Online Gambling Set to Make Comeback in Karnataka as HC Strikes Down Law as Unconstitutional
3 years, 1 month ago

Online Gambling Set to Make Comeback in Karnataka as HC Strikes Down Law as Unconstitutional

News 18  

The Karnataka High Court, on Monday February 14, quashed a recent law enacted by the state to ban online gambling, and stated that it was unconstitutional. The high court had in December reserved its order after conducting a series of hearings from a host of petitioners who challenged the constitutional validity of Karnataka’s new online gambling law that was implemented on October 5 last year. The petitioners included gaming industry body All India Gaming Federation, self-regulatory fantasy sports industry body Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports, real-money gaming firms Mobile Premier League, Games24x7, A23, Junglee Games, Gameskraft and Pacific Games among others. The bill to amend the Karnataka Police Act of 1963 states “games means and includes online games, involving all forms of wagering or betting, including in the form of tokens valued in terms of the money paid before or after the issue of it, or electronic means and virtual currency, electronic transfer of funds in connection with any game of chance.” The law, after being passed, was challenged on grounds of its constitutional validity.

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Willing to restrict online real money games for 19 hours a day, gaming company tells Madras High Court
3 days, 21 hours ago

Willing to restrict online real money games for 19 hours a day, gaming company tells Madras High Court

The Hindu  

One of the online gaming companies, on Thursday. told the Madras High Court it is willing to let individuals play real money games for 19 hours a day, due to reported health concerns, but opposed Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority’s insistence that the ‘blank hours’ should be imposed only between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. everyday. Nevertheless, since the TNOGA …

Betting and gambling are State subjects, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
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4 days, 13 hours ago

Betting and gambling are State subjects, says Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

The Hindu  

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday said that betting and gambling are State subjects, while responding to a question from DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran in Lok Sabha on the issue of banning online gaming sites. Asking a supplementary during Question Hour, Mr. Maran said: “.are you shying away from your moral responsibility? Are you being morally right?” In response, Mr. …

Madras High Court had already upheld T.N. govt’s right to fix time, age and monetary limit for online games: Home Secretary
1 week, 2 days ago

Madras High Court had already upheld T.N. govt’s right to fix time, age and monetary limit for online games: Home Secretary

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court has already upheld the State government’s right to fix time, age and monetary limit for playing online real money games. Subramaniam and K. Rajasekar, Home Secretary Dheeraj Kumar said that the State’s right to regulate the online games was upheld on November 9, 2023 by the first Division Bench comprising the then Chief Justice Sanjay V. …

Online gaming companies question TNOGA’s imposition of Aadhaar verification, midnight ban
1 month ago

Online gaming companies question TNOGA’s imposition of Aadhaar verification, midnight ban

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday refrained from passing any kind of interim order on a batch of cases questioning the restrictions imposed by the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority that real money games could not be played without Aadhaar verification through OTP and between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. Indian Standard Time. While Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi and Sajjan …

Madras HC declines interim relief to online gaming firms challenging regulations on real money games
1 month ago

Madras HC declines interim relief to online gaming firms challenging regulations on real money games

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim orders on the petitions filed by online gaming platforms challenging the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority’s newly introduced regulations on real money games. The petitions included Play Games 24x7 Private Limited, Head Digital Works Private Limited, Junglee Games India Private Limited. These companies have challenged the Tamil Nadu …

Pro Gamers, Players Welfare Association Challenge Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Regulations
1 month ago

Pro Gamers, Players Welfare Association Challenge Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Regulations

Deccan Chronicle  

The Esports Players Welfare Association, along with a group of professional gamers from Tamil Nadu, has challenged the recently introduced Tamil Nadu Regulations on Real Money Gaming, 2025 in the Tamil Nadu High Court. The petition argues that the regulations infringe upon the fundamental rights of online gamers under the Indian Constitution under articles 14, 19 and 21, severely impacting …

TN’s online gambling regulation strong, but experts warn of practical issues and disputes without central law
1 month, 1 week ago

TN’s online gambling regulation strong, but experts warn of practical issues and disputes without central law

New Indian Express  

The robust set of regulations unveiled by the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority last week signals a new era of vigilance and accountability in the burgeoning online gaming and gambling industry. Industry consultants and legal experts, while appreciating Tamil Nadu’s move to tighten control over online real-money games within the state, warn that it could lead to numerous legal disputes …

Online gaming: One nation, one law may blaze a way out of the maze
1 month, 1 week ago

Online gaming: One nation, one law may blaze a way out of the maze

Live Mint  

The Centre plans to bring India's online gaming companies under a single regulatory framework, eliminating the patchwork of state-level laws that currently governs the sector, two people aware of the development said. A unified law would be a relief for online gaming companies operating across states but face varying rules and regulations. Larger investments would add a further fillip to …

Tamil Nadu introduces strict regulations for online real money gaming
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Tamil Nadu introduces strict regulations for online real money gaming

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority has introduced new regulations governing real money online games. The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority Regulations, 2025, prohibits minors under 18 from playing online real money games. Online game providers must implement the KYC verification process and display pop-up caution messages if a player plays continuously for more than an hour. Caution messages on …

Tamil Nadu to create ‘white list’ on gaming apps
3 months, 1 week 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]
3 months, 2 weeks 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
4 months 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 …

MPs aim to ban all online gambling ads, stop credit card access
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4 months, 1 week ago

MPs aim to ban all online gambling ads, stop credit card access

Dutch News  

Efforts are underway in parliament to tackle the growing online gambling problem in the Netherlands by introducing a total ban on advertising. Earlier this month, the government’s research agency WODC said legislation licencing online gambling companies in the Netherlands has boosted addiction, particularly among young adults and needs urgent reform. The national addiction watchdog said in January that tens of …

Online gambling in India: A crisis unfolding behind screens
4 months, 2 weeks 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 …

Online Casinos Dominate Diwali Festivities in Hyderabad
4 months, 4 weeks ago

Online Casinos Dominate Diwali Festivities in Hyderabad

Deccan Chronicle  

People in Hyderabad have been opting for online casinos on Diwali, with a significant increase in traffic and searches for betting options. While the traditional practice of playing casino was initially restricted to private settings, more and more individuals have been found playing casinos individually on the internet. The rise in online gambling cases has been observed by the police, …

Anbumani reiterates appeal to Tamil Nadu government to approach SC to ban online rummy
10 months ago

Anbumani reiterates appeal to Tamil Nadu government to approach SC to ban online rummy

The Hindu  

PMK president Anbumani Ramadoss on Thursday, May 30, 2024 reiterated his appeal to the Tamil Nadu government to approach the Supreme Court to ban rummy and poker played online. The Madras High Court on November 9, 2023, refused to strike down the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, in its entirety but ruled …

Karnataka to come out with legislation to curb cricket betting and online gaming, says Home Minister Parameshwara
1 year, 1 month 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
1 year, 2 months 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 …

Betting through eGaming using VPNs remains a challenge in restricted states: Expert
1 year, 4 months ago

Betting through eGaming using VPNs remains a challenge in restricted states: Expert

Live Mint  

In 2017, Telangana enacted a ban on online gambling and betting. Three years later, Andhra Pradesh followed suit, and the following year, Tamil Nadu amended its laws to ban online gaming. However, chance-based games still remain banned in many states, including Sikkim, Assam, Telangana, Arunachal Pradesh, and Tamil Nadu. Answer: The ban on online gaming does not necessarily constitute a …

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 6 To November 12, 2023
1 year, 4 months ago

Madras High Court Weekly Round-Up: November 6 To November 12, 2023

Live Law  

A weekly round-up of important cases from the Madras High Court Citations: 2023 LiveLaw 339 To 2023 LiveLaw 349 NOMINAL INDEX Ramar v State, 2023 LiveLaw 339 Venu Srinivasan v Rangarajan Narasimhan, 2023 LiveLaw 340 The Secretary v Elephant G Rajendran and others, 2023 LiveLaw 341 M.Kalpana v The Secretary, 2023 LiveLaw 342 Mrs Nirosha v Principal Secretary to Government, …

State govt. must appeal against MHC’s order revoking ban on online rummy in Supreme Court: Dr. Anbumani
1 year, 4 months 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, 4 months 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 …

Activist moves HC, seeks ban on ads of online gambling platforms
1 year, 5 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, 7 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, 7 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?” …

Parliament clears 28% GST on online gaming, casinos
1 year, 7 months ago

Parliament clears 28% GST on online gaming, casinos

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The Parliament has approved the necessary legislative modifications for implementing the Goods and Services Tax Council’s proposal to levy a 28% tax on the full value of deposits made by individuals to online gaming platforms, casinos, and horse racing clubs. A simplified but mandatory GST registration for overseas platforms offering online money gaming services to Indian consumers, and …

Parliament clears 28% GST on online gaming, casinos, horse racing clubs
1 year, 7 months ago

Parliament clears 28% GST on online gaming, casinos, horse racing clubs

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Parliament on Friday approved legislative changes required to implement the Goods and Services Tax Council's decision to ensure that 28% tax is paid on the full value of deposits made by players to online gaming platforms, horse racing clubs and to casinos from 1 October. In the case of online gaming platforms, 28% GST applies only where wagering …

Explained | Will 28% GST on online gaming affect its growth?
1 year, 8 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, 8 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 …

T.N. underlines ban on online games in GST council meeting
1 year, 8 months ago

T.N. underlines ban on online games in GST council meeting

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday, July 11, 2023 told the GST Council that any decision by it on online games should conform to the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling Act, 2022. During the 50th meeting of the Goods and Services Tax Council chaired by Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Delhi on Tuesday, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu urged …

Online gambling Act is fully within the legislative competence of the State, Tamil Nadu govt. asserts before Madras High Court
1 year, 8 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 …

Online Rummy Games Played Are Not Taxable As ‘Betting’ And ‘Gambling: Karnataka High Court Quashes GST Intimation Notice Demanding Rs. 21,000 Crores Against Gameskraft
1 year, 10 months ago

Online Rummy Games Played Are Not Taxable As ‘Betting’ And ‘Gambling: Karnataka High Court Quashes GST Intimation Notice Demanding Rs. 21,000 Crores Against Gameskraft

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has quashed the GST Intimation Notice to the tune of Rs 21,000 crore and held that online/electronic/digital Rummy games and other Online/Electronic/Digital games played on Gameskraft’s platforms are not taxable as "betting" and "gambling".The bench of Justice S.R. The Karnataka High Court has quashed the GST Intimation Notice to the tune of Rs 21,000 crore and …

Rummy Played with Or without Stakes Is Not Gambling: Karnataka HC
1 year, 10 months ago

Rummy Played with Or without Stakes Is Not Gambling: Karnataka HC

News 18  

The Karnataka High Court recently ruled that rummy whether played with stakes or without stakes is not gambling. In the 325-page judgement, Justice Kumar observed that there is a distinct difference between games of skill and games of chance; games such as rummy, etc, as discussed in several decisions including the decision of this the high court in All India …

Online games of skill like rummy are not taxable as ‘betting and gambling’ under GST Act: Karnataka High Court
1 year, 10 months ago

Online games of skill like rummy are not taxable as ‘betting and gambling’ under GST Act: Karnataka High Court

The Hindu  

Giving a huge relief for companies offering online games of skills, the High Court of Karnataka has ruled that online/electronic/digital game of rummy and other online/electronic/digital game of skills are not taxable as ‘betting’ and ‘gambling’ under the Central Goods and Services Act. “The expressions, ‘betting’ and ‘gambling’ having become nomen juris, the same are applicable for the purpose of …

INTERVIEW | Justice K. Chandru: ‘Governor is not umpire or referee’
1 year, 11 months ago

INTERVIEW | Justice K. Chandru: ‘Governor is not umpire or referee’

The Hindu  

The former Madras High Court judge spoke on the power equations between a Governor and the State government. Ravi and the DMK-led State government over long-pending Bills, including one banning online gambling, amid resolutions passed by the legislature, has once again brought into focus how differences between constitutional and elected heads of a State could disturb a functional democracy. In …

Despite Tamil Nadu Governor nod to ban online gambling, issue far from resolved
1 year, 11 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 …

New amendments to IT Rules lack clarity, fall short in defining key aspects
1 year, 11 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 …

Editor’s Note: Gaming? Or gambling?
1 year, 11 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, …

‘Won’t tolerate bigotry’: CM Chouhan to survey madrasas
1 year, 11 months ago

‘Won’t tolerate bigotry’: CM Chouhan to survey madrasas

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday ordered a review of illegal madrasas and institutions where students were being radicalised, saying that fanaticism had no place in the state. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan told the superintendents of police of all 52 districts that illegal madrasas and institutions that were teaching radicalism will be reviewed. In a meeting …

Online gambling can earn you a jail term in Tamil Nadu, but what's next?
1 year, 11 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 …

Tamil Nadu govt gives assent to Bill banning online gambling | Details
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu govt gives assent to Bill banning online gambling | Details

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday notified the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, after state governor RN Ravi gave his assent to the Bill. The State Assembly condemned his comments and passed a resolution urging the President and Union Government to create a definite time period for Governors to provide assent to Bills …

Hosting online gambling services in Tamil Nadu can result in up to 3 years of jail time under new law
1 year, 11 months ago

Hosting online gambling services in Tamil Nadu can result in up to 3 years of jail time under new law

The Hindu  

With the State government notifying in the Gazette, ‘The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022’, for which Governor R.N. The Act states that any person providing ‘online gambling service’ or ‘online game of chance’ shall be punished with imprisonment that ‘may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to 10 …

Tamil Nadu Govt Gazette Publish State's Online Gambling Law
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Govt Gazette Publish State's Online Gambling Law

News 18  

The Tamil Nadu government on Tuesday published in its gazette the legislation on banning online gambling. This comes a day after the Bill passed by the Legislative Assembly was given the go ahead by the state Governor, R.N. Other than this legislation, a panel to regulate online games will be constituted soon and will be headed by a person who …

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi okays bill against online gambling; a “good consequence” of resolution on Governor, says CM Stalin
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Governor Ravi okays bill against online gambling; a “good consequence” of resolution on Governor, says CM Stalin

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, April 10, 2023, granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. Sharing the news of the Governor’s assent to the Assembly at the end of the discussion on budgetary demands for a few departments on Monday, the Chief Minister said the law …

T.N. Governor Ravi grants assent to Bill banning online gambling
1 year, 11 months ago

T.N. Governor Ravi grants assent to Bill banning online gambling

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi on Monday, April 10, 2023, granted his assent to the re-adopted Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. Sharing the news of the Governor’s assent to the Assembly at the end of the discussion on budgetary demands for a few departments on Monday, the Chief Minister said the law …

Tamil Nadu Governor gives assent to Bill banning online gambling
1 year, 11 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 Governor RN Ravi gives assent to bill banning online gambling
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi gives assent to bill banning online gambling

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi gives assent to bill banning online gambling Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has given his assent to a bill banning online gambling including rummy and poker. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi has given his assent to a bill banning online gambling including rummy and poker. The Governor approved the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online …

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming

India TV News  

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming These rules address the twin challenges of catalyzing and expanding online gaming innovation and at the same time protecting citizens from illegal betting and wagering online. The government has notified amendments to the Information Technology rules, 2021 for an open, safe & trusted and accountable Internet and layout a …

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling
2 years 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
2 years 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. …

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