So either these sites are owned by affiliate programs who could afford such a big budget, or the actual site owners of these sites are having their campaigns sponsored by one or more of the casino / affiliate programs listed. The two sites concerned (hxxp://hxxp://require a big budget to keep their Adwords campaigns running. This is the content that is shown when the same url is viewed from a non South African ip address and shows a listing of land based casinos, and that is how they fool the Adwords team. This is the page that is seen when viewed from a South African ip address and shows a listing of online casinos: I'll use the first listing, which is linked to hxxp://to explain how they do it. They both use the same geo-targeting technique to fool Google Adwords. However these two Adwords account owners have discovered a way to fool the Adwords ad approval team. That's why online casino advertising via Adwords in South Africa does not happen, or should not happen. They do allow Sports Betting and Lottery with certain restrictions. Google Adwords does not allow online casino related ads in South Africa. Are you a casino affiliate targeting the South African market? If you are then you are being screwed by some of the affiliate programs you may be promoting.
