Paddy Power's McGregor/Mayweather ad banned by British watchdog

A Paddy Power ad ahead in the UK of Floyd Mayweather's bout with Conor McGregor urging readers to "Always Bet on Black" has been banned for the likelihood of it causing serious offence.

Paddy Power's McGregor/Mayweather ad banned by British watchdog

A Paddy Power ad ahead in the UK of Floyd Mayweather's bout with Conor McGregor urging readers to "Always Bet on Black" has been banned for the likelihood of it causing serious offence.

The August ad, which appeared in the Evening Standard and Metro newspapers, featured the headline alongside an image of Mayweather, and went to to read: "We've paid out early on a Mayweather victory because we've checked, and only one of them is a boxer."

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