Why shouldn't India seize the chance to dominate the gaming industry?
There has to be national regulation of online gaming. Senior Counsel Testifies in Court Senior Supreme Court attorney Gopal Jain makes the case in a new paper that "India's gaming industry urgently needs a unified, light-touch regulatory structure designed by the national government in order to realise its true potential and thrive." Everything that exists entirely online, in the author's opinion, is by definition an interstate affair and is governed by the federal government. Additionally, gaming websites are considered intermediaries under the Information Technology Act of 2000 and as such are under the control of the Union Government. The Public keybet9 Gambling Act of 1867, which was intended to outlaw betting and gambling in public gaming establishments, as well as other out-of-date state-level regulations on the subject, are useless in the age of digital technology. The result is a patchwork regulatory framework that forces the Indian gambling industry ...