{"id":132175,"date":"2025-11-13T02:17:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132175\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T02:17:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T02:17:08","slug":"google-pulls-belize-lottery-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/132175\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Pulls Belize Lottery App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Belize Government Lotteries Limited (BGLL) is facing an unexpected hurdle after its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greaterbelize.com\/over-200-million-in-boledo-lottery-sales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Fi We Boledo App<\/a> was removed from the Google Play Store due to Google\u2019s strict gambling policies. BGLL says that while the app was initially approved, a later review flagged the purchase of real-money lottery tickets, a move Google says violates its rules in countries including Belize.<\/p>\n<p>The sudden removal leaves current Android users in a bind: they can continue playing with the existing app, but future updates will no longer be available, raising concerns over security and functionality.<\/p>\n<p>To keep players engaged, BGLL has launched a web portal, promising the same features as the app. Users can log in with existing accounts, keeping all past purchases and winnings intact.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, iOS users remain unaffected, as Apple continues to allow licensed gambling apps in Belize.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t Post Views: 1,087&#13;\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Belize Government Lotteries Limited (BGLL) is facing an unexpected hurdle after its Fi We Boledo App was removed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":132176,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[342,111,139,69,145],"class_list":["post-132175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mobile","tag-mobile","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132175"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132175\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132176"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}