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India's Enforcement Directorate summons Google and Meta over betting-app probe

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India’s Enforcement Directorate summoned senior executives from Google and Meta for questioning in New Delhi on 21 July as part of a money-laundering investigation linked to online betting platforms. Investigators are examining whether the companies’ advertising services and financial dealings with betting platforms breached rules on gambling advertisements; neither company had commented publicly.

The probe could affect how technology companies provide advertising services to betting platforms in India.

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Florida attorney general asks five platforms to stop sweepstakes casino advertising

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