Location: India
Indian government plans to strengthen AML reporting rules for gambling firms
8 April 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
The Indian government is planning to make online gambling companies a target of the 2002 Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
According to the Indian Express, the Ministry of ...
India blocks 357 offshore igaming platforms
3 April 2025 at 8:00am UTC-4
The Director General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence in India has blocked 357 links for offshore igaming platforms.
The Hindustan Times reports that Jitin Prasada, the ...
Mandya Police crackdown on illegal igaming in India
3 April 2025 at 7:53am UTC-4
Police in Mandya, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka, have created specialized teams to deal with illegal ibetting.
The Times of India has reported that the Mandya Police ...
Two online gambling-related arrests made during Indian Premier League
31 March 2025 at 8:14am UTC-4
Two men were arrested at an Indian Premier League match in Motera in the Indian state of Gujarat for allegedly betting online.
The arrests occurred Saturday during the IPL game ...
Indian politician calls for better igaming regulations in Tamil Nadu
31 March 2025 at 7:44am UTC-4
Doctor Anbumani Ramadoss, President of the Pattali Makkal Katchi party in Tamil Nadu, India, has called for the Tamil Nadu government to take more action to prevent igaming.
In ...
Indian lawmakers to create Special Investigation Team to tackle igaming
28 March 2025 at 7:17am UTC-4
The Telangana government in India will amend its laws on igaming by creating a Special Investigation Team to try to stop gambling in the state while enforcing stricter sanctions ...
Indian lawmakers hold heated debate on risks of online gambling
27 March 2025 at 6:51am UTC-4
India’s Union Minister for Information Technology Ashwini Vaishnaw was subject to robust questioning on the safety of online gambling in India’s lower house of Parliament, Lok ...
India cracks down on illegal online gambling ahead of IPL season
25 March 2025 at 7:18am UTC-4
India’s Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence has released an overview of its crackdown on offshore online gambling firms.
Under Indian financial laws ...
India reports 1.6 billion illegal online gambling visits in three months
17 March 2025 at 8:04am UTC-4
A report by the Digital India Foundation has discovered that there were 1.6 billion visits to prohibited online operators; Parimatch, Stake, 1xBet and Batery Bet, in just three ...
Digital India Foundation calls for stricter enforcement on illegal online gambling sites
10 March 2025 at 8:33am UTC-4
Non-profit think tank Digital India Foundation has called for a joint effort from the government and big tech companies, such as Google and Meta, to shut down the fast-growing ...
