The implications of CCI’s investigation into Google over real money gaming
The Competition Commission of India has launched a probe into Google for alleged abuse of its dominant position in the real money gaming (RMG) ecosystem, and has tasked its director general to carry out a “thorough probe” into the matter within the next two months.
The decision comes in response to a complaint filed by real money gaming (RMG) platform Winzo, which argued that a pilot project introduced by Google to allow some fantasy sports apps like Dream11 and rummy games on its Play Store were discriminatory towards other companies in the industry, and created unfair market distortion.