Fantasy sports’ body lauds govt’s guidelines on online betting ads

Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS) on Thursday lauded the government advisory against showing ads of online betting sites on any television and digital media platforms.

The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Monday issued two advisories asking private television channels, digital news publishers, and over-the-top (OTT) platforms to refrain from showing advertisements on online betting sites. It has also asked the channels to stop publishing surrogate advertisements of such illegal sites.

The Advisories also stated that since betting and gambling are illegal in most parts of the country, advertisements of these betting platforms as well as their surrogates are also illegal and should not be shown to Indian consumers.