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Off topic & small talk: Casino advertising in Android games

Topic created on 01st Jun. 2025 | Page: 1 of 1 | Answers: 6 | Views: 257
Pat1991
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Casino advertising in Android games

1st Jun. 2025, at 09:42 am CEST#1
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Well. Legislators are talking their heads off, banning "illegal casinos" and creating laws to protect minors, with tough rules against unfair competition...

And at the same time, around 80% of the advertising in mobile apps, especially in games with ads after what feels like every level, consists solely of the worst kind of casino advertising.

The advertising goes like this: A woman comes into a restaurant and is broke. She opens the Plinko app on her cell phone, plays a round and wins 10,000 euros. The money is of course "immediately in her bank account" (explicitly advertised as such), and there is also a 100% Deposit bonus.

An Android app must be downloaded for this - the app then consists of a simple redirect to a casino website.

Cool, isn't it? 😂

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Casino advertising in Android games

1st Jun. 2025, at 11:41 am CEST#2
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These commercials have become cultural property - they are so bad that they last for several generations.

Incidentally, there's also a play money version, but I think the focus is more on what you do with your cell phone - depending on which version you choose, you'll be shown one of the two versions.

Basically, it should be clear to everyone that these games don't work as shown in the advertising.

The psychological effect that advertising is supposed to trigger doesn't even begin to work for me at this level - but they do get me angry.


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Casino advertising in Android games

1st Jun. 2025, at 12:18 pm CEST#3
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yes probably the companies are in austria or germany and pay taxes then it probably doesn't matter what they do with the apps....

i think it's generally cheeky that you can't actually play any mobile game for a long time without money....

at the beginning every app is fun and you make good progress, but once you've reached level 3-4 there's almost nothing left and you can't avoid paying to advance the game again....

something like that should be banned, it's abnormal what children/young people spend money on and in the end you get nothing out of it...


the only app i ever spent money on was clash of clans the monthly gold pass for 5€ i think it was, that's ok you have a whole month of it and can unlock a lot of things and the sum is manageable...


from what I've seen in documentaries on youtube there's supposed to be a mobile game I don't know the name explicitly about gambling to get ahead, I think some farm app or something I can't think of the name, and the game is from 12 years I think.... many people have already complained about the app because it's nothing more than playing Slot machines disguised in a children's mobile app that is very popular...


everything is a harbinger in my eyes

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Casino advertising in Android games

1st Jun. 2025, at 02:07 pm CEST#4
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I also used to think that they were mostly these "social casinos".

But they are not. The "app" they link to clearly shows that they were tricked into getting it into the store in the first place (images etc. indicate this).

Must make good money, the scam. It'll probably be fun when the new gamblers then rip over a max. bet for the first time, get to know the words "wager" and "verification", and after the payout to the bank account, the word "criminal complaint"... 😁😁😁😁

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Casino advertising in Android games

2nd Jun. 2025, at 12:55 pm CEST#5
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Edit by Julian: Clear names censored in the reviews for safety's sake

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Casino advertising in Android games

2nd Jun. 2025, at 02:39 pm CEST#6
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And here are the very serious advertising promises.

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Casino advertising in Android games

2nd Jun. 2025, at 02:56 pm CEST#7
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Yesterday I saw a travel vlog on YouTube, gambling is totally forbidden there, they play pachinko, you put money in and then balls fly around and it all goes off in bright colors and animation all in one, that's a loophole they exploit there, that's exactly what they do here too, although these kinds of games are also played in casinos, they are apparently not considered casino games.

The vloger did not understand anything and then paid out with the help of a local, put in 100 euros then he got the rest of what he had not gambled, then you get points while playing which you could redeem for snacks and drinks. And the payout is in silver and gold, then he had to go to an exchange store and got 32k yen in the end he had actually won 400 euros without understanding anything hahahah

And the stores in Japan are really full - there are quite a few gambling halls too

Here is the video for those who want to see it too

https://youtu.be/2s6H-MQa0sE

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I was shown a lot of casino stuff at tik tok back then but you can also get rid of that by clicking on not interested, I also saw the ads here in the topic blocked directly on instergram, that's just because our data is analyzed that's why we are shown that, children who have nothing to do with it (at least I hope) no casino or plinko ads are shown

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