Banner Ads Appearing on Yahoo Discouraging Online Betting - iMega Discussion -

coolhandluck · 08-18-2009, 10:56 PM

A friend forwarded this to me and said it appeared as the banner ad on his Yahoo page:

It links to the National Council on Problem Gaming.

First off, I'm surpised that they would be buying ads and I suspect that another group is buying ads for them. Does iMEGA have any plans to counter such a campaign?

LetsGambool · 08-19-2009, 02:49 AM

These have been around for awhile, FWIW. Im interested on iMEGA's take, but if you want more info you should definitely search the forums as there was a long discussion on this earlier this year.

deathduck · 08-19-2009, 07:55 AM

at least it doesn't mention poker.

sba9630 · 08-19-2009, 12:19 PM

"STOP NO INTERNET GAMBLING"

I'm all for that.

BullGator · 08-19-2009, 07:35 PM

And go to ESPN and see ads for Stars & Tilt.

joe@iMEGA · 08-22-2009, 06:58 PM

Guys,

Sorry it took so long to respond, I've been tied up with meetings and then in transit to Vegas.

At this point, I think it would be a bad use of our limited resources to try and go banner-to-banner with these guys, especially when their banners are pretty bad (poor grammar highlighted below).

IMO, I don't think this is going to flip any pro-gambling people, and really doesn't move the needle for agnostics.

Again, IMO, the more intollerant the other side appears, and the more they reach like this, the better it is for all of us.

In short: if your foe runs an ad that make them look bad, let them keep running it

Joe@iMEGA

Uglyowl · 08-24-2009, 01:24 AM

These ads are part of a settlement that Google, Yahoo, Microsoft, Sportingnews, and others made with the Justice Department for having financial gain allowing gambling advertisements over the years. Each company shipped some cash and agreed to run some anti-gambling advertisements on their sites.

http://www.reuters.com/article/CMPSR...62590520071219

above_films · 11-05-2009, 03:49 AM

you would think that the justice dept would have OTHER things to do these days.

ASCERO · 11-06-2009, 05:55 PM

Stop reading the banner when I saw the "NO INTERNET GAMBLING" its just too agressive.....the word "NO" isnt good for promoting anything, people like to do things that are prohibited thats a fact.

Quote:

When you’re told NO—when you’re staring into the face of adversity—when the challenge is the hardest—that’s when the passionate rise to the occasion, use what they know and change the world.

To do this requires adopting a paradigm shift, a change in thinking. When someone tells you No, consider it an open challenge to achieve excellence.

The greatest minds of our time have seen NO not as an endpoint but as an opportunity.

Trumpetman219 · 12-05-2009, 12:10 AM

SEriously give me a break...teh JD better be gettin on some e-crime instead of dealing with us online poker grinders. Damn.

TeflonDawg · 12-05-2009, 11:53 AM

I might give a **** about this ad when poker is legally a gambling game and not skill.

In before ignorance.