{"id":777004502,"date":"2023-04-20T14:04:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-20T17:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004502"},"modified":"2026-04-22T22:40:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T01:40:23","slug":"india-telangana-removes-gambling-app-ads-from-public-spaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-telangana-removes-gambling-app-ads-from-public-spaces","title":{"rendered":"India: Telangana removes gambling app ads from public spaces"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>State authorities have removed advertisements for all types of betting and gambling apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The state of Telangana became the first state in India to ban all forms of gambling back in 2017.  It&#8217;s now taken the step of removing all advertisements of betting and gambling apps from public spaces in order to tackle the presence of illegal operators.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The news was confirmed via Twitter by the Director Of Enforcement, Vigilance &amp; Disaster Management, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to G2G News, the Hyderabad Police charged the management of <strong>Lotus365 <\/strong>and an ad agency in January for placing gambling adverts on TSRTC bus shelters. However, key personnel at Lotus365 operate from outside India, making it difficult for local authorities to pursue them. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) sent notices to celebrities endorsing Lotus365 on social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the Telangana government thought of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-telangana-rethinks-online-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\">re-allowing gambling<\/a>. However, there was no further progress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State authorities have removed advertisements for all types of betting and gambling apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Telangana, India, has intensified its 2017 gambling ban by removing all betting and gambling app advertisements from public spaces, specifically targeting illegal operators. This action follows previous enforcement against entities like Lotus365 and highlights the challenges of prosecuting offshore operations, despite notices issued to celebrity endorsers. The move underscores a continued stringent regulatory stance in the state, despite past considerations for re-legalization.","focusai_entities":"Lotus365, Director Of Enforcement, Vigilance & Disaster Management, Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation, G2G News, Hyderabad Police, TSRTC, Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA)","focusai_location":"India, Telangana, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Offshore Enforcement Efficacy","query":"What specific legislative or international cooperation mechanisms are being explored by Indian authorities to effectively prosecute offshore illegal gambling operators and their key personnel?"},{"label":"Advertising Compliance Impact","query":"How will the comprehensive advertising ban in Telangana influence the broader regulatory approach to iGaming promotion across other Indian states, particularly concerning B2B and B2C licensing frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777004502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004502","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=777004502"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004518,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004502\/revisions\/777004518"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777004502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}