Ads Change the Game
As age identification software and technology gets more accurate and widely
accepted the game is changing in the advertising industry for some of the
over-18 industries, like the online casinos. The land and internet gambling
industries are both limited to over-18 year olds most everywhere in the world,
but the internet gambling industry in particular has received a stigma that
online casinos are more likely to support underage gambling. Whether or not
that’s true is not the debate, but rather to look at how new software is
allowing a much broader and more targeted advertising strategy for internet
gambling companies. Google in particular in the past year announced a decision
to enter the online gambling advertising industry.
Google is not only the largest search engine in the world, but the company also
dominates the advertising market on the internet as well. For years Google has
banned internet gambling ads from their advertising programs, but the company
announced a revamp of their policies that now includes advertising on an
exclusive section of YouTube that is limited only to verified 18 and up users.
And while there are certainly critics of this latest move, Google has strongly
assured and asserted that age verification software is good enough now that the
online casino adverts will not be going to younger viewers.
The advertising side of the UK and Great Britain online casino gambling industry
was greatly changed in the past year when some of the advertising restrictions
were lifted, but the new policies even more greatly liberalize the market and
give internet gambling companies more ways to find competitive advantage over
the myriad companies currently vying for a piece of the UK market. |