive 116% Poker Machine Profits Increase Following Coronavirus Lockdown

Profits generated from so-called poker machines in New Zealand have seen a massive increase in mid-year figures following the ending of a level 4 coronavirus lockdown. Earlier in November, the country’s Department of Internal Affairs – Te Tari Taiwhenua – revealed a massive 116% surge on the quarter after the lengthy coronavirus lockdown. As the Department shared, the quarter that ended in June 2020 saw the revenue generated by poker machines, also known as pokies, reach NZ$130,661,758, with the significant increase being associated with the end of the Covid-19 lockdown…

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