{"id":777002441,"date":"2023-02-15T13:16:15","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T16:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777002441"},"modified":"2026-04-23T00:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T03:36:15","slug":"tamil-nadu-chief-minister-slams-delays-in-bill-to-ban-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-chief-minister-slams-delays-in-bill-to-ban-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu chief minister slams delays in bill to ban online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Chief minister MK Stalin has accused governor RN Ravi of disrespecting the Tamil Nadu Assembly by postponing his approval of the bill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Governor&nbsp;<strong>RN Ravi&nbsp;<\/strong>has been criticised again for the delays in approving The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022. The ordinance was&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-promulgates-law-banning-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">promulgated in October<\/a>&nbsp;but R N Ravi has not yet given his assent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking part in question-and-answer show Ungalil Oruvan, chief minister<strong>&nbsp;M.K. Stalin&nbsp;<\/strong>expressed concerns on the issue and said it was &#8220;puzzling&#8221; why the governor was still delaying approval of the ordinance banning online gaming and online rummy. Stalin warned of suicide cases due to online gambling addiction and losses, citing four recent incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He argued that the Madras High Court had ordered the enactment of a law against online gambling and criticised the state governor for failing to give his assent&nbsp;to the ordinance that was sent to him. <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-governor-accused-of-delaying-gaming-ban-ordinance\" target=\"_blank\">Political parties<\/a>&nbsp;have previously urged him to approve the bill as soon as possible.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, former chief minister<strong>&nbsp;V. Narayanasamy<\/strong>&nbsp;has urged the National Democratic Alliance government of the Union Territory of Puducherry&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-former-chief-minister-urges-puducherry-to-ban-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">to ban online gambling<\/a>. He said online gambling was causing financial difficulty and that the government had promised legislation to ban it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chief minister MK Stalin has accused governor RN Ravi of disrespecting the Tamil Nadu Assembly by postponing his approval of the bill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":12901,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has criticized Governor R.N. Ravi for delaying assent to \"The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022,\" an ordinance aimed at banning online gambling and rummy. Stalin cited public health concerns and previous court directives, while former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy also urged a similar ban in Puducherry, highlighting growing regulatory pressure on the online gaming sector in India.","focusai_entities":"MK Stalin, RN Ravi, V. Narayanasamy, Madras High Court, National Democratic Alliance","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.9), product_ux (0.7), tech_data (0.7), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Timeline Impact","query":"What specific governance frameworks or legal precedents could expedite or further delay the Governor's assent, and what are the projected timelines for a definitive resolution on the Tamil Nadu online gaming bill?"},{"label":"Market Access Implications","query":"How would a definitive ban on online gambling and rummy in Tamil Nadu, and potentially Puducherry, impact the Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) and Net Gaming Revenue (NGR) projections for B2C operators and B2B suppliers with existing or planned operations in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777002441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-regulation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002441","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=777002441"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002441\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777002465,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777002441\/revisions\/777002465"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777002441"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777002441"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777002441"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}