{"id":777008626,"date":"2023-08-28T08:21:51","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T11:21:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008626"},"modified":"2026-04-22T18:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T21:40:16","slug":"india-warns-that-gambling-ads-are-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-warns-that-gambling-ads-are-illegal","title":{"rendered":"India warns that gambling ads are illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a reminder on the issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0<strong>The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<\/strong>\u00a0has released a directive that orders the immediate cessation of ads related to gambling products across a range of platforms. The advisory covers newspapers, television channels, online news outlets and advertisement companies and social media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three prior statements issued by the Ministry within the last 14 months were attached to the advisory. <strong>Kshitij Aggarwal<\/strong>, ministry deputy director of digital media, said the promotion of online gambling breached various statutes, including the Consumer Protection Act 2019 and the Press Council Act 1978.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry issued the advisory as a reminder ahead of a number of major international cricket tournaments. It said that if further advertisements are shown, the government may be compelled to take action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-arrested-in-connection-with-mahadev-book-gambling-app-case\" target=\"_blank\">India: 4 arrested in connection with Mahadev Book gambling app case<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has issued a reminder on the issue.<\/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 and Broadcasting has issued a stringent directive mandating the immediate cessation of all gambling product advertisements across traditional and digital media platforms. This advisory, a reiteration of prior warnings and citing breaches of consumer protection and press statutes, precedes major cricket tournaments and warns of potential government action for non-compliance.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Kshitij Aggarwal","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Indian iGaming?","query":"What are the projected GGR and NGR impacts for iGaming operators and affiliates in India following this comprehensive advertising ban, and how might this accelerate the shift towards grey market operations?"},{"label":"Regulatory enforcement scope?","query":"Given the MIB's explicit warning of 'action,' what specific enforcement mechanisms, including financial penalties or licensing revocations, are anticipated for non-compliant media platforms and iGaming entities under the Consumer Protection Act 2019?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008626","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\/777008626","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=777008626"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008626\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008638,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008626\/revisions\/777008638"}],"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=777008626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}