Explained | Which Indian States Have Banned Online Gaming and Why?
The QuintOn 16 November, the Madras High Court withdrew a batch of petitions challenging a Tamil Nadu state ordinance that bans online gaming and online gambling, after the state government said that the ordinance had not come into effect yet. Even as this happens, a central government-appointed task force has recommended a new nationwide legislation to regulate online gaming and digital gambling. The Tamil Nadu state government passed an ordinance and later a bill in the state Assembly, on 26 September and 19 October respectively, prohibiting online gambling and gaming, including poker and rummy. The Tamil Nadu state government cited a spate of gambling-related suicides over the past few years as well as the findings of the Justice Chandru Committee, as the primary reasons for the new law.