Earlier this week, MeitY started blocking betting websites. It\u2019s likely exercising Section 69A of the IT Act, which empowers it to block websites in the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of the country, and the security of the state. I\u2019ve learnt that at least 15 websites have been affected: Parimatch, Fairplay, Betway, Bet365, 1XBet, Dafabet, 22BET, Fun88, Rajabets, Sky Bet, JeetWin, Cricbaba, Wolf777, 10CRIC, and CBTF.&; In light of the significant financial and socio-economic risk for the consumers, especially youth and children, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting today issued two Advisories, one for private television channels and the other for digital news publishers and OTT platforms strongly advising them to refrain from showing advertisements of online betting sites and surrogate advertisements of such sites. The Ministry had parimatch minimum withdrawal amount earlier issued an Advisory on 13 June, 2022 advising newspapers, private TV channels and digital news publishers to refrain from publishing advertisements of online betting platforms.