{"id":30744,"date":"2022-06-14T03:07:31","date_gmt":"2022-06-14T06:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30744"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:49:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:49:44","slug":"india-warns-media-outlets-against-advertising-online-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-warns-media-outlets-against-advertising-online-betting","title":{"rendered":"India warns media outlets against advertising online betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had told media outlets not to advertise online gambling platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a statement warning media outlets to\u00a0stop all advertising for online betting platforms<\/strong>. The warning comes after several media outlets were found to be advertising online gambling platforms on their websites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authorities said these outlets were promoting and encouraging illicit activities, with serious financial and socioeconomic risks for consumers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The statement read: \u201cThe advertisements of online betting are misleading, and do not appear to be in strict conformity with the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, Advertising Code under the Cable Television Networks Regulation Act, 1995, and advertisement norms under the Norms of Journalistic Conduct laid down by the Press Council of India under the Press Council Act, 1978.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement comes amid a debate about the possibility of\u00a0legalising gambling in India<\/a>. A week ago, a seven-member team that includes state ministers was tasked to identify a nodal ministry to oversee the industry. Its responsibilities include developing regulatory mechanisms to protect players and business principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports, the panel will pay particular attention to the legal and legislative frameworks<\/strong> used by other regulators in the world to help formulate policies that could be considered acceptable in areas of India where anti-gambling sentiment exists locally. The hope is that legalising gaming will help curb illegal offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the state of Tamil Nadu<\/a>, chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin has set up a committee to investigate the impact of online gaming. Stalin decided to set up a committee after recent reports of women taking their own lives after losing money on online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting had told media outlets not to advertise online gambling platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20588,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has directed media outlets to cease advertising online betting platforms, citing non-compliance with consumer protection and advertising regulations. This action coincides with ongoing governmental efforts to explore the potential legalization and regulation of online gambling across India, including the formation of a ministerial panel to develop robust governance frameworks. Concurrently, the state of Tamil Nadu is investigating the socio-economic impact of online gaming, driven by concerns over consumer harm.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (India), Press Council of India, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Timeline","query":"What is the projected timeline for the ministerial panel to finalize its recommendations for a comprehensive regulatory framework for online gambling in India, and what specific international precedents are being considered?"},{"label":"Advertising Compliance Impact","query":"How will the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's directive on online gambling advertising be enforced, and what are the immediate compliance implications for media outlets and iGaming operators targeting the Indian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30744","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30744"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30774,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30744\/revisions\/30774"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}