Regulators in Ireland have taken down two TonyBet ads after ruling that they breached gambling standards. One of the removed ads was posted on YouTube and showed a man on his phone while sitting on a toilet with a tagline, “Only 3% of people can do this. Make money while sitting on the toilet.” The
Regulators in Ireland have taken down two TonyBet ads after ruling that they breached gambling standards.
One of the removed ads was posted on YouTube and showed a man on his phone while sitting on a toilet with a tagline, “Only 3% of people can do this. Make money while sitting on the toilet.”
The Advertising Standards Authority ruled that the ad demonstrated gambling as a way of earning money, which can cause financial harm. TonyBet responded that the ad was published without proper checks and blamed “human error” and a third-party agency for posting the ad without a compliance review.
TonyBet stated:
“We have urgently discontinued non-compliant advertisements with immediate effect. We are fully committed to compliance with respective rules and regulations in the territory of Ireland.”
The second ad that was banned was also posted on YouTube and featured a woman holding a child with the text “It’s hard to pay my rent and take care of my babies. But I made $8,500 last month,” written on it. Regulators stated that this ad promoted gambling as a way to earn money as well and ordered TonyBet to withdraw it and not run it again.