incrediBILL
msg:4284686 | 6:15 pm on Mar 20, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Don't confuse Google Ads in the SERPs with AdSense, two different beasts.
Everything you need to know about this topic is answered here:
[google.com...]
Sites with Google ads may not include or link to:
* Gambling or casino-related content |
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Is poker Gambling?
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wyweb
msg:4284690 | 6:26 pm on Mar 20, 2011 (gmt 0) |
If there's real money on the table, yeah.
I love playing cards.
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caribguy
msg:4284721 | 7:29 pm on Mar 20, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Let's muddy the waters a bit ;)
From a 2009 article, based on a report in the New Scientist.
| courts in Pennsylvania, Colorado and South Carolina have all ruled this year that poker is a game of skill |
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[abcnews.go.com...]
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wyweb
msg:4284737 | 8:09 pm on Mar 20, 2011 (gmt 0) |
@caribguy
| courts in Pennsylvania, Colorado and South Carolina have all ruled this year that poker is a game of skill |
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Yeah. No problem with that. It is skill and I've won my fair share of pots.
But if you're talking about real money, and I don't care where you are.. in Vegas, online, your best friends garage, it's still gambling.
It is actually the prefect definition for the word "gambling."
You're putting something out there of value on the table and you may lose it.
That's gambling all day long brother....
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AdSenseAdvisor
msg:4284913 | 7:19 am on Mar 21, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Confirming IncrediBill's earlier post:
Sites with Google ads may not include or link to gambling or casino-related content.
To un-muddy the water, poker is considered gambling by Google's standards :).
ASA.
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Lame_Wolf
msg:4284961 | 10:55 am on Mar 21, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| To un-muddy the water, poker is considered gambling by Google's standards |
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Ya wanna bet on that ? :)
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darkyl
msg:4284979 | 11:46 am on Mar 21, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Asa, thanks a lot for the clarification.
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john28uk
msg:4287297 | 11:20 am on Mar 25, 2011 (gmt 0) |
Another question for ASA regarding this, is this a company policy or a US law, if it’s the latter here in the UK and many other countries we don’t pander to the Christian right and have a free choice of gaming or not, could Google not allow poker ads etc in these countries, I would have thought stopping certain ads via IP would be easy enough.
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wyweb
msg:4287299 | 11:30 am on Mar 25, 2011 (gmt 0) |
@john28uk
| is this a company policy or a US law |
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It's company policy. There's no US law against gambling.
Well, strike that. It depends on where you're at.
We have cities in the US that were built on gambling.
Vegas, Ocean Springs, Atlantic City.
Gambling there is not only legal, it's encouraged.
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wheel
msg:4287306 | 11:44 am on Mar 25, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| we don’t pander to the Christian right |
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Don't tie distaste for gambling with the Christian right. It's got nothing to do with it. I've a friend who's a big poker player who's the poster boy for the Christian right.
Where I am, lots of people detest gambling because of it's inherent predatory nature for many people. And there's no Christian right around here.
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wyweb
msg:4287309 | 11:54 am on Mar 25, 2011 (gmt 0) |
| Where I am, lots of people detest gambling because of it's inherent predatory nature for many people. And there's no Christian right around here. |
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Where I am also.
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incrediBILL
msg:4287336 | 12:57 pm on Mar 25, 2011 (gmt 0) |
AdSense is supposed to be "family friendly" and gambling has never been considered family friendly unless you consider having children a "gamble" but that's a different thread.
Neither politics or religion are WebmasterWorld friendly, so before this drifts into ideological areas it shouldn't, and since all questions have been asked and answered, we're done.
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