{"id":34808,"date":"2022-10-26T09:06:30","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T12:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34808"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:34:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:34:31","slug":"india-may-block-more-than-220-offshore-gaming-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-may-block-more-than-220-offshore-gaming-sites","title":{"rendered":"India may block more than 220 offshore gaming sites"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The government is also considering blocking new domain names as they emerge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The Ministry of Information Technology is considering blocking the domains of more than 220 <\/strong>offshore online gambling operators of different sizes. According to G2G, authorities are also considering blocking new domains<\/strong> as soon they emerge in order to respond to operators who quickly change domain names to continue operating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the All India Gaming Federation<\/strong> (AIGF), offshore sites spend close to INR3,500 crore annually on advertising and promotion and an additional 500 crore on celebrity and influencer endorsements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month,\u00a0the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<\/strong>\u00a0issued a new warning to TV channels, OTT (over-the-top) services and news websites, ordering them to\u00a0stop broadcasting gambling advertisements<\/a>. It observed that some media were not complying with the regulations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A panel set up by prime minister Narendra Modi<\/strong> has concluded that 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The government is also considering blocking new domain names as they emerge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"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 Technology is considering blocking over 220 offshore online gambling domains and new emerging ones, while the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reiterated its ban on gambling advertisements across media. This intensified regulatory scrutiny, coupled with a Prime Minister-appointed panel's recommendation for a federal body to regulate online skill games, signals a significant shift towards stricter governance and enforcement within India's nascent iGaming landscape.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Information Technology, All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Supreme Court, Narendra Modi","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Offshore GGR Impact?","query":"What is the estimated financial impact on the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of offshore iGaming operators due to the proposed domain blocking and intensified advertising enforcement in India?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How will the proposed federal regulatory body for online skill games integrate with existing state-level gambling statutes, and what specific governance frameworks are anticipated for B2B and B2C licensing?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34808","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=34808"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34824,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34808\/revisions\/34824"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}