{"id":777013160,"date":"2024-02-14T10:12:09","date_gmt":"2024-02-14T13:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777013160"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:02:54","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T16:02:54","slug":"india-karnataka-to-explore-measures-against-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-karnataka-to-explore-measures-against-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: Karnataka to explore measures against online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The government plans to explore legislation and collaborate with the central government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- The home minister of Karnataka,\u00a0<strong>G Parameshwara<\/strong>\u00a0has recently expressed his concerns about the harmful effects of betting and online gambling apps and stated that the government will look into ways to restrict them.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the Deccan Herald, the minister said <strong>cricket betting was causing distress to families in the state<\/strong>, and that the government was committed to discouraging such activities.\u00a0However, he also said banning online gaming and betting in the state alone was not possible as the operations are mostly run from different parts of the country and the world. He said a comprehensive policy was needed from central government.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>IT-BT Minister <strong>Priyank Kharge<\/strong> said the real money gaming sector is estimated to be worth Rs 1.6 lakh crore in the country. For the period 2024-28, the estimated revenue from tax deducted at source (TDS) alone is Rs 7,000 crore, while that from goods and services tax (GST) is Rs 74,000 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/uttar-pradesh-assembly-passes-bill-to-impose-28-gst-on-online-gaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Uttar Pradesh assembly passes bill to impose 28% GST on online gaming<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The government plans to explore legislation and collaborate with the central government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":34643,"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 Karnataka government has voiced significant concerns regarding the societal impact of online betting and gambling, advocating for a comprehensive central government policy to regulate the sector. While acknowledging the substantial economic contribution through GST and TDS, state ministers highlight the limitations of state-level prohibitions due to the cross-jurisdictional nature of online operations, underscoring the need for a unified national legislative framework.","focusai_entities":"G Parameshwara, Priyank Kharge, Karnataka, Deccan Herald, Uttar Pradesh","focusai_location":"India, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.85), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.75), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.9), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Central Policy Impact?","query":"What specific legislative measures is the central government of India considering to address the cross-jurisdictional challenges of online gaming regulation, and how might this impact B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Revenue Projections Risk?","query":"How might a unified national regulatory framework, potentially including stricter controls, impact the projected GGR and NGR for iGaming operators currently active or planning market entry in India, considering the stated tax revenue figures?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777013160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013160","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=777013160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777013178,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777013160\/revisions\/777013178"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777013160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777013160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777013160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}