{"id":34052,"date":"2022-10-04T06:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-10-04T09:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34052"},"modified":"2026-04-23T04:19:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:19:06","slug":"authorities-in-india-warn-tv-channels-to-stop-broadcasting-gambling-ads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-in-india-warn-tv-channels-to-stop-broadcasting-gambling-ads","title":{"rendered":"Authorities in India warn TV channels to stop broadcasting gambling ads"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has ordered TV channels, OTT services and news websites to stop advertising online betting sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- <strong>The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<\/strong> has issued a new warning to TV channels, OTT (over-the-top) services and news websites, ordering them to <strong>stop broadcasting gambling advertisements<\/strong>. It observed that some media were not complying with the regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry said some offshore online betting platforms had started using news websites as substitute products for advertising betting platforms on digital media. It advised that betting and gambling is illegal in most parts of India, as are advertisements for overseas online betting and gambling platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Hindustan Times, the government said: &#8220;The online offshore betting platforms appear to be promoting betting and gambling under the garb of news as surrogate advertising.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In this regard, the Department of Consumer Affairs has also informed that online betting platforms have been advertising themselves as professional sports blogs, sports news websites, etc. while providing an indicative list of online betting platforms which are using news for surrogate advertising.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, apart from the Supreme Court\u2019s precedent on skill-based gambling, there is no federal statute to govern India\u2019s gambling industry, with each state taking its own stance on the issue. A panel set up by prime minister&nbsp;<strong>Narendra Modi<\/strong>&nbsp;has concluded that&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-panel-recommends-new-regulator-for-online-skill-games\" target=\"_blank\">India should establish a regulatory body for online skill games<\/a>. The regulator would classify which online games as based on skill or chance, implement rules to block prohibited formats and enforce stricter gambling regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Reuters, the report recommends that a separate law should be enacted<strong>&nbsp;to regulate online gaming as a \u201clong-term measure\u201d<\/strong>. In the interim, IT law could be used to regulate the industry until a new law is enacted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The IT ministry will finalise the report after receiving further comments from panellists, including the heads of the finance and sports ministries. It will be then sent to the Cabinet Secretariat for approval, although there is no timeline. The report could shape&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-considers-regulating-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">the future of India\u2019s mobile gaming industry<\/a>, which is expected to be worth $5bn by 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has ordered TV channels, OTT services and news websites to stop advertising online betting sites.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"India's Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has mandated TV channels, OTT services, and news websites to cease advertising online betting sites, citing illegality and surrogate advertising practices. Concurrently, a government panel has recommended establishing a federal regulatory body for online skill games and enacting a new law to govern the online gaming industry, projected to reach $5bn by 2025.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Department of Consumer Affairs, Supreme Court, Narendra Modi, IT ministry, finance ministry, sports ministry, Cabinet Secretariat","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Offshore Operators?","query":"How will the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's directive specifically impact offshore online betting operators currently targeting the Indian market via surrogate advertising, and what enforcement mechanisms are anticipated?"},{"label":"Timeline for New Law?","query":"Given the recommendation for a separate law to regulate online gaming, what is the projected legislative timeline for its enactment, and how might interim IT law application affect market participants?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-34052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34052","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=34052"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34052\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34100,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34052\/revisions\/34100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34052"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34052"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34052"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}