ASA Issues Another Warning to Ladbrokes Over Tweets Appealing to Minors

Second time in a week that Entain brand warned over tweets

by - Wednesday, July 12th, 2023 9:16

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ASA Issues Another Warning to Ladbrokes Over Tweets Appealing to Minors Ladbrokes over its marketing as an investigation determined that two tweets relating to the Premier League could have a strong appeal to under 18s.

Entain-owned Ladbrokes promoted the two tweets in January and February of 2023.

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Ladbrokes argued once again that Twitter’s age gating would limit exposure of its tweets to minors and that 0% of its targeted audience were under the age of 25. However, the ASA ruled that the success or failure of a Premier League football manager was of interest to a much wider target audience than that company suggested stating that:

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Olivia Richardson

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