Updates to Gambling and Games Policy (January 2025)

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On January 8, 2025, Google will update the Nigeria country specifics of its Gambling and Games policy to reflect the impact of a recent court ruling. As a result, we changed our policies to disallow the following gambling content from targeting Nigeria effective immediately:

Product	Allowed?	Details
Online gambling	Not allowed	Google doesn't allow advertising for Internet-based games where money or other items of value are paid or wagered to win a greater sum of money or other item of value
Gambling-related products	Not allowed	Google doesn’t allows ads promoting the following gambling-related products: Gambling-related promotional products such as gambling-related vouchers, bonus codes, etc. Gambling-related tutoring and educational materials such as books and e-books Gambling-related information such as tips, odds, and handicapping

(Posted on January 8, 2025)