{"id":777013760,"date":"2024-03-07T08:53:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-07T11:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013760"},"modified":"2026-04-22T12:16:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T15:16:44","slug":"india-ccpa-warns-that-promoting-online-gambling-and-betting-is-illegal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-ccpa-warns-that-promoting-online-gambling-and-betting-is-illegal","title":{"rendered":"India: CCPA warns that promoting online gambling and betting is illegal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Central Consumer Protection Authority has warned celebrities, influencers and media platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0The <strong>Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA)\u00a0<\/strong>has issued a warning stating that promoting betting and gambling in India is illegal. It noted that the Guidelines for Prevention of Misleading Advertisements and Endorsements for Misleading Advertisements 2022 prohibit ads for products or services that are prohibited under any prevailing law.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It clarified that betting and gambling are prohibited under the Public Gambling Act, 1867\u00a0and are illegal in the majority of regions across the country. The advisory highlights the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-warns-that-gambling-ads-are-illegal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">advisories to media platforms<\/a> and particularly warned <strong>celebrities and influencers\u00a0<\/strong>that the promotion or advertisement of online gambling and betting would make them liable for penalties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong>&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-karnataka-to-explore-measures-against-online-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: Karnataka to explore measures against online gambling<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Consumer Protection Authority has warned celebrities, influencers and media platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20627,"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 Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) in India has issued a stern advisory, reiterating the illegality of promoting betting and gambling under the Public Gambling Act, 1867. This directive specifically warns celebrities, influencers, and media platforms of potential penalties for endorsing such prohibited activities, underscoring a heightened regulatory enforcement stance against misleading advertisements in the iGaming sector.","focusai_entities":"Central Consumer Protection Authority, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (1.0), marketing_crm (0.95), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Enforcement Scope","query":"What specific enforcement actions and penalties are anticipated for celebrities and media platforms found in violation of the CCPA's advisory regarding gambling promotion?"},{"label":"Market Impact","query":"How will this intensified regulatory scrutiny on advertising impact the market entry strategies and operational viability for international iGaming operators targeting the Indian subcontinent?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777013760","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\/777013760","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=777013760"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013778,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013760\/revisions\/777013778"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}