The CCI’s investigation comes just days after it fined Meta Rs 213.14 crore for “abusing” its dominant position in relation to WhatsApp’s controversial 2021 update to its privacy policy – showing the growing antitrust scrutiny on tech giants in India.

WinZO has accused Google of restricting gaming applications that offer real-money games from being listed on the Google Play store.

Indian antitrust watchdog, CCI, has opened an investigation into Google's gaming app policy where real money is involved. The probe comes as a result of WinZO’s

India’s antitrust regulator, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), has initiated an investigation against Alphabet-owned Google for allegedly providing a significant competitive edge to daily fantasy sports (DFS) and Rummy applications while potentially hurting other real-money gaming (RMG) apps.

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has initiated an investigation into Google’s gaming app policies concerning real-money games..|News Track

WinZo's grievance centres on Google's policy that, while allowing select categories of RMG apps on the Play Store, excludes others under opaque and arbitrary criteria

In its order, the CCI found Google to be prima facie in violation of antitrust provisions of the Competition Act due to the abuse of dominant position

Google's regulatory problems in India are compounding. After facing stiff penalties by the Competition Commission of India (CCI) over abuse of dominant position with regards to its Play Store and the Android mobile device ecosystem in 2022,