{"id":777000595,"date":"2022-11-30T13:00:57","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T16:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777000595"},"modified":"2026-04-23T02:28:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T05:28:46","slug":"tamil-nadu-governor-accused-of-delaying-gaming-ban-ordinance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-governor-accused-of-delaying-gaming-ban-ordinance","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu governor accused of delaying gaming ban ordinance"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Political parties have criticised R N Ravi for delaying his assent to the bill banning online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- A delay in the final approval of The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 has generated criticism from different political parties. The ordinance was promulgated in October<\/a> but governor R N Ravi has not yet given his assent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The ordinance was drafted after a committee set up by chief minister Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin<\/a> to investigate the impact of online games recommended the least limits on the activity. DMK leader and MP Kanimozhi <\/strong>has asked why the governor has not approved the bill. Likewise, several political parties including CPM, CPM, MDMK, PMK, and VCK have expressed criticism of the governor’s inaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PMK President Anbumani Ramadoss<\/strong> said: \u201cMore than 32 people have committed suicide due to online gaming in the last 15 months. In a bid to prevent such a tragedy, a ban on online gaming is a must.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Minister S Ragupathy<\/strong> said on Monday (November 28) that the government has answered all of the governor’s questions and the ball is now in Ravi’s court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He told the Deccan Herald: \u201cWe expected the Governor to accept the Bill after our reply. But only he will be able to say why he failed to give his assent. We passed the Bill in the Assembly because people were suffering. We have no powers to question the Governor.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Political parties have criticised R N Ravi for delaying his assent to the bill banning online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20588,"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 Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022, faces continued delay in gubernatorial assent from R N Ravi, drawing significant criticism from various political parties. This legislative inaction, following an ordinance promulgated in October, raises concerns regarding public welfare and regulatory certainty in the iGaming sector. Political leaders are pressing for immediate approval, citing numerous suicides linked to online gaming.","focusai_entities":"R N Ravi, Muthuvel Karunanidhi Stalin, Kanimozhi, DMK, CPM, MDMK, PMK, VCK, Anbumani Ramadoss, S Ragupathy","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.8), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governor's Legal Grounds?","query":"What are the specific legal and constitutional grounds cited by Governor R N Ravi for delaying assent to the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling Bill, and how do these align with established governance frameworks?"},{"label":"GGR Impact Tamil Nadu?","query":"What is the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) impact of a complete online gambling ban in Tamil Nadu on the broader Indian iGaming market, and how might this affect B2C operator valuations and B2B supplier contracts?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777000595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000595","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=777000595"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000606,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000595\/revisions\/777000606"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20588"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}