Meta's Facebook, Instagram Pushing Illegal Gambling Ads

0:00On April 2nd, Metaspace Book and Instagram are pushing ads for illegal gambling sites that dodge UK rules, using big influencers to hook vulnerable. Folks with jackpot promises and no ID checks. Investigator Alex Wood tested it out, betting as a dead racehorse named Red Rum or a six year old Russian oligarch at Buckingham Palace, even during. Cheltenham Festival Races, all without real details. Researchers like Harrison Sullivan, known as HST Taki, hypesites like Stake, by showing huge wins, while Metas AI chatbots straight up recommends. These shady operators for better odds, no questions asked. Industry leaders have fired up, saying new government taxes hiking remote gaming duty to 40% and upcoming affordability checks are driving. Betters to this black market, which has tripled to 9% of online gambling since 2022. Meanwhile, the gambling commission warns of crime links and pushes task forces with tech giants to block these ads as meta claims they zap violating.

1:02Once fast, but the flood keeps coming, leaving punters exposed.