{"id":777005777,"date":"2023-05-30T08:36:48","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777005777"},"modified":"2026-04-22T21:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T00:30:09","slug":"apple-asks-for-legal-basis-of-indias-betting-app-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/apple-asks-for-legal-basis-of-indias-betting-app-ban","title":{"rendered":"Apple asks for legal basis of India&#8217;s betting app ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Apple has asked for a &#8220;concrete reason&#8221; to take down betting apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Apple has reportedly entered discussions with Indian officials regarding the removal of betting apps from its<strong> App Store<\/strong>.\u00a0According to local media reports, the company is seeking a &#8220;concrete reason or a legal requirement&#8221; to comply with the Indian government&#8217;s directive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) ordered the removal of betting apps from app marketplaces. However, while Apple has removed some of the apps, others, including Betway, BetNetix, and Bet Analytix are said to be still accessible on Apple&#8217;s App Store, although\u00a0they have been removed from Google Play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last December, authorities&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-asks-google-to-halt-online-gambling-ads\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">called on Google<\/a>&nbsp;to stop showing ads for&nbsp;<strong>offshore gambling companies<\/strong>&nbsp;in search results and on YouTube. The announcement came two months after the government ordered TV channels, OTT (over-the-top) services and news websites&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/authorities-in-india-warn-tv-channels-to-stop-broadcasting-gambling-ads\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">to stop broadcasting gambling advertisements<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Google, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/google-denies-allowing-online-gambling-ads-in-india\" target=\"_blank\">denied the accusations<\/a>\u00a0and said it does not allow advertisements that promote online gambling in India.\u00a0The Indian government is considering the establishment of a regulatory body for online skill games. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apple has asked for a &#8220;concrete reason&#8221; to take down betting apps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":10910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Apple is reportedly in discussions with Indian officials, seeking a \"concrete reason or legal requirement\" to comply with the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology's directive to remove betting apps from its App Store. This stance contrasts with Google Play's compliance, creating a disparity in app availability for titles like Betway. The Indian government is also considering establishing a regulatory body for online skill games, alongside previous crackdowns on offshore gambling advertisements.","focusai_entities":"Apple, Indian officials, Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Betway, BetNetix, Bet Analytix, Google","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Apple's Legal Basis Demand?","query":"What specific legal framework is Apple demanding for app removal, and how might its absence impact future regulatory enforcement and governance frameworks for iGaming in India?"},{"label":"Platform Compliance Discrepancy Impact?","query":"How will the discrepancy in app removal compliance between Apple and Google affect market share, player acquisition, and operational strategies for B2C iGaming operators in the Indian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777005777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005777","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=777005777"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005777\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777005791,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777005777\/revisions\/777005791"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777005777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777005777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777005777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}