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ASA upholds complaint over two LiveScore Bet adverts

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The UK Advertising Standards Authority upheld a complaint about two LiveScore Bet adverts after a user said they appeared in the under-18 version of the LiveScore app. LiveScore Bet said it could not reproduce the first advert, but acknowledged a technical fault had shown odds in an earlier app version for under-18 users; it said the current version works correctly.

The ruling concerns safeguards against gambling advertising being shown to under-18s through the LiveScore app.

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Irish ASA upholds complaints against two TonyBet YouTube adverts

Ireland’s Advertising Standards Authority upheld complaints against two TonyBet adverts shown on YouTube and ruled that neither may reappear in its current form. It found one advert implied gambling could provide reliable income and the other risked presenting it as a solution to financial difficulties; TonyBet said it had withdrawn the adverts and blamed a mobile affiliate partner for one placement.

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