{"id":777045137,"date":"2026-07-21T08:10:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777045137"},"modified":"2026-07-21T08:10:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T11:10:29","slug":"indias-bihar-state-proposes-bill-to-criminalise-online-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indias-bihar-state-proposes-bill-to-criminalise-online-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India’s Bihar state proposes bill to criminalise online gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Gambling Prohibition Bill would introduce prison terms of up to seven years for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- The state of Bihar <\/strong>has introduced a bill that would explicitly ban all forms of gambling<\/strong>, including online and mobile-based. The proposed Bihar Gambling (Prohibition) Bill, 2026<\/strong>, would replace the Public Gambling Act, 1867<\/strong> and would make online gambling and betting criminal offences under one of the strictest state-level anti-gambling laws in India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The legislation follows a request from India’s Union Home Ministry for states to modernise their gambling laws in response to the growth of digital gambling. Under the bill, first-time offenders could face between one and three years in prison and fines ranging from INR50,000 to INR500,000 (US$580 to US$5,800). Repeat offenders could receive prison sentences of between two and seven years and fines of INR100,000 to INR1m (US$1,160 to US$11,600). Penalties would be lower for land-based gambling offences,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The proposal also widens liability beyond bettors and operators. Individuals who allow their bank accounts or digital wallets to be used for gambling transactions could face prosecution, while companies involved in gambling activities, their executives and those promoting or advertising gambling services could also be held legally accountable.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\n\t\t\t\t\tSee also:<\/span> Indian police target alleged online betting operation at hotel<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Gambling Prohibition Bill would introduce prison terms of up to seven years for repeat offenders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":680,"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 state of Bihar, India, has introduced the Bihar Gambling (Prohibition) Bill, 2026, which seeks to ban all forms of gambling, including online and mobile-based, replacing the Public Gambling Act of 1867. This stringent legislation introduces severe penalties, including prison terms and substantial fines for offenders, and significantly expands liability to include companies, executives, advertisers, and individuals facilitating gambling transactions through their bank accounts or digital wallets.","focusai_entities":"Bihar, India, Union Home Ministry","focusai_location":"India, Bihar","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.9), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Bihar Bill Impact","query":"What are the projected economic impacts of the Bihar Gambling (Prohibition) Bill, 2026, on both the regulated and unregulated iGaming sectors within India, and how might this influence capital flows?"},{"label":"Regulatory Precedent","query":"How might the stringent provisions of Bihar's proposed legislation, particularly regarding expanded liability and digital transaction monitoring, influence the regulatory frameworks being considered by other Indian states or the Union government?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[154,16334],"tags":[58,225,25330],"class_list":["post-777045137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legislation-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-india","tag-legislation","tag-prohibition"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045137","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\/680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777045137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777045148,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777045137\/revisions\/777045148"}],"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=777045137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777045137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777045137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}