Facebook Bans Online Gambling

Facebook is blocking specific content from advertising on their site. These guidelines include among other subjects, online gambling.

Among the long list of prohibited content is a section code that disallows “gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker.” While the internet business of online gambling is thriving, Facebook wants no part of the industry.

:dirol

So i guess groups like betsson on facebook will cease to exist.. that`s bad in my opinion cause the way in which you`d participate in one of the events they made was great.. clicking "attending" you would receive the password 10 minutes before and u would know aproximately how many people will be playing in the tourney :-s

Hmmm that is interesting. I know of several Poker Forums that are on facebook! I guess that is the end for them.

Sure you can play zinga poker ON facebook😡

is that not the hyprocritical...😟😟

I'd say it sure is😡!

That sounds pretty backwards to me.

What a joke......seriously, why? I wonder when we are allowed to be adults and make our own choices? Why do they feel they need to do our thinking for us. my lord.....there are families out there who struggle daily just to get by....how about putting there effort there instead of dealing with things that should be left to personal choice.

Seems like everyone, Facebook, Congress are trying to tell us what's moral and what's not. I'm not 3 yrs. old let me make up my own mind.
Take care

They do have poker far as i know that ziga has a weekly cas tourny but i'm not on facbook that much or any others now that much their loss will be dramatic they need:helpme

I seen that comming with all the young kids that use that site

Facebook is blocking specific content from advertising on their site. These guidelines include among other subjects, online gambling.

Among the long list of prohibited content is a section code that disallows “gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker.” While the internet business of online gambling is thriving, Facebook wants no part of the industry.

:dirol


I tried looking some official FB source, could not figure out though. Any official
link from FB or any confirmation when it is going to happen?

Is that why there is no facebook freeroll on carbon anymore? That sucks thank goodness for twitter.:dance:

I think zynga poker, including the element of gambling

Facebook is blocking specific content from advertising on their site. These guidelines include among other subjects, online gambling.

Among the long list of prohibited content is a section code that disallows “gambling, including without limitation, any online casino, sports books, bingo, or poker.” While the internet business of online gambling is thriving, Facebook wants no part of the industry.

:dirol
That's may be true. But I've seen many online casino and online slot groups on Facebook. Also, there are plenty of casino related applications that allow players to play for fun. Perhaps, now they are not accepting as few of the members said.

Facebook is pretty big by now. Although they might wind up excluding a bunch of poker forums, it's just a drop in the bucket to them.

Was going to edit my last post, but got stung by the 'you can't edit your post after 2 minutes have gone by rule'. So here's what I was going to say, which is now another post: I like Facebook's 'My Poker Hand' app which is an Absolute Poker ad, basically. I've won $ several times for my bankroll there, guess that will go by the wayside. Not good...

Not surprising. They were eager to take the gambling industries ad money when they were a fledling company needing the revenue. Now they don't need it to survive..........kick us to the curb. Typical politics.

I think this news is not really true, or at least Facebook do not run this so far.

I know that almost every poker room have a Facebook page runing there until today.

This last thursday i play in a PKR $500 freeroll, the pw was released in FB.

Pokerheaven, 32 red, both still send me private messages with the last news in they sites.

Cake, Fulltilt, Carbon, Absolute, all still running the facebook pages.

Quite rightly, this news is incorrect as till date I see a lot of fan pages (which I have joined) and groups as well at FB. It was a rumor.

Is this really true? how there are a lot of gambling sites offering to be a fan of their site and not closed by facebook?? i checked my links there as well where a lot of poker topics are discussed including my blogs but never was it removed. well anyways... i hope they wont either...

Thanks for the info 😁 I don;t facebook much but i know a few forums who may suffer cause they cant advertise there..huge traffic missed

Best luck @ the tables