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Earlier this year, the Telangana police filed a First Information Report (FIR) against 29 celebrities and influencers, including popular figures like Rana Daggubati, Prakash Raj, Vijay Devarakonda, and Manchu Lakshmi for allegedly promoting illegal betting and gambling apps through their social media platforms.

Sources close to Rana Daggubati had told NDTV that a legal team had vetted the endorsement contract before he signed it. He also said Rana had only promoted skill-based games that the Supreme Court has said are legal, that too in regions where it is allowed, and his association had ended in 2017.

Complainant PM Phanindra Sarma, a 32-year-old businessman, had claimed that celebrities are allegedly accepting large sums of money to promote various betting platforms, which encourage users to gamble their hard-earned money.
 (https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/actor-rana-daggubati-appears-before-probe-agency-in-betting-app-case-with-5-years-bank-details-9062303)

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What are your thoughts in this? Do you think celebrities should not be allowed to promote gambling or should they just be more careful about what kind of gambling they are promoting? Is it ok as long as any gambling promoted is legal?

Not that they were filed a report because they promoting gambling, but they were filed report because they are promoting illegal gambling sites.

We know the extent celebrities can go because of something like this. It is better how they are filed a report. If celebrities wants to avoid lawsuits against the government or people, they should promote something that is legal.

There's nothing wrong if the celebrities promote gambling sites that are legal, this is exactly what should be going on in every country, celebrities should not use their influence to misguide people...in my country a lot of influencers are known for doing promotions for fake casinos, its a different case if they don't actually know that what their promoting is fake but they do know and that's why it's such a heartless Thing to do

Depending on the outcome actions of the platforms the celebrities are promoting, because most of the times in Cases like this the end up promoting platform that turned out to be scam and fraudulent in their dealings this have make celebrities actions to get questioned lately, at least if they get paid for influencing they need to answer to the question of customers who are also they fans, some of them get jail time for such promotions.

Con men are good for one thing; making celebrities offers they can't reject, it was same in the crypto niche, back when influencers promoted illegal tokens. They'll always fall victim to the highest bidder kind of marketing, and don't care much about the details and the credibility of the casinos. Some of them would assume that being able to pay certain huge amount of money for paid posts proves genuity. It's a good thing that the government is working on this illegal casino ads filling up social media platforms with the help of public figures.

Celebrities have followers and lately they have been used to push out so many narratives in their social networks which becomes a chain that connects millions of people. However, they should have a standard to what they are promoting. They need to hire good handlers that will see to whatever endorsement coming to them and what those endorsement stand for, what they aim to achieve especially because of their followers not to be deceived.

Some followers join certain links or platform just because their choice celebrity advised or suggested such platform. So it is not just about being in a rush to earn from an endorsement but to be sure that the product of such endorsement is for the good of the public and not to create regrettable experience on people.

It is not just about the money that they will earn from being an ambassador of illegal gambling platforms but to be certain that they are creating good experience for people. There are different fake narratives but because of the offer, some celebrities can close their eyes on the red signals and later feign ignorant of such.

Celebrities has been endorsing all sorts of activities and things, gambling included. Like the article pointed out, this particular set is now under the heat cause of endorsing and creating awareness for illegal gambling on their social media platforms.
I don't see anything wrong in celebrities endorsing gambling and casinos. We've just got to do our due diligence in whatever any celebrity says or endorse as for the right price, celebrities would endorse just about anything without having a deep understanding of the product or service themselves.

More than personal I believe people should obey the rules of jurisdiction they belong to. But as I read the news, it's more of a grey zone where some people get away with gambling promotions while some have trouble with the authorities. Skill based games, games or fantasy sports or gambling, its difficult to draw a line where we could call it gambling.
I have seen many popular Indian celebrities specially both South and Bollywood who come to Nepal to promote casinos here. Not only the popular ones in Kathmandu or Pokhara but also to smaller casinos in lesser know places near the border with India whose 99% gamblers come from India. And all of them get away with it without any issue.

The truth is that you can only troll on the celebrities like that only when the casino or gambling platforms they are promoting has gone compromise against their reputations.
Celebrities has always been a source of promoting the markets just like that of tech and stocks.
So, the gambling industries can not be exempted because they are all in the marketplace together that could be competitive amongst other brands.

I see nothing wrong there but I suggest celebrities should also consider their own reputation as social and media influencers they maybe be by dialoguing with the casino or gambling companies they are promoting to make sure they maintenance honest services because they (celebrities) can manipulate the mind of the followers to befall victims where the companies are not being fair accordingly.

Compared to India, our influencers and celebrities are in a better position; they were just warned and got their pages taken down.
Morally, celebrities and influencers should be discreet in promoting gambling platforms, because they are imitated and followed in all their action, they should have a disclaimer and a strong warning about the harmful effects of gambling.
These celebrities are not only inviting but also encouraging their fans and followers to gamble, telling them it's their ticket to financial independence.

This is celebrities for you, they promote whatever you bring their way as long as their legal team certifies it and they do not care about its moral implications on their huge fanbases. They encourage their fanbase to patronize even what themselves do not comfortably engage in. Celebrities make lots of money from such endorsements. I don't think it's bad to promote gambling platforms as long as they're legal and reputable, since endorsements is their office, you cannot prevent them from making as much money as possible. One funny thing is that even though they don't promote, influencers are ready and would do worse and the people would still gamble irresponsibly.

Don't get it twisted -- promoting casinos has never been a crime, but promoting the illegal ones is. This is why it's even more important that you DYOR (even as a celeb) to to able to sort out those offer that don't match your prerequisites. As we all know, some people don't really care what type of reputation a casino has, as long as they're being offered a mouth-watering amount of money, they can promote anything.

I see people that idolises a celebrity as dumb -- cause these are people that in an 85% scale of consideration, they're self-centered and don't care what the after-effect of their greed for money can cause.

If it's illegal, then it's not cool to do it. Don't do it for money. Now, if it is regulated by the government and everything is legal and licensed, I don't think celebrities can be stopped from accepting such a great deal from them.

Here in our country, most of the local online casinos are being endorsed by many celebrities, but they are licensed by the government agency that handles the gambling platforms. So, I think it will just depend on the celebrity if he/she want to accept endorsing them. There are those who might not do it due to religious or traditional beliefs.

promoting gambling by celebrities is a good market strategy and another way for them to make more money but it becomes alarming if celebrities are promoting illegal casinos, because it can mislead their followers and make them fall for scam from such illegal casinos. I believe that any casino operating illegally can abscond with customers funds without any trace.

Celebrities shouldn't involve themselves in actions that will bring the wrath of the government on them all in the name of money, because if your are promoting an illegal casino, it automatically means that you are support every of their action which part of not paying taxes to the government is among.

Strange that this is also happening to your country because as of now there are group of politician in my country also making accusations to social media influencers about them promoting  gambling platforms and how much they have been making for doing it.

And then they threatened to jail these influencers. Nothing yet had been put to prison yet but if this is already happening to your country, it will not be surprising also to see this happening here.

If gambling is not illegal in your country, then it actually doesn't become an issue. However, it will become a problem when there are many people in your country who view gambling as a bad activity. It is only appropriate for someone who attracts attention and has many fans, a celebrity, to consider the consequences of their actions in promoting gambling sites. Regardless of how small or large, their actions will have an impact on fans and society.

Exactly, alot of celebrities have lost their concerns about their fans, and they just go for the money regardless of how the casino treats their customers the worst part of it is that, most of them the celebrities dont even gamble on those casinos that their promote, so for that reason they dont even know what goes on with them in terms of service provision so when the casino fall out, they also get booted also just like in this cases.

Celebrities should be allowed to promote the gambling site only in the state that allowed them to do that. It's their mistake to promoted the gambling service in the Telangana, which is strictly prohibiting the gambling activities. If they're doing it in the Goa or Sikkim they should be fine.

They must be more careful in what states they're doing gambling promotion. It's not about legal or illegal, but they're promoting it in the wrong state.

Celebrities should not promote or endorse gambling because they have huge influence for kids and adults. They're shouldering a responsibility once they became a figure in their country so if you're really a mainstream artist or celebrities, the influence is big. Here in my country, promoting gambling is being justified because some celebrities even those with massive followers are promoting gambling platforms even the majority of their followings are teens. It normalizes the use of gambling platform, so I really don't agree with celebrities that promote or endorse it, the only benefit to it is them earning huge amount of money from the platform.

So from i read, their defense argument was that he was promoting skill-based gambling. And i don't even know where to start from that :D.

It's not skill-based if you are betting on people with those skills. You need to be able to perform with that skill. Just like you can't bet on a chess player but you can play against someone else for money.

When you are just promoting a platform with all kinds of gambling, it's a really weak argument to say that you would make money from it if you just had skills. I have yet seen anyone to prove the connection where you can make money based purely on your skills and there's no luck involved.

Anyone is free to make promotions irrespective of being a gambling sector or not, but i must be specific on this, if you're making any form of promotions, be rest assured that the regulation on your country permits for this, don't gamble when you're not in a country that permits for it and don't even try the promotions.

In the best of interest for the gambling platform, they will mostly prefer the use of these celebrities in making their promotional awareness for them, because they believed they are in the best position to help meet up with their target when it comes to public and social  influence, they have the very desiring qualities, because they are only making promotions for them, we are advised to ensure having a strong compliance to risk management, because we will be left on our own.

The celebrities are very influential and lots of youths idolize them, and encouraging gambling would be conveying the wrong message. Although it may be legal, it may still promote unsafe behaviors, particularly to teens that are most inclined to risk taking having little awareness to the consequences. They should also do something positive on their platform and not on something that may end up affecting their audience negatively over time.

A big market always needs good breakthrough India is big market and recently their some legislation (like dream 11) done by government for encouraging investment celebrities are taking good advantage and doing their stuff because they understand value of this in early part.

Last 2 decades too many changes happen in India which are helping to many big companies for starting their journey, and they always needed domestic help which is surely given them good success social media is now having good part of this because with these peoples taking good motivation even still needed to be done few things. In last few weeks, I watch many things are regulated and commercials on television are not showing like they started, but many social apps are now taking good advantage of this.

They are okay to promote gambling as long as they're doing it legally and the casino that they're promoting is legally allowed to operate into their country. But that's a problem if they're the ones who are promoting illegal country and it also means encouraging their audience to gamble illegally. I think that they cannot help themselves but to accept those deals from the illegal casinos when they're asked to promote and represent them and that's because, they're likely offered with an amount of money that it's hard to refuse and that's why even if it will cost them battle in the supreme court and get on a trial. It's okay for them because they've been paid with a hefty deal.

They should be allowed to promote gambling as long as they are not doing anything illegal like fixing matches, bribing players etc. What's the problem if they are doing it all clean? If they do bribe players into losing and other shit, then they should get punished without a doubt. I don't think anybody will argue otherwise. Gambling is one of those industries which is not illegal on paper (in many countries at least) but somehow governments don't really like it anyway even though they make so much money from those companies through the taxes they pay. It is not hard to understand the reason though. Many people dream of becoming rich from gambling instead of working hard and that's a problem for the governments. When the celebs promote gambling, the number of gambling addicts around the world go through the roof. It is very good for the industry till the government raises an eyebrow and that's when the show ends.

Celebs should be much more careful with this. Sure, so long as it is 100% legal and adequately disclosed, then tbh, I am not really concerned, but it can be a pretty blurry line between what is technically described as skill-based vs. straight-up gambling, and to fans, who only see the face of their idol plastered on the advertisement. Promos can lead to loss of real money by vulnerable individuals when you have millions of followers. IMO, it is okay as long as it is legal and transparent, but bruh, when there is the slightest hint of shady or exploitative dealings, they should completely steer out of it.

Celebrity is free to promote whatever they want; the legalities of what they promote are what everyone is more concerned about, since they are figures in society that People will easily buy into the idea of what they promote because of their popularity. The government won't find it funny when the celebrities in their country promote illegal gambling. They need to be taken to court or sanctioned for anyone who is found guilty of any such act. That's what the Telangana police did, which can be said as the right thing they did. So, let 29 celebrities and influencers come and defend themselves in the court

It looks like these people were being sued legally because they are promoting ILLEGAL gambling. They won't gonna face any legal charges if the gambling they are promoting is registered and can legally operate. Though I find it unethical for a popular personality to promote gambling in countries that despise gambling due to religious reasons.
Here in PH, social media influencers' Facebook pages that have been constantly promoting gambling have been shut down. They did not face any legal consequences, though, maybe because the gambling platform they have promoted was legal.

I wouldn't say that celebrities should not promote gambling to their followers but they should remember to tell them to gamble within their discretion and with an amount they can afford to lose, most celebrities promotes gambling with full alacrity as if people will be profitable in it, especially those celebrities that promote casino games. They will try to persuade their followers that if they play a particular casino game that they will make money from it but they don't tell them the risks that follows.

I know that everyone is doing casino promotion in order to get paid but we can't be so sure of a game of chance. Just like we are promoting casinos in this forum, we still advice ourselves on the likely risks that are attached to gambling, how not to fall into addiction and risking an amount we can afford to lose so that is how gambling should be promoted and not being too affirmative that anyone who place bets with a particular casino will stand a chance to win. If it's about the bonus that can be gotten when you gamble or make deposits on that casino then it's fine. Promoting gambling is legal inasmuch as that casino has legal licenses and authority to operate.

This is the same with those celebrities that have endorsed illegal ICOs and they have paid a fine or else they'd go to jail time.

Every celebrity needs to do their due diligence before accepting any x deal or offer that has been given to them.

Because if not, it's only about the money but also the reputation that they have. And in the future, if they have a bad reputation due to acceptance of endorsement for illegal casinos, there will be more brands that won't come to them anymore.

It is hard to detect for celebrity's the type of gambling site to promote. We all knows that promoting a gambling site is not a crime and of course anyone can promote the site that like, except that gambling  is highly prohibited in such place before we can think that it is wrong

Yes. Surely if Gambling is legal in that place then promoting it is not a problem. I have seen gambling site paying some popular celebrity's to promote their site because their influence will creat traffic to their site. So gambling is just a business which anyone can do or promote provided that money is involved.

They were promoting illegal gambling sites, that's why they were filled against. I've seen alot of celebrities sponsoring, promoting and endorsing many casinos and I don't think it's something wrong if they do the right thing.. some might do it out of their love for the casinos, probably they enjoyed their time on such casino and just want to give a shout out on their socials.
This might be different for some countries though. One thing is sure, if they claim not to be aware of the bad practice carried out on the casino, then they should try their best to do proper research next time before receiving money to be endorsed..

Actually depending on where the celebrity lives, if their country bans or makes gambling a disgrace or a platform that is completely banned then it will be condemned.
But if the country allows or legalizes gambling, I don't think it will be a problem.

Or when a country legalizes gambling, but the celebrity promotes illegal gambling that hasn't gotten an official certificate or audit from the government, maybe that too will be a problem.

I have some celebrities that I like very much but since I have been on this earth, no celebrity I ever like and favorite has influence me based on my choice of things. If I like you as a music artist, your influence stop at my choice of music, I can play other songs but I don't think twice before I play their own and similar to other actors and actress but influence me based on product and things they don't even use, I don't waste my time to skip them.

If there is any person I detest so much with gambling is Drake, man has turn to full time gambler and doesn't look  like Toosly guy I used to know, it's either today he post about his weekly rollover bet for the week or he shows money he loss and I'm like, joy did all this in silent and then decided to share the result online because it's stake casino? Like I don't get. With all he does, he has never influenced me to use a casino, no matter what they do I see them as music figures.

Gambling does not need any celebrities to have success unless it is illegal like in this context. For me no more room for arguments here, if they have been found of promoting an illegal activity the need to be punished like everyone else, no favoritism because they are celebrities. People, or better normal gamblers do not need such influence to gamble, and those who are somewhat impacted by these people, their gambling career will be extremely short lived like facts have been demonstrating over the years, only people with a real desire for gambling are the ones who never quit. So what is the big deal to call them under fire if they have committed illegal acts, law is equal for everyone and that is the way it should be, no double standards although in the world we see a lot of double standards.

This sounds like a tug of war between celebrities who are probably following the law at the time the contract was written and politicians who are trying to sound aggressive by targeting a harder to defense industry. If gambling is legal and advertising gambling is legal within certain parameters, then it's just political theater as they try to take these celebrities to caught when they've done nothing wrong. They are an easy target because so many religions and other groups can be convinced that gambling is "evil" and should be outlawed. That being said, it should be investigated if people are breaking advertising laws and there will be a certain minority that try to hide their affiliation and payments in return for promotion, which most countries do not allow.

The government, based on this report, is targeting illegal gambling promoters because it’s illegal; they don’t have a license, so they are not paying taxes, and players do not have protection playing with this unlawful betting.

The legality of gambling in a country determines the lawfulness of promotion. As long as the celebrity adheres to best practices in promoting gambling, such as including a disclaimer about the risks, they are considered good to go.

Gambling laws in India can be confusing.

Here some stated banned gambling and in some it is allowed but widely all across the country advertising any form of gambling is prohibited by the laws just like tobacco and alcohol but people are allowed to gamble that's the difference. But the tricky part is Supreme court passed a rule that games like poker is not gambling rather a game of skill that's is what he promoted even though most will agree that luck plays most part in poker too.

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BTW, if anyone wonders who is the person looks familiar, he is from Bahubali. ;)

Based on the article you shared, I think the focus should be on promoting illegal gambling, as this is clearly the key reason why he is being prosecuted and investigated at this time.

The fact is, many artists or influencers are still involved in gambling, but they can live their lives safely and comfortably as long as it’s not illegal gambling. However, this case is different because illegal gambling is clearly prohibited by its very name, and when it’s forced, one must be prepared for the consequences like this.

Ultimately, it is important for public figures or influencers with a large following to be more cautious in their choices. While gambling may be permitted in some countries, illegal gambling is a different matter altogether. We must remain vigilant about this to avoid being drawn into promoting something solely because of the money involved.

We're not supposed to live our life depending on what celebrities are saying. They're not the ones responsible for anything that we decide to do. They can promote anything that they want to because that's their job but it's left for us to make our own research and not be mislead by the celebrities opinions. I can consider myself in the shoes of the celebrities because I don't want to be accused of making people to be gambling when they don't want to because I'm supporting gambling with my signature. I didn't tell anybody to gamble or not, I'm only letting them know the good and bad side of gambling and if it's something that they can do then they're free to do it. Everybody is an adults and unless children are being allowed to gamble then that's when it's wrong but for all adults, the decision is theirs to make.

Totally depends on the rules and regulations or simply with the law on a certain country on which neither they would be ending up on having problem into it or not. We do know that gambling promotions do talk some serious money with it specially into those who do have that huge or large network or relevance then it would be that having that premium cost on which we can definitely say that it would be that hard to resist.
Even just simply looking on the social media with those influencers who had been that including gambling ads into their vlogs in the end of their video which is already that common nowadays. Some do faced up some charges or getting banned and some still that continuing up to day on which signifies that it would be just that depending into the jurisdiction. For you as an individual who do have that certain fame and popularity then
it would be just that too impossible that you wont be putting up some little time on making up some research whether you would be pushing through or not.

The title of the post is misleading because the people were not detailed for arrest just because they promoted gambling on their social media handle but because they promoted illegal casinos, those are two different things. If a casino proposes endorsement deal, it is the duty of people especially the high profile people, to do their due diligence before endorsing such casino because of their large followers. It is even good that the government is watching out for their citizens because such actions will discourage the proliferation of illegal casinos.

Sometimes I wonder why a celebrity we promote something that they know fully well is a scam just because of money they don't care about reputation anymore all they care about is money and that is why they keep falling into this kind of problem, I'm fully in support with the move they took this celebrities should know that in every thing there are consequences, I heard a news that some celebrities social media account has been blocked because they are promoting illegal gambling sites and Investment platform, for me I think any celebrity who promotes illegal gambu sites and Investment platform should be punished for it because they know fully well they have followers and promoting illegal things we endanger those followers.

There's nothing wrong with promoting online gambling on various social media platforms because as much as I hate influencers who are promoting online gambling in general, at the end of the day, it's their page, and they can just promote whatever they want to AS LONG AS  they're being paid. The problem here though is that, they promoted ILLEGAL gambling that's why the police filed a case against them.

Well, they have the reach, the capability to promote online gambling that's why they did it. There might be many influencers that are promoting illegal gambling online, but there are still who have principles in life and they don't want to influence other people negatively. They might be celebrities, but they're also influencers as well meaning they're influencing their followers and if they are doing negative things on their page/channel, they can influence other people out there, and worse their life can change because of them negatively so it's good that this happened.

Maybe include the term "illegal" on the subject title OP because it's a bit misleading as others stated here.

Key difference, you are spot on and many missed this. I would like to add that this should be made illegal. Just because something is legal it does not make it right to promote it. There are many bad behaviors that could be promoted this way, but they shouldn't.

This should be made a proper law and not left to choice. Some things are quite terrible. While you may not be allowed to promote people to suicide, you may be allowed to promote all kinds of terrible behavior like becoming obese, ruining your life through gambling and so on. Most people are not educated enough or fit mentally to just play these games with access at their fingertips. 

It's different when celebrities are promoting; they have a massive pull. They can make any products or services, so when celebrities are promoting gambling platforms, expect the popularity of gambling to explode. In this case, he is charged with promoting illegal gambling.

Even if you’re not a celebrity, you will be charged for violation, they are ok promoting casinos many celebrities everywhere are doing that but is different when you're promoting illegal platform, your agent should know this and the celebrity should be awar of this.

The truth is there should be regulations for all these things; celebrities should be regulated on things they can promote and things they can't, and both regulated and unregulated casinos should know the fact that some of their fans will just blindly follow them to patronise whateverthey promote without giving it a second thought, and if a celebrity promotes something that has to do with the risking of funds, there should be disclaimers about it, and they should give their followers warnings against the danger ahead. That way, they will be able to pass both messages across.

This is right, just to be clear that we’re talking about the same thing, personally, I hate it when influencers or celebrities promote gambling, especially since many of their followers are from poorer backgrounds. But it’s not prohibited under the law.

It only becomes prohibited when they promote illegal casinos, mainly because there’s a huge risk that the games could be rigged, though the real reason is probably that the government can’t tax them.

It would be fine as long as the casinos are legal. It can really encourage people to gamble especially if the celebrity is quite popular. But we can't blame the endorser if the specific gambler became addicted for playing. Because as a gambler, it's your responsibility to control yourself when you play. Don't make it a habit to blame others for your own doing.

Anyway, in this topic, the issue for these celebrities is they are promoting illegal casinos which is against the law and it's a different thing.

Part of the job of being a celebrity is you’re an influencer, whether paid or not so brands will definitely always want to use celebrities to push their products. The issue is this celebrities for honour and dignity sake should mind the kind of products, services or sites they advertise. You wouldn’t because of small change and ruin your reputation you’ve garnered over the years. There are somany former footballers in the world who promote betting sites and are all legal, and enjoying their peace and dividends.

Gambling is not legal in all countries. India falls under one of those countries with quite complex regulations. Certain regions allow the practice, and certain types of games, but the gambling promotions cannot be carried out carelessly if their reach extends to regions where such activities are prohibited. This will also apply even though Rana Daggubati's team claimed that what they were promoting was a skill-based game, which is legal in some particular regions since the local authorities still have the right to decide whether the promotion has violated their applicable regulations or not. That is most probably why these celebrities' names came up in the police report because, on allegations, their promotions could encourage people to gamble in that area where gambling is not allowed.

Their is nothing wrong if celebrities promote gambling so far as they didn't force anyone or convince anyone to gamble. Celebrities are brand ambassador to different companies apart from gambling companies and what they help these companies to do is maybe to advertise their marketing , maybe whatever any latest feature as brand ambassador they help in promoting and their is nothing bad about it. Ad celebrities do this I believe that their are customers who have deals with  with these gambling companies , these celebrities are just reaching out to customers and asking anyone to gamble.

Some countries may have certain laws that prohibit certain types of advertising, it happens with casinos, alcoholic beverages and cigarettes, it's all a matter of knowing what audience this advertising was directed to, because if it is not directed to adults and the influencer has a young audience, especially teenagers, it would be an illegal act, generally this kind of influencer are always involved in strange things because they do not have good legal advice to guide them.

No reports will be filed unless they promote illegal gambling. But in this case, these influencers violate the rules, and instead of protecting the image of gambling, they are now destroying it by promoting illegal casinos. Perhaps they are influencers, and probably they are aware of the consequences of doing this. Unfortunately, they consider the money first rather than the impact of their actions. It does not just ruin the gambling industry, but also it affects their reputation.

Anyone who is promoting an illegal gambling platform on their social media should be apprehended, no questions asked.


I don't see any problem with celebrities promoting a gambling platform as long as it is legal.  They are still humans who need to earn money for a living.  Since gambling platform is declared by the government to be legal, I do not think any problem with popular people promoting them.

Yes, they should be more careful on what they are promoting; popular and influential people should stay away from illegal activities like promoting illegal gambling platform.  About being ok promoting legal gambling platform, I don't see any problem on that.

There is nothing wrong if a celebrity chooses to promote a gambling  site, rather they need to be mindful with the kind of gambling site they're promoting they shouldn't promote what they don't know, because some celebrities can be naive to accept proposal due to the amount of money that the company Wish to offer. then, he will just foolishly except the offer due to greed, without even thinking about his reputations until it get ruing. so as a celebrity is advised to know the kind of gambling site you're promoting, that's if it is a legit one or not before you should be attempting to accept thier proposal, because your reputations can not be compared with that amount of money they're paying for promotion.

Celebrities and influencers sometimes seek sensationalism by causing trouble. This is understandable, as it boosts their reputation in the public eye, not solely for financial gain. I believe that if a country legalizes gambling, anyone would have more freedom to promote it. If I'm not mistaken, in India, only a few states have gambling licenses. In this case, the problem becomes even greater because the celebrities are promoting illegal gambling apps.

I'm sure these celebrities and influencers understand the risks of their actions, and I suspect they have prepared every possible scenario to escape sanctions and prosecution by exploiting available legal loopholes. At least with the profits they earned, they could hire a reliable lawyer to secure a suspension of detention. That's the impression I get when I see celebrities and influencers promoting illegal gambling.

Something similar happened here in Brazil. Some influencers were called to testify in the Chamber of Deputies and answered questions about their involvement with gambling and suspicious platforms. It seems like a global movement against fraudulent betting houses.
Do we really know who we're following on social media?

In my case, I don't even trust my own shadow.  :-[

Same thing here in the PH. They take down the Facebook pages of several social media influencers because they’re promoting illegal online casinos. Illegal means they’re not registered in the country, so they’re not paying taxes. But if they’re registered, celebrities and influencers can promote them, they even get TV commercials. Anyway, I agree with others, the title is a bit misleading. The word ‘illegal’ should be included.

Celebrities promoting something legal but if the platform ends up scamming user's hard earned money from their site, will the government still hold him responsible for luring gamblers into illegal site?

It's a business negotiation between the two brands to me, agreement is made, you promote my brand for me, I make sure my service is rendered perfectly. If I fail to render service, celebrities will not be responsible.

Let's be close, exch was a legal brand with lots of signature promoters, exch had been down, users regretting on using the exchange maybe some users get their funds trapped, has any signature campaigners been held responsible? No.

I have seen lot of celebrities promoting gambling site and even the one we think that are illegal here had a famous Nigerian social influencer promoting such even the musicians, although most people see those gambling site as something very legal and are approved over here in our country so if they promotes such there isn't any law holding them for any reason. Where they could filed a case against them is when they are promoting something that is not legal on the country then it may like results to something extremely bad and could results to something unbelievable.

It is also important that we acknowledge that the impact of a celebrity or an influencer may serve to influence the behavior of the society faster than the conventional social media campaigns. I suppose that there are two significant concerns when they advertise underground gambling, a possibility of the breaking of the law and the impact it will have on their audiences on the psychological level. They might be legally well prepared but this does not mean that they absolve their own morality to those at the receiving end. In other jurisdictions the nature of gambling is legal and there are tight controls to reduce risks to the bare minimum. However, when it is advertised in areas where it is not allowed and moreover, in cases where such advert is done using illegal applications, then we are dealing with a violation on two terms, both legal and moral.

Another thing we should also bear in mind is that possibly none of their audience is fully aware of the distinction between legal and illegal. The loopholes that they are taking advantage of might also permit them to find their way to avoid punishment but does not imply that what they have done is secure. To reduce this negative influence, there should be regulation and regular efforts made so that the establishment of illegal gambling could not dominate. This is a way through which they can channel their influence to what is beneficial to the society in real sense.

This is the same situation where I'm from. Many popular and influential celebrities are under fire for using their popularity and influence to promote gambling. These men and women are looked up to especially by young people. And they're making it appear as if gambling is a good thing. Thanks partly to them, gambling has grown rampant in my country, victims of which include a troubling number of young children. Gambling is fast destroying my country's social fabric.

The promotion of gambling should be tightly regulated. Here, it's visible everywhere anytime--on tv, radio, social media, billboards, malls, everywhere. It shouldn't be like this. While it's all right for celebrities to promote gambling, regulating bodies should make sure only the targeted market has access to these promotional materials.

That's why it is very crucial for brand promoters or celebrities to make under ground findings about any deal before accepting any proposals, otherwise they will learn the hard way.

Over the years so many prominent men, dignitaries and top celebrities has rubbed the names that took them years to build in the mud due to their involvement in promoting brand that are more of disadvantages than advantages to the society, brand like gambling sites, drugs etc, all this brand normally lead to addictions and in results become a major problem in the society.

however, celebrities, dignitaries should be more concerned in using their influence in initiating good innovation, education, good health and other good things that can add value to the society.

Cases of celebrities promoting gambling have been on the rise recently, and I believe this is happening in almost every country. It all stems from money. The primary reason many popular celebrities promote gambling ads is the large sums of money they earn, without considering the negative impact on many people, especially minors who may be tempted to gamble because of their involvement. Even more bizarre, some cases of popular celebrities caught promoting gambling only create initial hype, as if creating the impression of government action. Whether they are prosecuted under applicable law or acquitted due to their ability to pay the fine, there is likely money involved, and they are free. Or perhaps there is a prior agreement or deal with the gambling company, if caught, that makes them comfortable promoting it.

Celebrities should be more careful and selective about what they promote. They don't have to promote gambling if they commit to helping people with gambling addiction. That depends on them because if they want to promote gambling, they can do that if gambling is legal. The best is that they can consult with the regulator about gambling promotion so they will not get a problem when they promote gambling. They need to be selective choosing the promotion and know what is allowed and prohibited in their country.

This is what happens when the law is not clear. People get in trouble because there is no clear line between legal and illegal. So, the government should really fix it and indicate explicitly what are things that are allowed and not allowed within the context of gambling. And celebrities should at least do their own proper research and not just accept any and every project for the sake of money.

I personally don't trust celebrities who market or advertise gambling sites, because gambling in my country is against the law and religion, and I don't think they would do something like this even if they were unemployed. I think this is the work of AI. I've seen prominent religious figures in my country advertise gambling sites, which is beyond reason.
Previously, there were even lesser-known celebrities who promoted gambling sites on their personal social media accounts, and reportedly, this resulted in them having to deal with the authorities. What's unique is that gambling in my country is now commonplace, especially online gambling, and the government or authorities haven't tightened up on this.

In Brazil many famous influencers from instagram and tiktok had to attend a CPI investigation from the Senate to testify about their gambling advertisements. But many powerful senators like Ciro Nogueira were caught taking private flights with the owner of casinos from our country. I made a post talking about this before on another topic


Many were using fake videos and fake accounts to show big wins and make people register to play. Very bad.

Nowadays, celebrities appear everywhere where good money is paid, and sometimes advertising with them comes as a surprise to many. The question is, how far will these people go for even more money? Therefore, advertising, of course, cannot be stopped, but people advertising something must clearly understand what and to what audience their advertising is aimed. Advertising of cigarettes, alcoholic beverages, and, in addition, gambling can harm the young audience. By advertising such things, these people take responsibility for the number of people who can be hooked on passions that are difficult to cure. I believe that gambling does not need advertising, and any adult and normal person should understand how to behave when starting to play. He does not need all the colorful motivators with public and famous people.

Most of these celebrities only concentrate on money that the casinos or whatever they are advertising for, if the price is right they will jump into it without considering that many people will patronize what they are advertising because of them. They shouldn't be in a hurry to agree endorsement deals, they must make findings to know the reputation of the casino or product that they want to promote because people will patronize because of them. Ironically if what they endorsed turns out to be a scam they will find a way to exornorate themselves, distatanting themselves from what they agreed to be a part of. Meanwhile the people that got scammed will be counting their loses, I think that we should not patronize a casino mainly because a celebrity endorsed it, whatever happens the celebrities won't refund our loses.

Why say this when you're advertising a gambling sites yourself, I won't distrust someone because they're doing some advertisement for gambling companies. The advertisement mightn't be for you because it doesn't go in the same direction with your religion but there are other people that needed that advertisement to know about the casino. All advertisment have their targeted audience hence when you're not the targeted audience, you don't have to disagree with the advertisement. We're all free to like or dislike things but we shouldn't think when people aren't doing what we want that they're wrong. Celebrities can endorse gambling but they shouldn't deceive their followers into gambling.

First of all the information you have posted if very local and dont apply to whole world. My opinion on celebrities promoting gambling or whatever they want to promote - that is how they earn and its fine for me as long as they promote legal things. The story would end by paying fine, filming videos where they excuse for promoting things they dont know were illegal, and they would continue promoting everything they want. This is not the first and not last case when celebrities were promoting illegal, but all those cases end end similarly, promotion reward cost > fine to be paid for promoting something illegal.

The real celebrities are usually aware of what they are doing and how to defend themselves when they advertise some illegal activities like unlawful gambling The issue arises that the audience do not consider the legal aspect and the end results may punish them with the trouble makers getting away without any action

Celebrities should be allowed to endorse any legal products or services. But the government should also make laws to regulate these endorsements or advertisements because they can be misused. Celebrities whose social media platforms are viewed by underage users should be restricted from promoting services that are not for children like gambling.

The promotion should not be so manipulative that people will follow without reasoning. Celebrities showing off money, cars or mansions, claiming that they got the money through gambling or investments should be discouraged. This is because we know that gambling is not a get-rich-quick scheme and it is also risky. Promotion should be fair and true, not laced with lies to attract unsuspecting social media followers.             

Anyone can promote gambling, but when a celebrity does it, it hits different as they have millions of followers, so the promo sticks. The problem is, in some countries, gambling addiction isn’t just because people love the thrill,  it’s because they see gambling as their shortcut to escape financial problems.

From what I’ve read (don’t ask me for the stats, I didn’t bring them), big countries like the US pour the most money into the gambling industry, yet gambling addiction isn’t as big of a crisis there. But in poorer countries? Whole different story. In places with high poverty, people don’t just gamble for fun, they gamble because they think it’s their only shot. And that’s when the industry stops being entertainment and starts looking like an expensive lottery ticket to nowhere.

That right there is the primary reason why things are not done against these kind of things. Corruption. If the people in charge were not corrupt, there is no way that they would not want to rule on these things. Who would not want to protect their own kids from such manipulations and dangers? Only a monster..

However, celebrities have a great influence on many players. I am not saying that it is complete, but the point is that if many potential players lacked the determination to do so, then a celebrity who appeared in an advertisement and showed that he plays in a casino will be that very important push for this. I think that many of them do not even realize how many players they influenced, but in this case, celebrities are told that they do not make decisions for players and everyone has their own brain to make the final decision, but I am sure that this is not true. In short, they have minimal influence, but sometimes it is enough for a player to lose everything to the last penny, and when he realizes this, there will be nothing in his wallet at all.

The situation is not much different in my country. Many famous people and influencers are being investigated for promoting gambling. The "Fortune Tiger" game has caused a lot of harm to poorer people, as they believed they could make easy money. The problem isn't the game itself, but how these celebrities "sold" it to their followers.

I think it's a little bit strange that celebrities can get in trouble for promoting things.  It seems like they should be free to promote whatever they want and if they choose to scam their fans then I would think their career would be effect, or at the very least their popularity.  I think too many people do dumb things and then look for others to blame.  If someone misled you into an investment then you stop supporting that person.  It's weird that people make stupid decisions and lose money, then their first reaction is to try and blame someone else.

It seems they don't play about this in some countries and I think that's how it should be. But if the gambling company is legit and doesn't scam people then there's absolutely nothing wrong with taking endorsement deals from gambling companies. In my country celebrities help to advertise scam casinos and this is actually the main problem and it's what must be corrected but no one cares to call them out

From what I understand, there was no scam accusation against the casinos but they are operating illegally in their country. By illegal it means they are operating without the necessary licenses and probably no documentation and no revenue to the government. The celebrities were arrested because their activities look like supporting that illegality, something the government see as unpatriotic and misleading to the general public. It's also important to note that as the casinos are operating illegally, it will be very difficult for the government to protect their citizens from losing money to them and in the case of the casino operators running away, there will be no way of getting them because they were not documented.

In a perfect world a celebrity will lose all the followers if they are caught scamming. But at least in Brazil they scam and no one of their million followers cares or many think they didn't do anything wrong.

If they are not arrested for scamming, they will continue doing that with poor people that don't have education to know better.

And this is not just about for celebrities. It's the same with phishing and fake ads online that are endless and have the most vulnerable victims, like fake call centers from india.

They are not registered and have no license to operate. And it means no protection to its consumers or customers that have been gambling with an illegal casino.
That's what the government is all about, they want to get these illegal casinos registered for them to be taxable. While these casinos don't want to cooperate with them.
They just get an endorser to promote them even if they're illegal because they can just run away from the government. While their celebrity endorser is the one to face all of the lawsuits or any punishment that the government will have to put against them.

The case seems different though ot against the promoter's and the government, the celebrity was not arrested because of any failure in the part of service provision to customers but he get arrested for wrong influencing which is within the right of the government at some point to prevent illegal operations of casinos.

It's just unfortunate that we live in a world where our celebrities no longer care about their reputation anymore, what they care about is the money they can get from promoting fake gambling site and even trying to convince their audience or followers. If i were to be a celebrity i won't engage in promoting anything that it's output is not certain but depends on luck or even if am to promote, i will make sure i don't give wrong information to people. These celebrities are making reasonable amount of money for themselves so i wonder why most of them still spread fake gambling sites and misleading their followers just because ofthe money they stand to gain from those casino owners.

Illegal casinos are also likely to scam.

And that's a good concern for the government to call out celebrities that are tied with the endorsement for illegal casinos.

If they can't register yet can avail a service from a celebrity, there is a lot of things that are telling in that point. They don't want to be registered so the government is free to chase them while these unregistered casinos endorsed by them can also do whatever they want with their customer's deposits.

This is okay as long as the casino is not run legally or doing fraudulent activities that will make them wanting to be penalized for such actions. Every industry needs advertising in order to thrive and most of the time, they make use of established figures to help them run the adverts. There should be clear agreement after these celebrities have done their investigations and find out that this casinos are not illegal, but they should also mention their followers to do their own research before patronizing them. If they do so, I think this will save them from any legal suite against them in the future. This is important because you can’t trust fully how the casino can turn later after you’ve already promoted to be trustworthy ones.

Personally, I don't mind if a celebrity promotes a casino if advertising casinos are not illegal and if the casino has a legal permit to operate in the country, but the issue a lot of people will see in it is that celebrities are usually influential and could influence their fans to gamble, especially their underage fans which are very impressionable.

anyway, the celebrities that got arrested for promoting illegal casinos seems to be facing the consequences of their action.

A bit off topic though, but I do find sense in your post. I think the fact that most of these celebrities pages are not censored for different age groups then they should be conscious of what they are promoting whether legal or illegal, the fact that teens who are not yet up to the legal age of gambling are constantly viewing their contents makes it a bit more sensitive for them to choose carefully what platform they should or shouldn’t promote. If their contents were rated +18 in the first place then I’d understand why they’d be supporting platforms like this but for a celebrity who is a musician and sings for both children and adults to be promoting something like this isn’t really a good thing.

Operating illegally on its own is already a scam, no way that a casino that is operating without license can be trusted or be without any case of scam against them, we may have not hard anything related to that, but that doesn't mean there won't be cases like that, gambling operations is somewhat a sensitive thing and for sure countries generate revenue from their operations and for that any operation outside government approvals is already illegal and will definitely be treated as one of those that have scammed gambler in secrets.

Celebrities earn their money and make a living out their personal brand and influence they have over the masses, keeping in mind their own their image, then they should be allowed to promote whatever they want, as long as it is legal in the jurisdiction they are doing it from. Also, it would be required they disclose whether it is a paid sponsorship or they are giving some free advertising of a product or service because they personally like it.

In my onion, not allowing a celebrity or influencer to do whatever they want with their image and influence, it would be like asking a plumber to do his daily work without tools.

Majorly some celebrities have been under investigation for the alleged promotion of unauthorized betting sites and gambling platforms.Their actions and efforts have been labeled unsuitable and illegal as it engages their audience into vulnerable activities that are capable of several ruins and damages.

Making money is a fundamental human right so long as what the person is doing to make the money is not against the law of the government of the country where the person resides..

I personally think there is nothing wrong in celerities promoting gambling casinos for money so long as they are careful about the type of gambling casino they are promoting.
Marketing is an important part of the money industry, and businesses use people who they think and believe have the type of audience they need, it's not wrong paying such a person to promote the business as long as it not an illegal business.

So in my own person conclusion, I would say that celebrities and influencers be allowed to promote gambling and casinos, but they should be extremely careful to ensure they re not promoting the wrong casinos and form of gambling.

Perhaps the money is irresistible to those 29 celebrities, and they didn't know that it's illegal. I think the problem with that is the need to conduct background checks and ensure it's legal, but I guess they just didn't do that. There should be regulations to ensure that promotions and ads are displayed on legal platforms. That's definitely a problem.  

Since they have platforms, they should be liable for what they promote, and I think they deserve to be tried.

What I will always tell so called influencers is that they should always do their research first before accepting to promote any company. If you check the report well, then you going to know why they arrested those people. The main reason why they arrested them was just because they were promoting illegal gambling site, so if they were promoting legal betting sites, then the government doesn’t have any problem with them.

The only period which I think the government will arrest people promoting legal gambling sites is maybe gambling is illegal in the country, and citizens of the country keeps on promoting gambling sites. But if you are in a country that gambling is legal, then I see no reason why the government will arrest people promoting gambling sites in the country, as long as they didn’t violent and rules.

I think that if legal and licensed companies are being advertised, there is no reason to accuse anyone of anything ,they operate within the framework of the law. If a casino is illegal, then there are indeed questions as to why celebrities are encouraging their fans to risk their money by investing in a questionable venture.

It's not certain if they're promoting it solely in video format, as today's advanced technology can turn photos into videos that appear realistic. Many celebrities in my country have good backgrounds, but some videos show them promoting illegal betting sites. I don't immediately believe it, as it could be the site's actions unilaterally placing ads.
Many things are easier to do these days with the advancement of technology, one of which is creating engaging advertisements without the need for a main character. AI can help.

Yes, technology could be used to clone videos and pictures of celebrities to promote the services they have no connection to. But this doesn't mean that there are no celebrities who are mainly concerned about making money and nothing else. They might not promote illegal gambling but they engage in fake promotion. These days it is common to see some celebrities showing off wads of cash and expensive items on the internet, claiming that it was acquired with gambling wins. These kinds of promotion can push people to gambling addiction.

However, we also need to pay attention to details as we follow these celebrities since technology can put out false information.             

You can wonder what will come out of investigating celebrities that promotes scam casinos, some of them have been involved with scam tokens yet nothing happens. I think that these celebrities knows how to cover their tracks so that no lawsuits will affect them, they will claim ignorance of the real intent of whatever scams that they are advertising. It is left for us not to get carried away by their glamour and ignorantly fall for whatever that they are shilling. DYOR and make sure that whatever you're putting your money into is something that you are willing to accept any responsibilities that comes with it.

It's not that these celebrities were not allowed to promote gambling and I don't think I will support any movement that celebrities should not promote gambling, perhaps they get paid to do that so, but what I will not support is the fact that the celebrities are promoting illegal casinos and sometimes too even when promoting legally licensed casinos, they lie about some things and thereby deceiving people to go into gambling, that is totally wrong. If they can punish some celebrities like this in my place, I will be happy, at least other will learn.

I agree with you because many celebrities only care about the money they are paid for promotions and not the risks their audience may face. They use their influence to make things look trustworthy, but in reality most of them don’t even know or care about what they are advertising. That’s why it is dangerous to blindly follow celebrity endorsements especially in gambling or crypto projects. At the end of the day the responsibility falls on us to do proper research and not invest in something just because a famous face is attached to it.

That is the problem with a lot of the celebrities. They don't really make research anymore. They don't make research at all. Whichever one that pays the most wins and gets to be promoted by said celebrity. I guess if they keep doing this, they will have to accept the responsibility of promoting illegal gambling which can put them under the scrutiny of the law I presume.

It depends on how they promote and where they promote it. There’s nothing wrong on promoting gambling per se if it’s done in a proper way.

Some celebrities just promoting it blatantly on their social media account that doesn’t care to the audience of their social media account. And typically they are attaching the gambling advertisements on their content that is not supposed to be a gambling related.

This is the common problem in Philippines that’s why online gambling here is already have a lot of restrictions.

This is very interesting- so celebrities are under fire given that they endorse and promote certain gambling websites? Isn't it that gambling companies and the agents of such celebrities are in charge of handling any kind of potential legal issues arising from such endorsement?

In line with the prohibition against gambling, I do submit that if a gambling casino is proclaimed to be validly legal, then I see no reason on why celebrities are prohibited on endorsing such. If there is a law that prohibits such promotion and advertising, they would most definitely know what they are doing.


If there is a law explicitly prohibits the promotion of online gambling, then they should be accountable. But from what I have seen from reading the article, their SC has already ruled that skill-based online casinos games can be validly promoted by them.

Dont blame celebrities for promoting things they should not be promoting, blame their managers instead. They are the one who should be spending more time checking validity of things or services that their employer is about to promote. Celebrities dont have time to check every single offer personally. All they do is selling their face. They have a text to read and they just smile, make happy face and look positive while promoting. Talking head, not more. Blame manager who did their job bad and set up celebrity.

In the era of money where moral and values are already ended things are getting the worst day by day because everyone is looking for more money and his influence just because of these celebrities are also having things which are giving them just money nothing moral.
Recently on social media and television have too many ads related to sports betting and gambling which were really hurting new generation because they are admiring and due to their followers and influence things are going more troubling, but sadly authorities are doing nothing just paper work and taking money into their deep pockets.
Few countries are doing legislation which could be helpful but still many things need to be done before its have worst for millions those are chasing them and trying to have quick money from these terrible methods.

This issue of influencers getting involved with gambling and promoting gambling has been heavily criticized by many governments, even in cases where gambling is legal in countries where the government criticizes influencers who promote gambling. I think it's a very complex issue, because what I've seen is that some influencers I've seen haven't posted warnings for people to only gamble with money they can afford to lose.

They simply lie to their followers, in many cases even telling their followers that by gambling they will get rich. That's why it's a complicated issue. Now when gambling promotions are illegal, then the government takes action quickly, they prosecute the influencers and rightly so

From the sources you shared it's clear that these celebrities are promoting illegal gambling sites, which is punishable by the local government. I don't think these celebrities are fools and knew what they were doing before they agreed to promote the sites. Clearly if they're found guilty they'll be punished, if they don't want to repeat the same behavior, they should promote legal gambling sites approved by the local government, this also applies to other promotions as the essence is both (legal and illegal).

I no longer believe in cases and laws against celebrities who promote gambling sites, it is only a silly man's date, they can easily apologize and be released, celebrity cases are caught in cases of gambling site advertisements, this is not the first, maybe this is so much.

What is clear is that the gambling site really cannot be eradicated even though they are illegal or legal, basically promoting the illegal gambling site is just the large payment, for me not the doubt, all of that is law enforcement tricks so that they get paid too, stupid.

Well, there are legalities, so some celebrities are not investigated because they are promoting a regulated online casino. Just like here in our country, a lot of veteran and young actors are promoting gambling in television commercials and social media applications.

Recently, I also saw an advertisement for a regulated online casino before a film started. I am with my kids going to watch Karate Kid: Legends in a cinema, and that online casino commercial popped out before the movie began. Imagine that. They are everywhere now, and celebrities will keep on accepting their offers as long as they are regulated. Not all will be punished even if they can ruin a life of a person.

far as gambling is legal, I do not see any problem with celebrities or any other people promoting gambling sites. But all I have to say is that celebrities should always try to verify any site they are given to promote, whether it is a gambling site or any other site, to know that it is legal. So, if any celebrity can follow the right steps and laws that guide any promotion, there will be no problem in the future. Therefore, celebrities should not be convinced by big funds to promote something that is illegal.

This usually depends on the regulations and societal norms in a particular country. Not all countries prohibit gambling. Typically, countries that condemn such practices are the ones prohibiting them. This happens in my country too, and it's really bad in the eyes of the public, whose majority still dislikes gambling.

Look at countries that legalize gambling, they're generally indifferent to it and don't see any public criticism.

it will depend entirely on the personality of the supposed celebrity in question and the niche the person is. imagine telling a footballer that usually gets there endorsement from betting companies that because he is a celebrity that he should not promot such companies? how feasible will that even be? by default, those are the kind of brand that will want to work with him so you can not even tell such a one not to promote or get himself affiliated with such a brand. so many content creators that are the most common celebrity in m yregion are brand ambassadors to a lot of gambling platform that lacks repute. those guys do not even consider what the public are saying because they generally owes no one nothing. the only thing is that at your end, you do not just use a platform just because it is promoted by a celebrity. most of hem are just promoting the platform but are never making use of it.

It is not merely a matter of actors collecting checks or enforcement loopholes though. It cannot be denied that the younger and more vulnerable audience may get affected by seeing these celebrities and influencers promote gambling and might even perceive this as something trendy, cool and harmless. Afaik, in the Netherlands, there is a law that prohibits celebrities from doing these gambling ads just to protect the minors from gambling addiction. A few days back, I read an article where some Aussie kids as young as 12 stated that they saw influencers gamble and this made gambling look safe and glamorous and now they got attracted and wanted to do the same. And look, these reactions have psychological evidence and are not just related to our emotions. So yeah, IMO, celebrities should not be simply allowed to flex with these gambling promos and get away just by apologizing, but there have to be some serious regulations here.

Instead of stopping the celebrities from promoting gambling companies they should be made to under the risk involved in promoting fake casinos and the danger they make the genuine ones face in promoting their business, celebrities should be made to face the law if they make their followers to lose money due to the fake information they spread during their promotion of the fake casinos and they should be made to pay by so doing they will be careful enough to know the difference between fake and real companies they will be promoting. There should be identification of licensed casinos so that the celebrities who promotes will know that they are not fake.

Usually they use terms that won't put them on blame e.g. "I, my name, not affiliate nor endorse the brand in my photo/video etc". Depends on how viral are their content, if their content went viral, they can't use that terms to make them right because the government will caught them in order to make the citizen happy.

Celebrities are people who have luxury lifestyle because they need that in order to make them "expensive" hence they're promoting illegal casinos or even fall to prostitution.

My thoughts exactly, if it's a legit casinos then there would be no need to file a report against him...A lot of influencial people do gambling promotions so it's nothing new, it's just all about advertising the legal casinos..In a country where the justice system works no matter who you might be or the influence that you have you are still going to be reprimanded and called to order, I wish this is something they can be done in my country

This is deviating the blame. The manager can't force them to promote scams or things that are imoral to promote. The manager will get the deals and ask the celebrity, the celebrity can always say NO and promote something else. But since gambling deals often offer a lot of money, they will take it without any issue and in then blame the manager as if they had a gun pointed to them making them go to the front of the camera to promote the website.

It everything is legal there is no need to envolve the police or the judiciary. But the followers can still dislike and it can be bad for their images. In Brazil a youtuber that had a lot a big public of children following him was advertising casinos. Of course no one liked that.

The advancement of technology is indeed real, but even so, there are also those with malicious intentions who exploit their technological skills as a means of communication. A lot of fake news or hoaxes are circulating. Furthermore, many people are easily fooled by news on social media, including gambling advertisements, which are ubiquitous. In fact, in every video I watch, I always find casino names displayed.
I myself am someone who doesn't care much about the world of celebrities or other important figures. Some people enjoy spending their daily lives seeking out information about their favorite celebrities, but I'm not like that.