Narottam Mishra says draft legislation is ready to be sent to the cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- The government of Madhya Pradesh is close to banning online gaming, according to Narottam Mishra<\/strong>, the state’s home minister. During a press conference, Mishra said the state government is preparing to introduce legislation to regulate online gaming by modifying the Gambling Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n He says that draft legislation is ready for Cabinet approval<\/strong> and will establish a regulatory agency.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In February 2021<\/a>, the Madhya Pradesh government was urged by the state\u2019s high court to rule on whether to legalise online gambling or declare it illegal. Authorities requested more time but in September, the Madhya Pradesh High Court<\/a> told the state government to take steps on the regulation of online gaming and related activities within three months.<\/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<\/strong>, with each state taking its own stance on the issue. Several states have implemented laws regulating or banning online gaming. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Tamil Nadu government passed a new ordinance banning online gambling in October. However, the government has not yet advised when it will come into effect<\/a>. The Meghalaya government decided to scrap its Regulation of Gaming Act<\/a> that was set to allow casinos in the state due to pressure from the church and anti-casino groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Narottam Mishra says draft legislation is ready to be sent to the cabinet for approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"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 government of Madhya Pradesh is poised to ban online gaming, with draft legislation prepared for Cabinet approval, aiming to modify the existing Gambling Act and establish a regulatory agency. This move follows a High Court directive and reflects India's fragmented regulatory landscape where states independently address online gaming, contrasting with other states like Tamil Nadu which recently passed a ban, and Meghalaya which rescinded a gaming act.","focusai_entities":"Narottam Mishra, Madhya Pradesh government, Supreme Court, Tamil Nadu government, Meghalaya government","focusai_location":"India, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Meghalaya","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.95), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Skill Games?","query":"Given the Supreme Court's precedent on skill-based gambling, how will the proposed Madhya Pradesh legislation differentiate between games of skill and chance, and what specific criteria will define the scope of the ban?"},{"label":"Enforcement & Agency Role?","query":"What specific powers and enforcement mechanisms will the new regulatory agency in Madhya Pradesh possess, and what is the projected timeline for its establishment and operationalization?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777000298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000298","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=777000298"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000330,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000298\/revisions\/777000330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}