Poker table to courtroom: Gamers challenge online gaming lawWhile the gaming firms are defending their right to carry out a business, the gamers argue that the law curtails their fundamental right. O...
01 Jan, 2026, 07.58 AM IST
Sri Lanka rolls the dice on casinos to power post-crisis tourism boomSri Lanka's Marxist president is banking on casinos to attract high-rollers, particularly from India and China, to boost the economy after ...
26 Aug, 2025, 10.28 AM IST
Proposed online gaming bill could wipe out India’s real money gaming sector, push users offshore, warn industry leadersThe Union Cabinet has approved the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 which seeks to encourage e-sports and social online...
19 Aug, 2025, 10.25 PM IST
SC issues notice to centre on plea to ban betting appsThe petitioner, claiming himself "a prominent social activist, humanitarian, and President of Global Peace Initiative, which is dedicated t...
23 May, 2025, 12.14 PM IST
Online gaming: Karnataka hopes to have new law in place in two monthsPer Home mnister G Parameshwara, the government will constitute a committee of officials and industry representatives and task them to subm...
09 Apr, 2025, 06.13 PM IST
Delhi HC seeks Additional Solicitor General Chetan Sharma's assistance in a PIL on online gamingNoida-based Social Organisation for Creating Humanity said that the Constitution of India gives the state government exclusive powers to le...
07 Jul, 2023, 09.00 PM IST
Tamil Nadu governor gives assent to bill banning online gamblingLegislation also seeks to regulate online gaming including fantasy sports which may now need vetting by a multi-member committee.
11 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
GST Council decides not to change 28% taxation on all forms of gamblingThe online gaming industry has sought to delineate games of skill and chance it serves up. High courts in several states have overturned bl...
05 Jul, 2022, 12.11 AM IST
State Legislatures have power to tax lotteries organised by other states: SCThe apex court said that in the context of lotteries, the organisation and conduct of a lottery scheme being a pan India activity, when any...
23 Mar, 2022, 09.25 PM IST
Online gambling games: Karnataka may work on a new draft, fixing contentious parts in old lawOn Monday, the Karnataka HC quashed the amendments to Sections 2, 78, 87, 128(a) and 17(b) of the 1963 Act that dealt with definition of on...
16 Feb, 2022, 10.30 AM IST
View: Online gaming industry is not dicey, give gambling a chanceAccording to a 2021 ENV (Esse N Vidari) Media study (bit.ly/ 3lkZxt4), Indian gamers spent some $1.73 billion (₹13,000 crore) in online spo...
08 Oct, 2021, 11.49 PM IST
How a 150-year-old law is hurting online fantasy sportsA seamless operation of online fantasy sports platform requires uniform law across India. Gambling or betting is a state subject that allow...
10 Apr, 2021, 11.30 AM IST
Allow gambling, betting on sports as regulated, taxable activities: Law panelThe commission's report, " Gambling and Sports Betting including Cricket in India", recommends a number of changes in the law for regulatin...
06 Jul, 2018, 09.21 AM IST
- Be a sport, make gambling legal: Law Commission
State Legislature is also competent to enact the required law but in consonance with the national policy on gambling and other relevant leg...
06 Jul, 2018, 07.30 AM IST
Can betting in sports be legalised? SC agrees to examine issueJustice Lodha committee, which had filed a comprehensive report in SC on cricket reforms, had also said that the issue of legalising bettin...
29 Apr, 2017, 11.45 AM IST
Government to seek AG's opinion on IPL spot fixing issueThe government today said that it will seek the AG's opinion on whether there can be a national legislation to deal with such unfair practi...
21 May, 2013, 05.23 PM IST
- Govt game to legalize gambling in sports?
The govt examining gambling regulations in other countries, particularly the UK and the US, in a response to the growing clamour for bettin...
05 Sep, 2010, 02.04 AM IST