Explainer: Inside the betting net, and celebrity role
Being summoned is not a charge; ED wants to know whether endorsements helped banned offshore company lure users
Updated At : 06:42 AM Sep 20, 2025 IST
The ED wants to know whether celebrity endorsements helped an offshore betting company, banned in India, gain legitimacy and lure lakhs of unsuspecting users. ANI
The Enforcement Directorate’s summons list now reads like a celebrity roll call. Former cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, actor Sonu Sood, and starlet Urvashi Rautela are among those called in connection with the agency’s probe into the Russian-origin betting app 1xBet.
