{"id":30619,"date":"2022-06-09T04:35:26","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T07:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30619"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:56:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T10:56:43","slug":"india-appoints-panel-to-oversee-legalisation-of-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-appoints-panel-to-oversee-legalisation-of-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India appoints panel to oversee legalisation of online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The creation of the panel follows the new online gambling bill introduced in April.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- India continues to make advances towards a possible legalisation of gambling<\/a>. A seven-member team that includes state ministers has been tasked to identify a nodal ministry to oversee the industry. Its responsibilities iinclude developing regulatory mechanisms to protect players and business principles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to reports,\u00a0the panel will pay particular attention to the legal and legislative frameworks<\/strong> used by other regulators\u00a0in the world to help formulate policies that could be considered acceptable in areas of India where anti-gambling sentiment exists locally. The hope is that legalising gaming will help curb illegal offerings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS) welcomed the news. As reported by Kashmir Life, it said: \u201cThis step indicates the impetus that the government is willing to provide for the growth of India\u2019s online gaming industry. The task force is a big step in creating regulatory certainty for the nascent and fast-growing online gaming industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In recent weeks,\u00a0raids against illegal gambling<\/a>\u00a0have intensified in different states. There have been many operations targeting illegal\u00a0betting on cricket matches<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To date, apart from the Supreme Court\u2019s precedent on skill-based gambling, there is no federal statute to govern India\u2019s gambling industry, with each state taking its own stance on the issue. In March, the All India Game Federation (AIGF)<\/a> had urged Indian states to take a proactive approach to develop a robust policy framework for the online gaming industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The creation of the panel follows the new online gambling bill introduced in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"India is progressing towards a federal online gambling regulatory framework, with a seven-member ministerial panel established to identify a nodal ministry and formulate comprehensive regulatory mechanisms. This initiative aims to provide critical regulatory certainty for the nascent online gaming sector, drawing insights from international legislative models to balance market growth with robust player protection and address regional anti-gambling sentiments.","focusai_entities":"Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports (FIFS), All India Game Federation (AIGF)","focusai_location":"India","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.8), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.75), marketing_crm (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"International Regulatory Benchmarks?","query":"What specific international regulatory frameworks are being benchmarked by the panel, and how will these be adapted to India's unique federal structure and socio-cultural landscape?"},{"label":"Regulatory Harmonization Strategy?","query":"How will the proposed nodal ministry ensure regulatory harmonization across India's states, given the current disparate legal stances on gambling and the need for a unified federal statute?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,158,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30619","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\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30619"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30619\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30634,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30619\/revisions\/30634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}