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WHG (International) Ltd t/a William Hill Online
An in-app ad promoting an offer for a game in the William Hill app misleadingly contradicted the terms and conditions that applied to the offer.
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Betway Ltd
A pre-roll ad on YouTube for Betway featured the Chelsea FC logo in a manner which was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Bonne Terre Ltd t/a Sky Bet
[Republished ruling] A promoted tweet for Sky Bet featured Gary Neville, a person who was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Eaton Gate Gaming Ltd t/a Kwiff
A post on Kwiff’s X account featured Sir Lewis Hamilton, a person who was likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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HW Fantasy Ltd t/a My Passion
An in-game ad for an online romantic novel service, seen in a puzzle game was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, including by trivialising violence against women.
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William Hill Organization Ltd t/a William Hill
A promotional voucher for William Hill encouraged irresponsible use.
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Dribble Media Ltd t/a Midnite
A post on Midnite’s X page featuring an AI generated video depicting footballer Trent Alexander-Arnold had strong appeal to under-18s.
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Gorgeous Shard Puzzle Studio
An in-game ad for a mobile game app was socially irresponsible and likely to cause serious and widespread offence, including by objectifying and sexualising women and featuring a harmful gender stereotype.
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KamaGames Ltd t/a Blackjackist
A paid-for X ad for the Blackjack 21: Blackjackist game misleadingly stated that the game didn’t contain in-game purchases, including random-item purchases.
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CTW Inc
Three paid-for YouTube ads for a video-game company were socially irresponsible, likely to cause serious or widespread offence and featured harmful gender stereotypes by objectifying and sexualising women. The ads also portrayed someone who appeared to be under 18 in a sexual way.
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SP Graham Retail Ltd
A voucher for Sean Graham bookmakers didn’t include all the significant conditions of the promotion and also failed to administer the promotion fairly.
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Pheon Inc
An in-game ad and a paid-for social media ad for an AI Chat Bot, portrayed the character as under-18 and was likely to cause serious or widespread offence by stereotyping women as sexual objects.
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Hollywoodbets International UK Ltd t/a Hollywoodbets
A banner ad for Hollywood bets seen on the Virtual Football League website was inappropriately targeted to under-18s.
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Mecca Bingo Ltd
A Facebook post featuring emojis for a game to guess film names, wasn't likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Play’n GO Malta Ltd
Three banner ads promoting casino gaming content were likely to have strong appeal to under-18s and were therefore irresponsible.
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Buzz Group Ltd
A post on Buzz Bingo Grimsby’s Facebook page featuring a cartoon action figure wasn’t likely to be of strong appeal to under-18s.
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Glamour Shots
A paid-for Google search ad for eBay was irresponsible and likely to cause serious offence by objectifying and sexualising women.
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Cosmos Oyun Yazilim Sanayi Ticaret Ltd Sirketi t/a Filter AI
An in-game ad was socially irresponsible and caused serious offence, including by featuring a harmful gender stereotype that objectified women.
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LEBOM Ltd
A paid-for Facebook ad and a paid-for X ad encouraged gambling behaviour that was socially irresponsible and encouraged excessive drinking.
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Wuxi Zhan'ao E-commerce Co Ltd t/a Lpows.com
A paid-for YouTube ad featured a gender stereotype that was likely to cause harm or serious offence.
Rulings
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