Gambling certification required 'good policy health'; MCCs with repeated revocations lose eligibility
- Date
- Jan 22, 2026
- Effective
- Mar 23, 2026
- Regions
- Global
- Primary source
- Google Ads Policy Help
From March 23, 2026, accounts applying for gambling and games certification must demonstrate good policy health; manager accounts with substantial revoked certificates or violations lose eligibility and may have certifications revoked. Domains must be owned by the business and cannot be free subdomains or unrelated sites.
Two change-log entries describe this update. It was later extended to all gambling and games categories effective September 14, 2026.
Sources
- open_in_newUpdate to Gambling and Games Policy: Gambling and Games Certification Eligibility Update (March 2026)Google Ads Policy Help · Jan 22, 2026
- open_in_newUpdate to Gambling and Games Policy: Certification Eligibility update (January 2026)Google Ads Policy Help · Jan 22, 2026
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