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The Supreme Court, connected November 3, asked the Union authorities to respond to a petition to prohibit online gambling and betting platforms operating nether the guise of societal and e-sports games.
A Bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and K.V. Viswanathan agreed to perceive the petition connected Tuesday, adjacent arsenic the counsel for Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change (CASC) and Shourya Tiwari, advocator Virag Gupta, submitted that details of astir 2,000 betting and gambling apps had been earlier shared with the Centre.
Mr. Gupta said the petition was focused connected protecting children from being exposed to specified apps.
The plea has sought a absorption to Ministries of Electronics and Information Technology, Information and Broadcasting, Finance, and Youth Affairs and Sports “to bash a harmonious mentation of provisions of Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 and laws made by State legislatures, to prohibit online gambling and betting games operating successful the guise of societal and e-sports games”.
It said betting and gambling were regarded arsenic an unlawful enactment successful the bulk of the States successful India. However, implicit 65 crore persons were inactive playing these games, creating an yearly concern of much than ₹1.8 lakh crore for betting platforms successful India.
Counsel has sought blocking orders nether Section 69A of the IT Act against each unlawful betting and gambling platforms successful the country.
