Online betting apps are causing damage to the economy, the government is preparing to crack down

HighlightsThe betting market is growing steadily due to fast internet and affordable smartphones. The betting market in India has crossed the 10 lakh crore mark. Bookmakers are now

using online apps to place bets.New Delhi. Currently T20 Cricket World Cup is going on in Australia. In such a situation, the news of getting caught by bookies is also continuously

coming out. Betting is illegal in India, but despite this, the business of betting is flourishing in India. Every day there is betting worth crores and billions of rupees.

Bookmakers are now betting online, making it difficult for bookies to catch up. Let us tell you that now there are many apps available for betting, through which people now bet

online. With the help of these apps, betting can be done from anywhere at any time. Due to these apps, not only has it become difficult to catch the bookies but the country's

economy is suffering huge losses due to betting. At present, the betting market in India has crossed the 10 lakh crore mark. Let us tell you that on October 3, the government had

issued an advisory, in which it was said that online betting advertisements are not being shown and betting ads are being broadcast continuously from outside the country. During

this, the government had warned that if such advertisements are not stopped showing, then it will take action. Increase in online bettingThe market for online betting continues to

grow from affordable smartphones with better and faster internet. With the help of online app people can play betting easily. Anyone can now bet on any aspect of a cricket match.

On online apps, people can bet on everything from tossing a coin to the performance of bowlers, or even the chances of a batsman scoring runs. 10 lakh crore marketDoha's

'International Center for Sport Security' had said in a report in the year 2016 that the illegal betting business was at that time 150 billion or about 10 lakh crore rupees.

Earlier, the Justice Lodha Committee constituted by the Supreme Court had also told the government that India's speculative market is worth about $ 82 billion at that time i.e.

about Rs 6 lakh crore. Also read- Google Chrome support will end for these operating systems, are you not using them? Which apps are included?According to the advisory issued by

the government, these apps include apps like Fairplay, Parimatch, Betway, Wolf 777 and 1xbet. According to the government, many sports channels as well as online betting

advertisements are being shown on OTT platforms and their surrogate news websites on television. Apart from this, many apps are working from outside the country. These apps are