888.com blacklisted for spam

2006-05-05 18:10:00

Online casino 888.com has been blacklisted by one industry body for "unethical marketing techniques".

The reason is message board spam and the International Gaming Affiliate Marketing Initiative (iGAMI) has as a result blacklisted the company saying it has breached the code of practice, reports silicon.com.

An iGAMI statement read: "We discovered numerous instances of blog and forum spamming where domains owned and operated by Cassava Enterprises [888.com's parent] were being impermissibly promoted on unsuspecting websites."

The problem originated from spiders or bots locate message boards and chat forums to 888.com.

888.com declined to comment.