Online Gambling

India’s MIB orders Google to stop showing advertisements of online betting websites and games

According to estimates by the All India Gaming Federation or AIGF, over Rs 5,000 crore is being deposited in the accounts of multiple agents of offshore betting companies every month. Google has been asked to drop ads that direct users to such betting platforms.

Delhi HC issues notice to Centre, Delhi govt on plea seeking regulation of online gaming

As gambling is a State subject under Entry 34 under List II in Schedule VII of the Constitution, a Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Vipin Sanghi and Justice Sachin Datta further asked the petitioner to implead the Delhi government as a respondent party

Karnataka Assembly passes three bills related to GST, town planning and online gambling

The Karnataka Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) bill, according to the state Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister J C Madhuswamy, was in tune with the changes brought by the Central government to the Central GST law

Paytm slams Google for 'arm-twisting' after the app was pulled out of Play Store

After being pulled down last week, the Paytm app has now been restored on Google Play Store.

AP govt bans online games like Rummy, Poker for 'misleading' youth; violators to face jail, penalty

Organisers of online gambling will be jailed for a year, besides being penalised, for a first time offence, while those caught playing these games will be given six months of jail term

Bitcoin’s 'creator' races to patent technology with gambling tycoon

Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who made the Satoshi claim, has the backing of Calvin Ayre, a wealthy Canadian entrepreneur,

NRGbinary, online gambling website trapped thousands in scam

In early 2013, a young Israeli businessman registered a web domain in London for a company called NRGbinary.com. The online options trading website offered clients the opportunity to make large amounts of money from simple bets on the movement of financial markets, stocks and commodities.

Online gambling craze sparked by booming chinese interest in soccer

Amid a surge of Chinese interest in global soccer, a side-effect has been a record spike in illegal gambling online, prompting multi-million dollar busts by police on betting rings, and tech giants like Tencent and Alibaba Group Holding Ltd cracking down on gambling activity on their apps.

68 illegal online gamblers imprisoned in China

First legal online poker site goes live in Nevada

Already home to the Las Vegas strip with its casinos and high-stakes games, Nevada on Tuesday became the first state where residents can legally play poker online for money...