YouTube Agrees to Block Gambling Advertising Aimed at Norway

Norwegian language advertising videos from unlicensed operators prompted complaints from Norway’s regulator.

Key Takeaways

Norways regulator has succeeded in getting YouTube to block gambling advertising targeted at the country.
The Gaming and Foundation Authority submitted 122 examples of videos which breached national anti-gambling laws.
The new coalition government has said that it intends to open up the gambling market following a 2012 report from the regulator.
Currently there is a single monopoly licensed as gambling provider and another licensed for horse racing.

YouTube has agreed to block Norwegian language gambling advertising following complaints by the Norwegian regulator, the Gaming and Foundation Authority. The regulator complained about 122 videos which breached national anti-gambling laws.

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Jocelyn Wood, Editor Joss is a graduate in English from the University of Birmingham and has a Master’s Degree in Organisational Development from the University of Manchester. His career path has taken him from the British Army, through business & finance to seven years as a successful professional poker player. His experience of the European Union, law, accounting, finance, regulation and online poker provide the basis for his insights in the PRO specialist categories of Industry and Law & Regulation. As CEO he steered his own company through full Financial Services Authority regulation, and was asked by Morgan Stanley to take their UK mortgage business through the same process. Although British, he lives in Arequipa, Peru, set high in the mountains and surrounded by volcanoes. He is married to a Peruvian and has three children.

Article published on December 02, 2013.

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