Sports Betting and Laws in India

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Sports Betting And Laws in India
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Sports Betting in India
Sports Betting is Illegal in India except for
horse racing. All other sports betting laws are ba
sed on individual state laws. O nline betting
for Cricket is most popular sport for betting
in India.
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Popular Sports for Betting
After Cricket, Football is the most popular
sport which is liked by Indian audience. Other po
pular sports in India are badminton, hockey and
basketball.
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Threat to Sports in India
Match fixing is a major threat to sports in
India. Online gambling has increased the risk of
match fixing for financial gains. The corruption h
as increased due to such gambling and fixing.
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Laws for Sports Betting
All sports except horse racing are based on the
laws of the individual states or general laws of
India. According to the Gambling Act of 1867, all
kinds of gambling in India is illegal.
Most of India is subject to the Public Gambling
Act(1867) and Technology Act of 2000.
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Conclusion
There is no specific law to gambling in India. A
proper law needs to be made to protect the
citizens from consequences of these activities
and increase the transparency of the laws for
betting and gambling.
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