Kerala Looking To Amend Gaming Laws To Curb Online Rummy
2 years, 3 months ago

Kerala Looking To Amend Gaming Laws To Curb Online Rummy

ABP News  

Thiruvananthapuram: With celebrities promoting online rummy and massive Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said in the state assembly that the government was considering bringing in the amendment subject to the outcome of its appeal in the Kerala High Court against a single judge order, quashing the ban on online rummy games played for money. The CM was responding to a submission by UDF MLA A P Anilkumar that online rummy games played for money should be banned or restricted as it has allegedly pushed many in the state into financial burden and led others to commit suicide. Vijayan said that online gaming sites make it easy for anyone, including children, to open an account to play such games and people are lured through offers of huge prize money and other attractive prizes. With an increase in popularity of online games like rummy, there has also been a rise in mobile apps offering loans as well as online loan The massive The state government had amended the Kerala Gaming Act of 1960 in February last year to ban online rummy games played for money, but the same was quashed by the High Court in September 2021 on pleas moved by gaming companies.

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Tamil Nadu to create ‘white list’ on gaming apps
2 days, 19 hours ago

Tamil Nadu to create ‘white list’ on gaming apps

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu could become one of the first states to have a ‘white list’ on online gaming sites and apps after it brings out a framework to regulate pay-to-play gaming in the state. “Getting registered with the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority is a kind of white list,” according to Md Nasimuddin, chairperson of TNOGA, which is coming out …

GNLU: 3rd Legislative Drafting Competition : Online Gaming And Gambling Regulation Act 2025 [Register By 26th December]
1 week, 5 days ago

GNLU: 3rd Legislative Drafting Competition : Online Gaming And Gambling Regulation Act 2025 [Register By 26th December]

Live Law  

The GNLU Centre for Research in Criminal Justice Sciences is organising the third edition of its Legislative Drafting Competition. Currently, most states prohibit gambling under the Public Gambling Act, 1867, but the law does not cover the rapidly expanding online gaming industry. The Online Gaming and Gambling Act, 2025 should provide a comprehensive framework that regulates the growing online gaming …

Advancing India’s Online Gaming Regulation: One Measure at a Time
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Advancing India’s Online Gaming Regulation: One Measure at a Time

ABP News  

By Dharmender Jhamb & Anusha Jain Online gaming in India is experiencing an exponential rise, transforming from a niche hobby into a mainstream entertainment powerhouse. Efforts Towards Regulating Online Gaming A significant effort to streamline the online gaming sector came in April 2023 when the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology amended the IT rules. Types of Measures to regulate …

Online gambling in India: A crisis unfolding behind screens
1 month, 1 week ago

Online gambling in India: A crisis unfolding behind screens

Firstpost  

Online betting and gambling have spread rapidly in India. Thus we spend around Rs 50,000 crore every year on online betting and online gaming — and surprisingly, this figure is more than the entire higher education budget of India. The second reason is that the companies operating online gambling lure people with their illusion in a very organised and skillful …

Government Must Establish Whitelist to Curb Money Laundering in Online Gaming
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Government Must Establish Whitelist to Curb Money Laundering in Online Gaming

The Hindu  

The Digital India Foundation (DIF) has released a report recommending the government establish a whitelist of compliant gaming companies to ensure that payment gateways and ISPs serve only the listed operators. The report also suggests stringent KYC practices, action against misleading advertisements, and a clamp down on illegal operators.

The fight against illegal online activities: Policy responses for a safer digital environment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The fight against illegal online activities: Policy responses for a safer digital environment

Hindustan Times  

Policymaking is crucial in balancing the interests of regulation, innovation, and consumer protection. In India, numerous betting and gambling applications registered in nations like Cyprus, Malta and Curacao pose as legitimate platforms circumventing Indian regulatory and tax obligations. In response to the menace of these platforms, ministry of electronics and information technology which is also the nodal ministry for the …

The fight against illegal online activities: Policy responses for a safer digital environment
4 months, 3 weeks ago

The fight against illegal online activities: Policy responses for a safer digital environment

Hindustan Times  

Policymaking is crucial in balancing the interests of regulation, innovation, and consumer protection. Digital protection {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Over the years, India has worked towards building a robust digital ecosystem. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} In India, numerous betting and gambling applications registered in nations like Cyprus, Malta and Curacao pose as legitimate platforms circumventing Indian regulatory and tax obligations. …

Safeguard consumer interest: Whitelist online gaming platforms
5 months, 1 week ago

Safeguard consumer interest: Whitelist online gaming platforms

Hindustan Times  

The digital entertainment landscape has undergone significant transformation, offering consumers unprecedented control over their entertainment choices. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} While legitimate online RMG platforms typically implement robust guidelines for responsible gaming, offshore betting and gambling platforms often disregard regulations. This approach would allow only legitimate online RMG platforms to operate in the country, effectively segregating them from illegitimate betting …

Safeguard consumer interest: Whitelist online gaming platforms
5 months, 1 week ago

Safeguard consumer interest: Whitelist online gaming platforms

Hindustan Times  

The digital entertainment landscape has undergone significant transformation, offering consumers unprecedented control over their entertainment choices. While legitimate online RMG platforms typically implement robust guidelines for responsible gaming, offshore betting and gambling platforms often disregard regulations. This approach would allow only legitimate online RMG platforms to operate in the country, effectively segregating them from illegitimate betting and gambling platforms. From …

Karnataka to come out with legislation to curb cricket betting and online gaming, says Home Minister Parameshwara
10 months, 1 week ago

Karnataka to come out with legislation to curb cricket betting and online gaming, says Home Minister Parameshwara

The Hindu  

The Karnataka government on Tuesday announced that it would come out with a new legislation to curb cricket betting and online gaming. Replying to concerns raised by members across party affiliations in the Assembly about the serious impact of betting and online gaming on youth, Home Minister G. Parameshwara said, “Soon we will bring out a new legislation to prevent …

Regulating India’s online gaming industry
11 months, 1 week ago

Regulating India’s online gaming industry

The Hindu  

As we know, market failures manifesting in various forms such as monopolies, externalities, and information asymmetries not only diminish economic value but also erode societal well-being, which results in decline in the trust of users. The online gaming industry in India is predominantly a home-grown start-up ecosystem growing at 27% CAGR. Similar to other forms of digital media, the meteoric …

Govt has right to regulate online gaming, HC told
1 year, 1 month ago

Govt has right to regulate online gaming, HC told

Hindustan Times  

The Union government has the legislative competence to regulate matters of online gaming, the Centre has told the Delhi high court. HT Image It made the statement in response to a petition by NGO Social Organisation for Creating Humanity challenging the constitutional and legislative validity of the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023, which aim to regulate online gaming. In an …

State govt. must appeal against MHC’s order revoking ban on online rummy in Supreme Court: Dr. Anbumani
1 year, 1 month ago

State govt. must appeal against MHC’s order revoking ban on online rummy in Supreme Court: Dr. Anbumani

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Saturday, November 11, 2023 said that the Tamil Nadu government must appeal in the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court’s order setting aside the ban on online gambling recently, reasoning that online rummy and poker are skill-based games. In a statement, Dr. Anbumani claimed that online rummy companies have started ‘preying’ on the people …

TN Law Regulating Online Games Won't Apply To Games Of Skill Like Poker & Rummy : Madras High Court
1 year, 1 month ago

TN Law Regulating Online Games Won't Apply To Games Of Skill Like Poker & Rummy : Madras High Court

Live Law  

The Madras High Court on Thursday upheld the validity of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act 2022. The court, however, added that the Act would not be applicable to games like rummy and poker, which were games of skill and will be applicable only against games of chance. The court added that games …

Online gaming platforms: the risk of a fantasy
1 year, 1 month ago

Online gaming platforms: the risk of a fantasy

The Hindu  

Somnath Zende, 39, a police sub-inspector in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune’s largest satellite city, says he trains at the gym for two hours, before work begins at 9 a.m. To build his body, he spends ₹600 daily on protein shakes and other supplements, besides his expenditure on the gym membership. But on October 10, when he won ₹1.5 crore for assembling a …

‘Very concerned about Lava chief Rai’s arrest’
1 year, 2 months ago

‘Very concerned about Lava chief Rai’s arrest’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The arrest of a top Lava International Ltd executive is concerning given the phonemaker’s position as a leading Indian brand in the growing smartphone industry, Union minister of state for information technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar said. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday arrested Hari Om Rai, co-founder, chairman and managing director of Lava, as well as three officials linked to …

Activist moves HC, seeks ban on ads of online gambling platforms
1 year, 2 months ago

Activist moves HC, seeks ban on ads of online gambling platforms

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A social activist from Ulwe in Navi Mumbai has approached the Bombay high court, seeking a ban on Claiming that though gambling is prohibited under the Maharashtra Prevention of Gambling Act, 1887, no action was being taken against the online gambling platforms, the activist, Rajendra Patil, has also sought strict enforcement of penalties on those violating the Act. In …

Evolving Legal Framework Of Online Skill-Based And Chance-Based Games
1 year, 3 months ago

Evolving Legal Framework Of Online Skill-Based And Chance-Based Games

Live Law  

In the realm of Indian law, a pivotal distinction exists between "Game of Skills" and "Game of Chance." Several Indian States, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, and Assam, adopted a strict stance, barring all involvement in real-money games of skill and chance. The Meghalaya and Nagaland legislations define "game of skill", as games where there is preponderance of …

Only intention of online gaming companies is to make money through inducements and addiction, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Madras High Court
1 year, 4 months ago

Only intention of online gaming companies is to make money through inducements and addiction, Tamil Nadu govt. tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The argument related to rummy and poker being games of skill and not games of chance can at best be raised by players and not the online gaming companies whose only intention is to make money through inducements and consequent addiction, the State government argued before the Madras High Court on Monday. Should not the State be worried about this?” …

Video-gaming firms write to PMO seeking distinction from real-money gaming industry
1 year, 4 months ago

Video-gaming firms write to PMO seeking distinction from real-money gaming industry

The Hindu  

As many as 45 video game companies in India on July 26, 2023, wrote to the Prime Minister’s Office and to the Ministries of Information & Broadcasting, and Electronics & Information Technology, seeking to put distance between themselves and the real-money gaming industry, amid the ‘widespread confusion’ caused by the latter being referred to as ‘online gaming’. “‘Online Games’ is …

Explained | Will 28% GST on online gaming affect its growth?
1 year, 5 months ago

Explained | Will 28% GST on online gaming affect its growth?

The Hindu  

The story so far: At the recently concluded 50th GST Council meeting, it was decided that online gaming would be taxed at 28% on the full-face value of the placed bets. Malay Kumar Shukla, secretary at the industry body E-Gaming Federation, termed the decision “extremely unfortunate”, saying “a tax burden where taxes exceed revenues will not only make the online …

Tamil Nadu legislature has sat on appeal over SC judgments by banning online rummy and poker, Mukul Rohatgi argues before Madras High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Tamil Nadu legislature has sat on appeal over SC judgments by banning online rummy and poker, Mukul Rohatgi argues before Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu legislature has sat on appeal over a series of judgments passed by the Supreme Court over the last 50 years by banning online rummy and poker through the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, senior counsel Mukul Rohatgi argued before the Madras High Court on Thursday. Mr. Rohatgi said the …

Online Gaming Companies Are Providers of Service and Should be Taxed As Such
1 year, 5 months ago

Online Gaming Companies Are Providers of Service and Should be Taxed As Such

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The taxation policy on gaming has proven to be a contentious issue with the industry and the GoM taking contrarian views on what rate and value the online gaming platforms should be taxed at. However, in a recent report, it was noted that the key contention for decision making is whether the prize pool which is the “actionable claim” …

Online gambling Act is fully within the legislative competence of the State, Tamil Nadu govt. asserts before Madras High Court
1 year, 5 months ago

Online gambling Act is fully within the legislative competence of the State, Tamil Nadu govt. asserts before Madras High Court

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, is intra vires the legislative competence conferred on the State legislature by the Constitution and not ultra vires as contended by All India Gaming Federation and others, the State government has asserted before the Madras High Court. Given that the object of the Act was to …

Editor’s Note: Gaming? Or gambling?
1 year, 8 months ago

Editor’s Note: Gaming? Or gambling?

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 20, 2023 11:00 IST - 2 MINS READ Two significant things happened in early April. Ravi finally signed off on a Bill that bans online games like rummy or poker, the addiction to which has become a growing social menace in the State. On the one hand, the makers of video games such as Indus Battle Royale, …

Despite Tamil Nadu Governor nod to ban online gambling, issue far from resolved
1 year, 8 months ago

Despite Tamil Nadu Governor nod to ban online gambling, issue far from resolved

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 20, 2023 11:00 IST - 12 MINS READ On June 6, 2022, 29-year-old Meena, a mother of two children, died of suicide at Manali New Town in Chennai. The chapter on “Assent to Bills” in Article 200 of the Constitution states: “When a Bill is so returned, the House or Houses shall reconsider the Bill accordingly, and …

Families of online gambling victims in Tamil Nadu live in shame
1 year, 8 months ago

Families of online gambling victims in Tamil Nadu live in shame

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 20, 2023 11:00 IST - 5 MINS READ Yoganantham was the last of the four siblings of a farmer’s family in Kadathur Agragaram in Attayampatti village in Salem district. In fact, we do not know until now how much money he had borrowed and from whom.” After his death, the police analysed his mobile phone, and found …

New amendments to IT Rules lack clarity, fall short in defining key aspects
1 year, 8 months ago

New amendments to IT Rules lack clarity, fall short in defining key aspects

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 20, 2023 11:00 IST - 12 MINS READ The odds that anyone using social media, watching television, or reading a newspaper in India has seen an After a series of consultations, on April 6, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology notified the Information Technology Amendment Rules, 2023, and framed rules for “permissible” online real money games …

Online gambling can earn you a jail term in Tamil Nadu, but what's next?
1 year, 8 months ago

Online gambling can earn you a jail term in Tamil Nadu, but what's next?

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Tamil Nadu has banned online gambling, rekindling a campaign against gaming firms in India that has raged for over a year-and-a-half. After much back-and-forth the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance was passed on 10 April. Since India’s constitution says that a Supreme Court ruling becomes law of the land, gaming …

MeitY Rules for Online Gaming Ensure Safe and Responsible Gaming in India
1 year, 8 months ago

MeitY Rules for Online Gaming Ensure Safe and Responsible Gaming in India

The Quint  

India is the second-largest gaming market in the world, just behind China. Last week MeitY’s notified rules for regulating the online gaming sector that outlines robust steps to address these concerns and usher in a new era of safe and responsible gaming. Responsible gaming The MeitY rules aim to address issues around financial losses and user harm for online gaming …

Tamil Nadu Governor gives assent to Bill banning online gambling
1 year, 8 months ago

Tamil Nadu Governor gives assent to Bill banning online gambling

The Hindu  

Published : Apr 10, 2023 15:46 IST - 6 MINS READ Hours after the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly adopted a resolution against the Governor for an unprecedented second time on April 10, Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Earlier in the day, the Tamil Nadu Assembly adopted a resolution against the Governor, “unanimously” insisting that the Central government and the President “immediately …

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 23, 2023 re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 moved by Chief Minister M.K. The Chief Minister said he was moving the Bill with a heavy heart since “44 persons had died by suicide after incurring heavy financial loss in online gambling.” He also recalled …

Puducherry Govt To Introduce Bill To Ban Online Rummy Game In Assembly After Centre's Approval
1 year, 9 months ago

Puducherry Govt To Introduce Bill To Ban Online Rummy Game In Assembly After Centre's Approval

ABP News  

On the day when Tamil Nadu readopted the TN Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulate of Online Games Bill in the Assembly, Puducherry Minister K Lakshminararyanan on Thursday announced in the assembly that the territorial government has prepared a draft bill to ban online rummy games in the union territory and it would be sent to the Centre for approval. …

Bill to ban online gambling passed once again in Tamil Nadu Assembly
1 year, 9 months ago

Bill to ban online gambling passed once again in Tamil Nadu Assembly

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday once again unanimously adopted the bill to ban online gambling, weeks after state Governor R N Ravi had returned it to the government for its reconsideration. Meanwhile, the rift in the opposition AIADMK over the leadership issue reflected in the House when Leader of Opposition and K Palaniswami and other party MLAs objected to …

Self-regulation of online gaming will need safeguards
1 year, 9 months ago

Self-regulation of online gaming will need safeguards

Live Mint  

Video games are bad for you? The draft rules adopt a light-touch approach to regulation and provide for industry-created Self-Regulatory Bodies that would be responsible for registering online games and developing a framework for user protection. To ensure independence of SRBs, the registration conditions also call for provisions in the SRB’s Articles of Association to ensure independent functioning that is …

Tamil Nadu Governor returns Bill on prohibition of online gambling, regulation of online games
1 year, 9 months ago

Tamil Nadu Governor returns Bill on prohibition of online gambling, regulation of online games

The Hindu  

Ravi on Wednesday returned to the State government the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, passed by the Assembly on October 19. To substantiate his position, the Governor referred to the Union Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology’s draft amendments to the Information Technology Rules, 2021, for which the public feedback was invited in …

Why MeitY Should Play It Right When Selecting India's Gaming Rules
1 year, 11 months ago

Why MeitY Should Play It Right When Selecting India's Gaming Rules

ABP News  

A November 2022 report by Boston Consulting Group came up with some startling facts and figures on India’s gaming industry. The rules also provide for KYC procedures almost equating the gaming industry with the banking sector, observance of due diligence, establishment of grievance redressal mechanism, prominent publishing of rules and regulations, privacy policy, user agreements, and so on. The rules …

Don’t regulate us like real money gaming platforms, say video gaming firms
1 year, 11 months ago

Don’t regulate us like real money gaming platforms, say video gaming firms

The Hindu  

Representatives from the video gaming industry on Monday, in a letter viewed by The Hindu, sent a representation to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, asking the government to treat video games separately from real money games that involve wagering real money. “The current draft notification combines ‘video games’ and ‘online games played for stakes’ into the same regulatory …

Gaming and gambling: The Hindu Editorial on the Centre’s move to regulate online gaming
1 year, 11 months ago

Gaming and gambling: The Hindu Editorial on the Centre’s move to regulate online gaming

The Hindu  

The Union government’s proposed measures for regulating online gaming in a draft amendment to the Information Technology Rules, 2021 leave several questions unanswered. States such as Tamil Nadu want much stricter regulation of the sector than what is being proposed by the Centre in the draft, particularly for gambling with real money. So far, the industry has staved off several …

Explained | How is India moving to regulate online gaming?
1 year, 11 months ago

Explained | How is India moving to regulate online gaming?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has released draft amendments in relation to online gaming. The Minister of State at MeitY Rajeev Chandrasekhar stated that the draft proposes a self-regulatory mechanism which, in future, may also regulate the content of online gaming. ‘Winning’ constitutes any prize, in cash or kind, intended to be given to …

Govt Proposes Self Regulation for Online Gaming Cos, Gamers' Verification; Forbids Betting
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt Proposes Self Regulation for Online Gaming Cos, Gamers' Verification; Forbids Betting

News 18  

The government has proposed self-regulatory bodies for online gaming companies operating in India in a draft amendment to IT rules, but will not allow betting. “…the intermediary shall, before hosting or publishing or advertising an online game for a consideration, ascertain from the online gaming intermediary and verify from the concerned self-regulatory body,” the draft rules said. Chandrasekhar said online …

Indian government proposes online gaming policy; wagering not allowed
1 year, 11 months ago

Indian government proposes online gaming policy; wagering not allowed

The Hindu  

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Monday proposed an amendment to bring online gaming under the ambit of the Information Technology Rules, 2021. “Any game that allows or permits wagering on its outcome is effectively a no-go area,” Union Minister of State Rajeev Chandrasekhar said in an interaction with the media. “This will boost the legitimate domestic online …

Mint Explainer: Fixing the mess in India's online gaming
1 year, 11 months ago

Mint Explainer: Fixing the mess in India's online gaming

Live Mint  

The Centre has kicked off efforts to make clear rules for online gaming and e-sports, and has brought them under the Ministry of Electronics and IT and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, respectively. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has taken note of the concerns about online gaming, referring to “violence abetting video games, addiction …

Fighting the menace of online gambling
1 year, 11 months ago

Fighting the menace of online gambling

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi has chosen to remain silent on the fate of the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill even four weeks after the Ordinance on the same subject lapsed. An ordinance to prohibit online gambling and regulate online games in Tamil Nadu was promulgated on October 1 by Mr. Ravi. Pattali …

Deep diving into the future of the online gaming industry in India
2 years ago

Deep diving into the future of the online gaming industry in India

Firstpost  

Online gaming in India has a ton of potential as an industry in India. India finally recognised online gaming as a legitimate form of entertainment and welcomed a culture centered purely around gaming. Crystal-gazing at the future of the industry, here are some of the other developments that will soon go mainstream and aid the growth of online gaming: Rise …

The dark side of online gaming: From people in debt to ruined families, online gaming in India needs to be regulated
2 years ago

The dark side of online gaming: From people in debt to ruined families, online gaming in India needs to be regulated

Firstpost  

There have been many instances where people have ruined themselves financially and even died by suicide because they were addicted to online gambling and online gaming. The Online gaming has become extremely popular in India and has grown into a massive industry, with millions of people, spending billions of rupees across various games, every year. What this basically means, is …

All real money online games to come under federal oversight: Reports
2 years ago

All real money online games to come under federal oversight: Reports

Op India  

As per media reports, the Government of India is planning to regulate all online games including real-money games based on skills as well as chance. For example, the Supreme Court of India says that rummy and certain fantasy games are skill-based and legal, however, state courts have different views over such games including poker. PM Modi expressed concerns over mental …

Government plans federal oversight of all real-money online games: Report
2 years ago

Government plans federal oversight of all real-money online games: Report

Live Mint  

India's planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the prime minister's office overruled a proposal to only regulate games of skill and leave out games of chance, according to a government document and three sources. An Indian panel tasked with drafting the regulation in August proposed a new body to decide whether a game involves …

Online gambling resumes in TN as ordinance lapses
2 years ago

Online gambling resumes in TN as ordinance lapses

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennai: Leaders across the political spectrum accused Governor R N Ravi of causing a sudden spurt in online gambling after Sunday midnight when the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance lapsed after he did not give his consent for the legislation relating to it. Among those who criticized the Governor for not giving his …

Online games based on chances: Tamil Nadu law minister defends ban
2 years ago

Online games based on chances: Tamil Nadu law minister defends ban

India Today  

Tamil Nadu law minister S Regupathy on Friday issued a clarification to the queries raised by Governor RN Ravi regarding the state's ban on online gambling and regulations of online games. The minister said that games are differentiated based on chance and skill and that online gambling has been banned as it is based on chances. In an earlier court …

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