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1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News, How Betting Sites are Using News and Sports Blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India

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1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News, How Betting Sites are Using News and Sports Blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India

1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News, and Sports Blogs are using News and sports blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India.

Centre has asked news websites and OTT platforms to stop broadcasting advertisements of online betting platforms or their surrogate news sites. Betting platforms such as 1xBet, FairPlay and Parimatch have come under fire.

The Centre has issued advisories to news websites, OTT platforms and private satellite television channels to stop carrying advertisements of online betting platforms. The advisory was supplemented with evidence which contained direct and surrogate advertisements from offshore betting sites such as Fairplay, PariMatch, Betway, Wolf 777 and 1xBet.

1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News are using News and Sports Blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India.

1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News are using News and Sports Blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisory on Advertisement of Online Betters to Private Satellite TV Channels.

Centre warned news websites, OTTs, and private channels against online betting ads. In June this year, the Information and Broadcasting Ministry issued an advisory to print, electronic and digital media to refrain from advertising online gambling platforms. The platforms set up blogs and news sites where one can read sports news and articles. They also offer match predictions and tips. Under the cover of news, they promote betting and gambling as surrogate advertising.

1xBet, FairPlay and Parimatch News are using News and Sports Blogs as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India.

1xBet, FairPlay to Parimatch News and Sports Blogs are using News as Surrogate to Defy Ban on Advertising Betting Platforms in India.

Surrogate advertising is used to promote banned products in the disguise of another product. It is illegal in most parts of India to advertise betting websites. The Centre has warned that contravention of the advisory against ads of betting sites may invite penal action under the applicable laws.

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