{"id":12332,"date":"2020-12-02T23:23:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T23:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=12332"},"modified":"2026-04-23T23:33:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:33:35","slug":"india-andhra-pradesh-bans-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-andhra-pradesh-bans-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: Andhra Pradesh bans online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The prohibition gained political support after recent suicides related to gambling debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has voted in favour of amending the state\u2019s Gambling Act of 1974 to ban online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>AP Bill 2020 amends current legislation to make online gambling a criminal offence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The amendment imposes imprisonment for up to one year and fines of Rs5,000 (US$67.84) for first-time offenders, and up to two years in jail and a fine of Rs10,000 (US$135.68) for every subsequent offence. Offenders will not be granted bail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ban covers card games, dice games, tables games, cloth boards, or any other means to gamble in a virtual or intangible mode, including electronically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The prohibition <strong><em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-bans-online-gambling-in-andhra-pradesh\" target=\"_blank\">gained political support<\/a><\/em><\/strong> after recent suicides related to gambling debts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before voting, legislators said they feared online gambling could increase organised crime such as money laundering and fraud.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The prohibition gained political support after recent suicides related to gambling debts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12334,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly has enacted AP Bill 2020, amending the 1974 Gambling Act to prohibit all forms of online gambling, making it a criminal offense. 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