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.
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?
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.