India's gaming fans eye illegal sites after gambling banIndia’s ban on online gambling has shut down a billion-dollar industry, ending fantasy sports cash games and sponsorships like Dream11’s $4...
17 Sep, 2025, 09.03 AM IST
Gaming Bill will save society from harmful effects of online money games: PM ModiPM Modi hailed Parliament’s approval of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, banning money-based games. He said it will safe...
21 Aug, 2025, 10.38 PM 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
Online betting authority: Gaming body hails Karnataka move; calls for national frameworkKarnataka plans to move a bill in the upcoming session of the legislature to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, to set up the authority ...
09 Jul, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
The online casinos that can operate as long as they say they aren't actually casinosSweepstakes casinos, using a "no purchase necessary" loophole, allow online gambling legally in states where it's banned. With $8 billion i...
27 Mar, 2025, 08.43 AM 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
Tamil Nadu now has a law that queers the pitch for online gaming industryA “legal battle” could be ahead between the state and the Centre on this matter, Justice K Chandru, a retired Madras High Court judge who l...
10 Apr, 2023, 07.49 PM IST
Tamil Nadu Guv RN Ravi gives ascent to Bill on Prohibition of Online GamblingTamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi on Monday gave ascent to 'Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games' Bill. The Tamil Nadu A...
10 Apr, 2023, 04.52 PM IST
Tamil Nadu assembly once again passes Bill to ban online gamblingState governor R N Ravi had earlier this month returned the Bill to the House for its 'consideration once again' in the wake of certain asp...
23 Mar, 2023, 04.24 PM IST
When Assembly passes the Bill to ban online gambling, governor has to clear it: TN law ministerThe HC had struck down on August 3, 2021 the provisions of the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act 2021, which banned wager o...
09 Mar, 2023, 01.36 PM IST
View: Policy needs to demarcate the difference between gambling and gamingThe income-tax treatment of these two types of activity also differs. Winnings from games of chance are taxed at the highest slab without a...
20 Jul, 2022, 11.23 PM IST
Karnataka's online gaming bill could hurt jobs, says IAMAIThe bill introduced in the assembly appears to have been drafted without considering the various legal and constitutional positions by incl...
20 Sep, 2021, 08.09 PM IST
This cyber game may be a losing bet: Karnataka readies to ban online gamblingKarnataka has proposed a set of amendments to the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, to prohibit all types of online gambling activities that invo...
06 Sep, 2021, 10.53 AM IST
Karnataka cabinet decides to ban online gambling"We are amending the Karnataka Police Act, with an intention to put an end to online gambling, on the basis of the High Court directions. T...
04 Sep, 2021, 06.04 PM IST
Two years imprisonment, fine for online gambling in Tamil NaduViolators shall be punished with imprisonment that may extend to two years or with fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or with both, according to ...
04 Feb, 2021, 04.36 PM IST
- It's official: No more internet gaming in US
Bush closed down Internet gambling tables in the US after new regulations were rushed through Congress.
15 Oct, 2006, 03.29 PM IST
- Barclays, RBS to warn clients against taking online bets
Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) will shortly advise corporate customers to avoid taking internet bets from the US, banking and ga...
13 Oct, 2006, 12.00 AM IST