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WinZO, which offers real-money games, archetypal approached the CCI successful 2022. (Image Source: Reuters)
India’s contention watchdog connected Thursday ordered a probe into Google’s restrictive policies for real-money games connected its platform, pursuing a ailment by online gaming level WinZO that called it discriminatory.
The determination compounds Google’s regulatory headaches successful India, wherever it has already been deed with astatine slightest 2 penalties for abusing its ascendant presumption successful the Android operating strategy market.
Google did not instantly respond to requests for remark made aft moving hours successful India and with the Thanksgiving vacation successful the United States.
WinZO, which offers real-money games, archetypal approached the Competition Commission of India (CCI) successful 2022, aft a alteration successful the U.S. company’s gaming app argumentation continued to exclude WinZO from Google’s Play Store, adjacent arsenic it accepted immoderate of its competitors.
The updated Google argumentation allowed real-money games for phantasy sports and rummy, but WinZO was rejected arsenic it besides offered games successful different categories that Google does not accept, specified arsenic the Indian crippled of carrom, puzzles and car racing.
“By granting preferential attraction to prime app categories, Google efficaciously creates a two-tier marketplace wherever immoderate developers are accorded superior entree and visibility portion others are discriminated against and thus, near with a competitory disadvantage,” a transcript of the CCI bid stated.
A CCI authoritative is expected to implicit its probe into the substance wrong 60 days.
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