Day: 30 July 2021

ASA Urges Gambling, Alcohol and HFSS Companies to Improve Their Targeting Tools to Protect Underage Individuals

Fri 30 Jul 2021 9.34 Daniel Williams
ASA Urges Gambling, Alcohol and HFSS Companies to Improve Their Targeting Tools to Protect Underage Individuals

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has addressed adult-content advertisers to make sure they use their audience and media targeting tools more appropriately in order to minimise the exposure of underage individuals to age-restricted adverts. The ASA’s plea was aimed at advertisers for alcohol, gambling and high fat, salt or sugar (HFSS) companies after the latest monitoring sweep of the Authority in terms of online advertising platforms has measured the coverage of age-restricted ads to audiences in the UK. At the time it took its latest measures on the issue, the…

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Germany-Based Tipico Group Enters Competition for William Hill’s UK and European Assets

Fri 30 Jul 2021 5.40 Olivia Cole
Germany-Based Tipico Group Enters Competition for William Hill’s UK and European Assets

The German sports betting operator Tipico owned by one of the largest private-equity firms on a global scale has joined the £1.5-billion competition for the UK-based assets of William Hill. According to media reports, Tipico, which is currently majority-owned by CVC Capital Partners, has become one of the bidders who have expressed interest in the acquisition of the UK high-street betting shops and European assets of William Hill. As revealed by sources familiar with the situation, Tipico Group has placed a “credible” acquisition bid for William Hill that was purchased…

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