Google are lying. That is fact that I can back up with evidence.
Google are publishing online casino advertisements for certain webmasters. They’re rejecting them for the majority.
Bigdaddy, I certainly WILL inform Google of policy violators. They seriously damage our income by attracting visitors away from natural SERPs. This isn’t a case of fair SEO, it’s a case of ‘friends’ of Google being allowed to bid with the majority closed out.
That said, Google are 100% aware of policy violators who link direct to online casinos pages. Google will pull them down if they’re not a buddy of yours. If you are, then your links will remain for months.