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  • Health Lottery ELM Ltd

    • Upheld
    • Internet (social networking)
    • 22 November 2017

    A Facebook post for Health Lottery ELM Ltd, dated 22 January, stated “You know what they say five chances to win is better than one, that’s why we run five weekly draws! What’s more, each draw has a jackpot of up to £100K- that means that there is a potential half a million pounds up for grabs week in week out! … Up to...

  • WHG (International) Ltd t/a William Hill

    • Not Upheld
    • Television
    • 01 November 2017

    A TV ad for bookmakers William Hill, seen on 18 June, promoted the '#Your Odds' promotion in which customers could create and bet on their own markets, and make a request for William Hill to provide the odds via Twitter from the William Hill app. One scene titled 'William Hill App' included review ratings from five pub...

  • Annexio Ltd t/a World Lottery Club

    • Upheld
    • Internet (on own site)
    • 11 October 2017

    An ad for World Lottery Club seen in the complainant’s Facebook newsfeed on 14 June 2017, stated “How about never working again or starting an empire! Spend it your own way, you’d be one of the UK’s wealthiest lottery winners”. This was accompanied by a picture with a red bar that stated “BREAKING NEWS”. Further text s...

  • Isiris Racing Services

    • Upheld
    • Press general
    • 20 September 2017

    A press ad, published in the Racing Post, for a betting tipster service, seen on 27 May 2017, included text which stated “Make a 4-figure profit or continue with us FREE until you do. We have had 30 bets in the past 2 months (April/May)* and only 3 outright losers for a 90% strike rate and very large profits too of cou...

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