Key Takeaways
- “Beginning [in] August 2017, Google will accept applications for the distribution of gambling apps within the Play store in the United Kingdom, France and the Republic of Ireland.”
- Operators will need to provide proof in their RMG app submission that they are licensed and authorized to offer online gambling in each jurisdiction.
Google will allow real money gambling apps in its Play store from August, it was reported Tuesday.
Degree53, a mobile app and website developer that works in the online gambling and sports betting industries, quoted correspondence from Google that stated, “beginning [in] August 2017, Google will accept applications for the distribution of gambling apps within the Play store in the United Kingdom, France and the Republic of Ireland.”
“At a later date, this policy change may be expanded to new regions and countries,“ it read.
