The SC asked the law commission last year to examine whether betting on cricket should be legalized and a law framed
NEW DELHI: The Law Commission of India is all set to recommend legalizing betting on sport, including cricket, and having a stringent national law to closely regulate online gambling.
The commission ... Read More
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Dec2017
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Nov2017
Legalizing and regulating gambling and betting will not only create employment opportunities for millions of people, but would also help government earn huge revenue from the sector.
However, responsibility of ensuring welfare and safeguarding the interests of the vulnerable sections of society should be kept in mind while regularizing betting, they ... Read More
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Nov2017
NEW DELHI: Legal experts, foreign regulators and gaming industry experts came together on Saturday to discuss the challenges and the way ahead for making gaming and betting legal in India.
The experts, including chairperson of Law Commission of India Justice B S Chauhan, and politicians and parliamentarians also shared their views ... Read More
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Nov2017
The All India Gaming Summit 2017 saw some eminent speakers from the Gaming verticaldiscuss some critical insights impacting the Gaming industry in India. A special segment was dedicated to the best International practices that India can emulate in order to create a regulated and fair environment that is conducive for ... Read More
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Oct2017
The most-awaited Gaming industry event, the All India Gaming Summit 2017 organized by All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) was recently held on 28th October 2017.
The summit brought together relevant stakeholders across judiciary, legal and gaming segments to address key topics such as ills of the present system, issues & challenges of legalizing gaming ... Read More
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Oct2017
Legalizing Betting Will Create Employment, Generate Revenue: Experts At All India Gaming Summit 2017
Legal experts, foreign regulators and gaming industry experts came together on 28th Oct for the first ever All India Gaming Summit 2017 where challenges and the way ahead for making gaming and betting legal in India were discussed. The event was organized by All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) in association with Legal ... Read More
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Oct2017
The Government of Telangana has promulgated two ordinances that have, for the time being at least, put the operators working in in a state of limbo. The two ordinances coming into force have taken the industry by storm and were swiftly challenged before the High Court of Hyderabad (“Hyderabad HC”) ... Read More
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Aug2017
Missing from screen for some time now, Minissha Lamba is busy honing her skills in poker. Minissha, who has been appointed the professional poker player of Adda52.com, India’s largest poker website, started playing poker initially as a modest hobby during one of her vacations with friends. The game’s unpredictability pushed ... Read More
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Aug2017
Playing fantasy games online requires considerable skill, judgment and discretion, the Punjab and Haryana high court has held and observed that such games can’t be considered gambling.
The observations were made by Justice Amit Rawal recently after a resident of Chandigarh, Varun Gumber, approached the court claiming that he had been ... Read More
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Jul2017
For years now, betting has been seen as a bad word – associated with rigged sporting events, corrupt athletes, and racketeering.
Betting has destroyed the careers of many sporting greats, while destroying public confidence in national pastimes such as cricket. All that, though, may soon change, as the Indian government mulls ... Read More