Gambling ads permitted in Cross River, Ekiti and Oyo states, Nigeria

Date

Oct 1, 2025

Effective

Oct 16, 2025

Regions

Nigeria

Primary source

Google Ads Policy Help

Sources

• open_in_new
  Update to Gambling and Games Policy: Nigeria (October 2025)Google Ads Policy Help · Oct 1, 2025

Related changes

• Jan 26, 2026Campaign total budgets opened in beta for Search, Performance Max and Shopping campaigns
• Jan 22, 2026Gambling certification required 'good policy health'; MCCs with repeated revocations lose eligibility
• Jan 20, 2026Online gambling ads prohibited in Ethiopia; existing certifications revoked
• Jan 14, 2026Account-level placement exclusions rolled out across Performance Max, Demand Gen, Display and YouTube
• Jan 12, 2026'Brand Linking' experiment appeared in the Google Ads Labs hub to link customers to brands
• Jan 7, 2026Rummy and daily fantasy sports ads prohibited in India

← See this change in the change history