Online Betting Addiction

A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...

The proposed law includes declaring online gaming, gambling, and betting as crimes. Websites and applications hosting addictive games will be banned.

A married couple died by suicide due to their inability to repay debts incurred by their 22-year-old son through online gambling, police said on Wednesday.

The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...

The proposed law includes declaring online gaming, gambling, and betting as crimes. Websites and applications hosting addictive games will be banned.