Hi krazyk,
As a result of my research, I have ascertained that online gambling,
including poker, in India is illegal.
Online gambling in India is considered to be a form of cyber crime.
The article below elaborates further on the issue:
NAAVI: CYBER CRIME by Parthasarathi Pati
http://www.naavi.org/pati/pati_cybercrimes_dec03.htm
The following are excerpts which confirm online gambling in India is illegal.
?Editor's Note:
This case shows that the US government intends to stop any company who
facilitates illegal gambling transactions. In India we have a law that
bans all gambling transactions, yet Internet users in India are easily
able to make such transactions and pay for them using their credit
cards. Credit card companies also do not ensure that the payments made
through their service are all within the framework of Indian laws.
Recently, students of the Asian School of Cyber Laws had file a Public
Interest Litigation seeking to bar online gambling websites, however,
their efforts are still to see the light of day.?
ASCL Cyber Law Newsletter
http://www.asianlaws.org/cyberlaw/newsletter/issues/cl_nl_07.htm
??The Indian legislature prohibits gambling on the Internet though,
unlike the American Internet Gambling Prohibition Act (Kyl's Bill), it
has yet to formulate a specific proposal dealing with an industry
expected to grow to $6.4 billion by 2003. Nonetheless, the legal
faculty feels that provisions among existing laws are enough to curb
it in this country.?
Rediff: Wanna Bet?
http://www.rediff.com/netguide/2001/aug/08gamble.htm
An interesting article to read in its entirety:
?There has been a change in trend this Divali. Gambling, an illegal
activity in India, is going off the course. Agreed this festive
season, a majority of persons are gambling offline in close
coordinated groups, yet in what could be called a trend indicator, a
number of them are preferring cyber cafes to try their hands at
Nambling, a sobriquet for Net gambling. And the law of the land has
been kicked in the hind. Both offline as well as online??
The Tribune
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2001/20011112/login/main2.htm
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I hope the information provided is helpful. If you have any questions
regarding my answer please don?t hesitate to ask before rating it.
Best wishes,
rainbow-ga |
