Tamil Nadu has made online gaming a punishable offence with promoters facing up to two years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- The governor of Tamil Nadu, Banwarilal Purohit, has made good on his promise to ban online gambling in the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new ordinance amends the Tamil Nadu Gaming act of 1930, the Chennai City Police Act 1888 and the Tamil Nadu District Police Act of 1859 to make online gambling a punishable offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Online rummy and similar games now carry legal consequences that range from fines of Rs5,000 (US$64.45) to six months imprisonment for violators of the ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Promotors of games and online gambling platforms could be fined Rs 10,000 (US$135) or receive up to two years in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The electronic transfer of funds for wagering and distribution of the winnings has also been banned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gambling is a state-regulated activity in India, and a fierce debate has begun over online gambling after a series of suicides related to gambling problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tamil Nadu Chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami said on social media recently that the government would pass new gambling legislation.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Andhra Pradesh made such a decision in September<\/a><\/strong><\/em> and recently blocked access to 132 gaming websites<\/a><\/em><\/strong> and apps.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some jurisdictions, including Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Odisha, have already banned real money card games.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tamil Nadu has made online gaming a punishable offence with promoters facing up to two years in jail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11999,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Tamil Nadu has enacted an ordinance banning online gambling, including rummy and similar games, making it a punishable offense with fines and imprisonment for both players and promoters. This regulatory move, driven by social concerns and following similar actions in other Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, prohibits electronic fund transfers for wagering and distribution of winnings. The legislation amends existing acts, signaling a significant shift in the state's iGaming policy.","focusai_entities":"Banwarilal Purohit, Edappadi K Palaniswami","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu, Chennai, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Telangana, Odisha","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (1.0), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.8), marketing_crm (1.0), payments_fraud_aml (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Market Impact","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact for major online gaming operators and B2B suppliers due to the Tamil Nadu ban, considering its population and previous market penetration?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might this legislative action in Tamil Nadu influence the broader regulatory landscape for online skill games versus games of chance across other Indian states, and what are the implications for a potential federal framework?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16334],"tags":[58,20479],"class_list":["post-11997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-india","tag-online-gaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12004,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11997\/revisions\/12004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}