Facebook ban Bingo Advertising

Facebook has banned online bingo advertising in their worldwide social network. A Facebook announcement said that they would ban “gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker.” Gambling is joined on the list by around twenty other products, including guns, tobacco, spy cameras, nudity, uncertified pharmaceuticals, inflammatory religious content and pyramid schemes.
 
UK online bingo is 100% legal and regulated by the government., however Facebook have decided to revise their policy. Facebook’s US management is concerned that they may leave themselves open to prosecution for aiding and abetting gambling if they take advertising. The decision flies in the face of industry best practice as Google recently allowed gambling advertising to run within the UK.