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Online Gaming Laws

Karnataka BJP MLA urges Finance Minister to ban marketing of online gaming companies

Karnataka BJP MLA Suresh Kumar has urged the Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to ban online gaming companies' marketing. In a letter written by...

PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss slams TN Governor for ignoring deaths due to online gambling debts

When will the Governor approve the ban on online gambling? This is one question that Anbumani Ramadoss, president of the Tamil Nadu regional party...

Home Ministry asks all states and Union Territories to repeal Public Gambling Act, 1867

The Union Home Ministry has asked the states and Union Territories to take steps to repeal the Public Gambling Act, 1867 and to enact...

Inter-Ministerial Task Force submits report to Government on regulation of online gaming industry

The inter-ministerial task force (IMTF) committee comprising of Chief Executive Officer, NITI Aayog and the Secretaries of the departments of Home Affairs, Sports, Information...

Macau: Legislative Assembly to vote on junket bill on December 15

The Legislative Assembly in Macau is anticipated to be presented with the new junket bill on December 15 for a final vote, following the...

Illegal offshore betting websites sign AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum as brand ambassadors

Former international cricketers AB de Villiers and Brendon McCullum have signed up as brand ambassadors of offshore betting companies Fairplay and 22BET respectively. De...

S.13A of Public Gambling Act non-cognizable offence, conducting raid requires prior permission of Magistrate: Punjab & Haryana HC

According to a recent ruling by the Punjab and Haryana High Court, anyone accused of participating in betting and gambling in violation of Section...

TN Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan criticizes Governor Ravi for meeting EGF representatives

Tamil Nadu (TN) Finance Minister Palanivel Thiagarajan has criticized Governor RN Ravi for meeting with the E-Gaming Federation (EGF) representatives at Chennai’s Raj Bhavan...

TN Governor holds meeting with E-gaming Federation representatives on Gaming Ban Bill

Governor RN Ravi met representatives of the E-Gaming Federation (EGF) on December 5, 2022, at Chennai's Raj Bhavan as the Tamil Nadu (TN) government...

Exclusive: Pokerbaazi drags ASCI to Court for advertisement takedown by YouTube

Moonshine Technologies, the parent entity of poker platform Pokerbaazi has approached the Delhi High Court seeking permanent injunction against certain directions by advertising self...

GST GoM: No consensus on taxation of online gaming, casinos likely before December 17

The report of Group of Ministers (GoM) on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing is unlikely to be discussed in the upcoming GST Council...

Supreme Court: Telangana govt files petition for transferring rummy ban law challenge directly in apex court

The constitutional challenge to the Telangana Gaming Amendment Act, 2017 ("Amendment Act") came for hearing today in the High Court of Telangana before a...

Not blaming Governor, asking him not to delay assent to Gaming Ban Bill: TN Law Minister

The Tamil Nadu (TN) government stated on Saturday that they were not blaming Governor R.N Ravi for the delay in giving his assent to...

Reports: Indian government to regulate all real-money games

According to a government document and three sources, India's proposed regulation of online gaming would cover all real-money games after the prime minister's office...

Supreme Court objects to use of term ‘Lottery Mafia’ by Mathrubhumi against Santiago Martin

The use of the word "Mafia" by the Malayalam publication Mathrubhumi as an identifying characteristic for Santiago Martin, who operates lotteries, caused the Supreme...

Gaming industry in India also violates ASCI code: Manisha Kapoor

Gaming firms in India are putting the blame for breaking advertising standards on offshore betting companies, but Manisha Kapoor, CEO and Secretary General of...

Tamil social media comes out in support of online rummy ban, criticises Governor Ravi

Tamil social media today came out in support of the online gaming ban bill and criticising the Governor RN Ravi for delaying the assent...

TN’s law minister meets governor; discusses online gambling ban bill

Tamil Nadu (TN) law minister S. Regupathy met with the governor on December 1 to address concerns brought up by the Raj Bhavan. TN...

DMK criticizes Tamil Nadu Governor R.N. Ravi for delaying his assent to Gaming Ban Bill

The Governor of Tamil Nadu, R. N. Ravi, came under fire from the state's ruling party Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) on Wednesday for "delaying"...

American Gaming Association estimates illegal wagers at $500+ billion in USA

A new report commissioned by the American Gaming Association and produced by the Innovation Group has estimated the US illegal gambling market impacting $44.2bn...