The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has told both print and audio/visual medium to run a disclaimer while advertising online gaming and fantasy sports platforms, according to the advisory .

This comes after several gaming platforms advertised during the Indian Premier League recently and also during the telecast of the ongoing limited overs international series between India and Australia.

The advisory says that no gaming advertisement should depict any person below the age of 18 and that there should be a disclaimer saying that playing the game involves an element of financial risk and can be addictive.

“No gaming advertisement may depict any person under the age of 18 years, or who appears to be under the age of 18, engaged in playing a game of ONLINE GAMING FOR REAL MONEY WINNINGS, or suggest that such persons can play these games,” said guidelines issued by I&B ministry’s Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) on Friday.

The ASCI guidelines also said: “Every such gaming advertisement must carry the following disclaimer: ‘This game involves an element of financial risk and may be addictive. Please play responsibly and at your own risk’.”

While the ASCI guidelines say that such an ad should occupy at least 20% of the advertisement space in print, it should be at normal speaking pace and in the same language as the advertisement in audio-visual media.

The guidelines also say that the advertisements should not present ‘online gaming for real money winnings’ as an income opportunity or an alternative employment option.

The Information and Broadcasting Ministry also said that it has concerns over such advertisements and that they could be misleading people and audience.

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According to the expert current size of this new industry is around $150 million and it’s growing every year. online games have become big business in India gambling has become one of the most popular and lucrative businesses. online games are attracting 75% of youth mainly male. under a COVID 19 lockdown, major youths are turning in to an online gambling business. youths are addicted to various online games such as lottery, racing, batting, casino, rummy and poker. many Indian companies teen patti, ultimate teen patti occupied top 10 ranks in the world. many online gaming sites are organizing an annual game tournaments legal age for this online gaming site is 18 years but there are no checks either the player is 18 years or minor.many are using a fake ID for registration, but there is no government track on its.

Beside government do not have a control on online gaming . ankur dewani who is running pokers india online gaming site has a case against him under section 363, 364(a), 511of the IPC.

He has assaulted a taxi driver and police constable in juhu area as well as another kidnapping case is also against him.

Meanwhile online gaming websites terms and conditions about users from a particular territory are not allowed to access or play. Yet the websites don’t prohibit any users.

Now the activist and lawyer Balakrishna is going to file PIl in Bombay high court to ban all online games websites

Balakrishna says There are several websites like Ladbrokes on which you can bet on cricket, football with impunity. Many Indian bookies are betting on these sites on behalf of thousands of benami clients and making huge profits. There is no police check on this.

As for poker, rummy etc many are Chinese and huge amounts are bet on them. Law enforcement is non existent in this area.

So I will file a PIl in Bombay high court in the month of June after the lockdown 3.0 is over.

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