India in favor of sports betting law

India urged the public opinion on legalising the sports betting industry at a national level.

India.- The international organisation that represents the legal sports betting industry, ESSA, released a comprehensive document on the potential market of India. ESSA included the national consultation made by The Law Commission of India (LCI), which urged the general public to share their opinions on the issue.

Furthermore, Indian officials have revealed the attempts to not only legalise sports betting but general gambling as well, according to the local newspaper The Week. “While considering the issue, the commission discerned that gambling is also a subject which is very closely associated with betting. While considering legalisation of betting, leaving aside gambling may render the whole exercise futile. Therefore, the commission would like to study the issue of legalising betting as well as gambling in the country,” stated LCI chairman Justice B.S. Chauhan, a retired Supreme Court judge.

Residents and stakeholders from India are invited to present proposals to generate a national debate. “The recommendation made by the committee that betting should be legalised by law involves the enactment of a law which is a matter that may be examined by the Law Commission and the government for such action as it may consider necessary in the facts and circumstances of the case,” added the Supreme Court, in the Board of Control for Cricket in India vs Cricket Association of Bihar & Ors., case.

The Supreme Court suggested the Law Commission of India introducing a comprehensive project to move forward with the legislation. “ESSA welcomes the review initiated by the Law Commission of India on the possibility of legalising gambling in the country and the opportunity to engage in this important policy debate,” reveals the document as addressing the LCI’s attempt to regulate the industry.