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Ladbrokes television advertisement falls foul of the ASA watchdog

In the United Kingdom and the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has reportedly banned a television spot from the Ladbrokes online gambling and sportsbetting brand after ruling that it depicted socially irresponsible gambling behaviors.

According to a Tuesday report from The Independent newspaper, the offending advert was broadcast in April and had begun with a commentary that declared ‘I’m a nodder; up to the football, down to the app like a dog on a dashboard’. The controversial commercial purportedly then went on to show a man supposedly using the brand’s mobile sportsbe…