Facebook, has announced an outright ban on advertising online casinos. This is despite the ongoing efforts in the U.S. to legalise and regulate the industry.

The site has released a list of around twenty industries which they find objectionable that includes, “gambling, including without limitation any online casino, sports books, bingo or poker”, these products sit beside firearms, tobacco and spy cameras on the list of banned advertising.

The list goes on to ban and monitor under strict policies: uncertified pharmaceuticals, inflammatory religious content, pyramid schemes and nudity. The company intends to protect its vast online community by adopting and implementing advertising censorship.

The banning of online casino advertising, however, does not stop online gaming operators creating facebook groups and fan pages in order to stay in contact with fans and players, updating them on news and promotions happening at their sites.

One thing that most people don’t expect from online casinos is to have their losses returned but that is exactly what has happened as a yet unnamed online casino has agreed to return 500,000 Euros.

There are some other important parts to the equation. The money was gambled by an employee of an (also) unnamed company. It would now seem that this particular employee is a problem gambler and had embezzled the money from the company.

While the situation of the the online casino agreeing to return the money is unusual, the circumstances surrounding the incident have made it both potentially a legal and public relations nightmare scenario.

Swift movement on the part of the online casino has headed of both these problems and when if the casino is eventually named their action may actually turn out to be a very smart move as most of the reporting of this incident so far has been very positive.