It must be somewhat galling for the people at online bingo hall Foxy Bingo to have to defend an expensive TV advertising campaign against a single complaint that it might appeal to children and lead them into a gambling problem.

The recent TV ad showed a congenial ‘Foxy’ (a man in a suited fox costume) strutting down a street amongst a throng of people all the while extolling the virtues of playing online bingo games at Foxy Bingo.

Pretty innocent stuff you would think?

Not so, according to one disgruntled viewer who claimed the ad targeted kiddies and this had to be stopped.  The full scrutiny of the Advertising Standards Agency was subsequently brought to bear – and then they said the ad was alright after all!

What a waste of time!  Amazing how one complaint can cause so much trouble.  I wonder if there is a some governmental body out there that caters for complaints made against complaints?

Written by John Witherspoon – Come and play online bingo at its best! The best bingo games online are one click away.

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