Google takes stricter stance on privacy for gambling apps Share April 26, 2021 In the latest updates of the Google Play Terms of Services, the technology giant announced the welcome development that it will allow real money gambling apps in 15 additional jurisdictions effective from 1 March, writes Stuart Godfree, Managing Director at With much of the industry previously restricted to Apple’s platform, this move triggered many operators to reconsider its app strategy and a process to develop and deploy real-money gambling apps to Android users began. While this process was expected to take some time as Google must approve the content from a compliance point of view before launch, another update in the latest terms around Personally Identifiable Information (PII) and what type of data an app harvests from a device now seems to have further delayed the roll-out.