{"id":777029511,"date":"2025-07-25T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-25T11:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777029511"},"modified":"2026-04-21T20:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T23:40:11","slug":"india-blocks-over-1500-illegal-gambling-sites-between-2022-and-june-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-blocks-over-1500-illegal-gambling-sites-between-2022-and-june-2025","title":{"rendered":"India blocked over 1,500 illegal gambling sites between 2022 and June 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The figure was cited by the Minister of State for Electronics & IT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- In a response to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, Jitin Prasada, minister of State for Electronics & IT, has said that the Indian government issued 1,524 blocking directions related to online betting, gambling and gaming websites and mobile applications between 2022 and June 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prsada noted that the Directorate General of GST Intelligence Headquarters is empowered under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IGST Act to direct intermediaries to block such platforms. The minister added that the suppliers of online money gaming are also being monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India\u2019s Enforcement Directorate (ED) summoned senior executives from tech giants Google and Meta to appear for questioning on July 21 as part of a major investigation into illegal online betting and money laundering<\/a>. The probe has already implicated celebrities, influencers and political figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Authorities allege that the companies sold betting apps premium advertising slots, allowing them to reach a wide audience and generate illicit revenue. The ED is seeking detailed explanations from the companies regarding their ad approval policies and whether sufficient due diligence was applied.<\/p>\n\n\n

\n\t\t\tSee also:<\/span><\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> India summons Google and Meta over illegal betting probe<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The figure was cited by the Minister of State for Electronics & IT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":226,"featured_media":777029516,"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 government has issued 1,524 blocking directions for online betting, gambling, and gaming platforms between 2022 and June 2025, citing powers under the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the IGST Act. Concurrently, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned senior executives from Google and Meta for questioning regarding their alleged role in selling premium advertising slots to illegal betting apps, as part of a major money laundering investigation.","focusai_entities":"Jitin Prasada, Directorate General of GST Intelligence Headquarters, Enforcement Directorate, Google, Meta, Lok Sabha","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Blocking Criteria & Precedents","query":"What are the specific criteria and legal precedents guiding the Directorate General of GST Intelligence's blocking directives under the IT Act 2000 and IGST Act?"},{"label":"Ad Policy Revisions","query":"How will Google and Meta's ad approval policies and due diligence frameworks be revised to mitigate future exposure to illegal online betting and money laundering allegations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[1897,20326,24634,58],"class_list":["post-777029511","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-igaming","tag-illegal-gambling","tag-illegal-online-gambling","tag-india"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029511","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\/226"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777029511"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029511\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777029528,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777029511\/revisions\/777029528"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777029516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777029511"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777029511"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777029511"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}