UK advertising body gets shirty over blackjack advert

Dan Taylor
March 4, 2010
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This would have worked

This would have worked

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against a television commercial by online gaming operator GameAccount saying it misleadingly implied that the service offered greater rewards than to traditional casinos. The advert, which concluded with the line, “If you play against real people, there’s less chance of you losing your shirt” involved a couple playing blackjack, losing all their chips and in the man’s case, his shirt. It was indeed a scandalous advert. After all, it should obviously have been the woman that lost her clothes… Read more.

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