India: Competition Commission of India opened consultation on commitment offer submitted by Google addressing allegations made by Winzo Games (Case No. 42 of 2022)

On 12 August 2025, the Competition Commission of India (CCI) opened a consultation, until 20 August 2025, on a commitment offer submitted by Google addressing allegations made by Winzo Games (Case No. 42 of 2022). The commitments were issued under Section 48B of the Competition Act, 2002, and the 2024 Commitment Regulations. The commitment proposal addressed concerns over the alleged exclusion of certain Real Money Games (RMG) from Google Play, competitive disadvantages from the selective onboarding of Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) and rummy applications, and the duration of Google’s pilot programme, through a policy to allow the distribution on Google Play of all RMGs self-declared by developers as permissible under applicable laws and certified by recognised third-party bodies, and to permit advertising in India of all certified games of skill under revised Google Ads policies. The proposal stipulated implementation within 120 days for the Google Play changes and 150 days for the advertising policy changes following CCI’s approval orders, applied uniform eligibility criteria to address alleged discriminatory enforcement and restrictions, and clarified that payment warnings on Google Pay are developer-agnostic, uniformly applied, and mandated by directives of the Reserve Bank of India and the National Payments Corporation of India.