that such websites are promoting betting and gambling under the garb of news. The ministry said in a statement naming platforms such as Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway, Wolf 777, and 1xBet.
The government had then said that it had come to the notice of the government that several sports channels on television, as well as on OTT platforms, have recently been showing advertisements of offshore online betting platforms as well as their surrogate news websites. Last June, the ministry had issued an advisory asking newspapers, private TV channels and digital news publishers to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms.
The ministry said that it is a legal obligation and the moral duty of the media to follow the provisions of the ‘Norms of Journalistic Conduct’ of the Press Council which mentions that newspapers should not publish an advertisement containing anything which is unlawful or illegal.īetting apps have run into a lot of trouble with the authorities.
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