The Governor has asked for clarifications on the bill banning online gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- Governor R N Ravi<\/strong> has met with Minister of Justice S. Regupathy <\/strong>to discuss concerns regarding Tamil Nadu’s Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill. The governor had been criticised<\/a>\u00a0for the delay in implementing the bill, which caused it to lapse after its promulgation in October<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The 30-minute meeting was attended by the secretaries of the home and law departments. According to Regupathy, R N Ravi asked him to convey to the chief minister that he will take a decision soon.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Regupathy said the governor had raised some doubts <\/strong>and that once they were answered, he assured he would grant his assent. According to local media reports, the Governor has not yet signed 21 laws that have been pending for more than a year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Criticising the delay, PMK President\u00a0Anbumani Ramadoss<\/strong>\u00a0said recently: \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 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Governor has asked for clarifications on the bill banning online gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"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 Governor of Tamil Nadu, R N Ravi, is seeking clarifications on the state's online gambling prohibition bill, causing a delay in its assent and subsequent lapse. This legislative uncertainty, amidst public criticism and concerns over gambling-related suicides, impacts the regulatory landscape for iGaming operators and B2B suppliers in India. The Minister of Justice has conveyed the Governor's intent to decide soon after doubts are addressed.","focusai_entities":"R N Ravi, S. Regupathy, Anbumani Ramadoss, PMK","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Governor's Clarifications Impact","query":"What specific legal or constitutional clarifications is Governor R N Ravi seeking regarding the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, and how might these impact the bill's final form or implementation timeline?"},{"label":"Market Implications of Ban","query":"Should the Tamil Nadu online gambling ban be enacted, what are the projected GGR\/NGR impacts for licensed operators with exposure to the Indian market, and how might this influence B2B supplier contracts and M&A activity?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16333],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777000683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000683","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=777000683"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777000702,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777000683\/revisions\/777000702"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12334"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777000683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777000683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777000683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}