{"id":777039454,"date":"2026-03-20T10:04:57","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T13:04:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777039454"},"modified":"2026-04-21T13:17:51","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:17:51","slug":"india-blocks-another-300-gambling-platforms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-blocks-another-300-gambling-platforms","title":{"rendered":"India blocks another 300 gambling platforms"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Blocked sites include sports betting, online casinos and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The government of India has told local media that it’s recently blocked around 300 websites and applications linked to gambling, taking the total to 8,400. The report follows implementation of the Online Gaming Act<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some 4,900 sites have been blocked since the passage of the new legislation, the government told NDTV Profit. Officials said blocks target sports betting sites, online casinos offering games such as slots and roulette, peer-to-peer betting exchanges and satta and matka networks. <\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Turkish justice minister tells prosecutors to step up fight against illegal gambling<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blocked sites include sports betting, online casinos and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"featured_media":777028000,"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 significantly escalated its enforcement against illegal online gambling, blocking approximately 300 additional websites and applications, bringing the total to 8,400. This action follows the implementation of the Online Gaming Act, with 4,900 sites blocked since its passage, targeting various gaming verticals including sports betting and online casinos.","focusai_entities":"NDTV Profit","focusai_location":"India, Turkey","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on GGR Projections?","query":"What is the projected impact of these extensive site blocks on the total addressable Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) for the Indian iGaming market, and how does this affect long-term investment outlooks?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Evolution?","query":"How might this aggressive enforcement of the Online Gaming Act influence the evolution of India's broader regulatory framework for both B2B and B2C iGaming operations, including potential for future licensing regimes?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[25174,58,24909],"class_list":["post-777039454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-crackdown","tag-india","tag-online-gaming-act"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039454","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777039454"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777039463,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777039454\/revisions\/777039463"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/777028000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777039454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777039454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777039454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}