{"id":777011022,"date":"2023-11-10T08:58:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-10T11:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777011022"},"modified":"2026-04-22T16:17:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:17:33","slug":"madras-high-court-strikes-down-tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/madras-high-court-strikes-down-tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban","title":{"rendered":"Madras High Court strikes down Tamil Nadu online gaming ban"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>It&#8217;s the second time in less than three years that the court has struck down a ban.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0<strong>The Madras High Court<\/strong>\u00a0has again deemed <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/tamil-nadu-governor-approves-online-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\">Tamil Nadu\u2019s online gaming ban<\/a> to be unconstitutional. It&#8217;s the second time in less than three years that the court has ruled against legislation aimed at banning online gaming.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gaming companies including GamesKraft, Play24x7, and A23, along with the industry gaming body\u00a0All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/aigf-challenges-tamil-nadu-online-gaming-ban-at-madras-high-court\" target=\"_blank\">had filed petitions against the ban<\/a>, asserting that their games were skill-based.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In August 2021, the High Court ruled that the AIDMK government&#8217;s amendments to the Tamil Nadu Gaming and Police Laws (Amendment) Act, 2021 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-madras-court-strikes-down-online-gambling-ban\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-madras-court-strikes-down-online-gambling-ban\" target=\"_blank\">were unconstitutional<\/a> and violated Article 19 (1)(g) of the Constitution&#8217;s right to practice a profession, occupation or trade. A similar appeal is pending before the Supreme Court, jointly <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/karnataka-high-court-overturns-ban-on-skill-based-gambling\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/karnataka-high-court-overturns-ban-on-skill-based-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">with one from the state of Karnataka<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:&nbsp;<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-loses-us48-8bn-annually-to-illegal-betting-and-gambling-sites\" target=\"_blank\">India loses US$48.8bn annually to illegal betting and gambling sites<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the second time in less than three years that the court has struck down a ban.<\/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 Madras High Court has again declared Tamil Nadu's online gaming ban unconstitutional, marking the second such ruling in under three years. This decision, stemming from petitions by gaming companies and the All India Gaming Federation, reaffirms the skill-based nature of their offerings and upholds the constitutional right to practice a profession, impacting the regulatory landscape for iGaming in India.","focusai_entities":"GamesKraft, Play24x7, A23, All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), AIDMK government, Madras High Court, Supreme Court","focusai_location":"India, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (1.0), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Supreme Court Impact","query":"What are the potential implications of the pending Supreme Court appeal, particularly concerning the Karnataka ban, on the broader regulatory harmonization of skill-based online gaming across Indian states?"},{"label":"Operator Strategy","query":"How will iGaming operators adjust their market entry and operational strategies in Tamil Nadu, considering the repeated judicial interventions and the ongoing regulatory uncertainty at the state level?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,158,16334],"tags":[23911,4138],"class_list":["post-777011022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-slider-home","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-online-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011022","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=777011022"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011022\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777040980,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777011022\/revisions\/777040980"}],"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=777011022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777011022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777011022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}