Gambling Adverts Axed By Google

Published: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 Online-Casinos.com

GAMBLING ADS AXED BY GOOGLE

U.S. ads a thing of the past....

Casino advertisements on the giant search engine Google could be a thing of the past following a decision by Google HQ currently being reported in marketing media.

The reason behind the decision is reportedly that Google and its rival Yahoo! have allegedly been warned off by the US Justice Department authorities for promoting gambling indirectly to an underage audience through advertising pop-ups.

The *voluntary* decision applies only to the United States in the case of Yahoo!, where Justice officials have been exercising a major crackdown on all aspects of Internet gambling. However, it is understood that Google plans to extend the ban globally.