{"id":777010987,"date":"2023-11-09T08:21:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T11:21:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010987"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:21:03","slug":"tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban-madras-high-court-to-deliver-verdict-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban-madras-high-court-to-deliver-verdict-today","title":{"rendered":"Tamil Nadu online gaming ban: Madras High Court to deliver verdict today"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The ban has been opposed by industry stakeholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- <strong>The Madras High Court<\/strong> is to deliver its judgment on challenges to\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-governor-approves-online-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Tamil Nadu&#8217;s online gaming ban<\/a>.\u00a0The law, introduced by the DMK government earlier this year, attracted opposition from industry stakeholders, including the <strong>All India Gaming Federation (AIGF)<\/strong> and gaming companies like GamesKraft, Play24*7, and A23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision will be the second in less than three years on the constitutionality of a ban on online gaming in Tamil Nadu. In August 2021, a\u00a0<strong>ban on online games of skill<\/strong>\u00a0such as rummy and poker was <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-madras-court-strikes-down-online-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\">struck down by the Madras High Court<\/a>, which ruled it was excessive and disproportionate to the object it sought to achieve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Tamil Nadu government proceeded to enact a new law following additional public consultation. Initially introduced as an ordinance, the law was later ratified by the legislative assembly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ban has been opposed by industry stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":15318,"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 Madras High Court is set to deliver its judgment on challenges to Tamil Nadu's online gaming ban, a decision that follows previous legal invalidations and significant opposition from industry stakeholders. This ruling will critically impact the regulatory landscape for iGaming in the state, potentially setting a precedent for skill-based online games and influencing future governance frameworks.","focusai_entities":"All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), GamesKraft, Play24*7, A23, DMK government, Madras High Court","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Skill Games?","query":"What specific legal precedents will this Madras High Court judgment establish regarding the classification and regulation of online skill-based games versus games of chance in India?"},{"label":"Future Regulatory Framework?","query":"How might this ruling influence the development of a harmonized national regulatory framework for iGaming in India, particularly concerning state-level legislative autonomy and governance frameworks?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777010987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010987","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=777010987"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010987\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040992,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010987\/revisions\/777040992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15318"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}