NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Centre’s response on a PIL seeking to regulate online and offline betting applications. The bench issued a notice over a plea which claimed several children had committed suicide after getting involved in online gambling applications.The plea also alleged that a lot of online influencers, actors and cricketers were promoting these apps, further luring children to online betting.“More than 1,023 people committed suicide in Telangana, as 25 Bollywood and Tollywood actors/influencers played with lives of the innocents,” the petitioner argued, adding that an FIR was lodged in Telangana against these influencers.
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