Karnataka ( A state in India ) they introduced bill in assembly to ban o.gamblin

[fiulpro]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-government-bill-assembly-ban-online-gambling-7516048/lite/

Karnataka ( A state in India ) just introduced a bill in assembly to ban online gambling in the state which does mean that the players won't be able to use anything like that anymore. People will have maximum imprisonment UpTo 3 years or would have to pay 1 lac. Inr. Virtual currencies are also included in the same. It does not involve lottery or wagering, horse racing outside the state. For people who are addicted the punishment would increase every moment, it would start from a lower amount and lower imprisonment and increase tremendously for every next offence.

What do you think about it ?
( Players from Karnataka India, please do take a note of this and follow this news)

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[mu_enrico]

Suuree it's to "wean citizens away from the vice of gambling" BUT "it does not include lottery or wagering or betting on horse races run on any race course within or outside the state." It's not for the sake of people, but for money, to keep the money flowing to lottery and horse races. #Feelsbadman for Karnataka slots players!
I think you guys can still get away with a VPN, but DWYOR.

[YOSHIE]

What do you think about it ?

I actually think on the contrary Karnataka will be even more chaotic, if the law prohibits online gambling addicts, this will result in new turmoil between Christians, Hindus, For the middle, upper and lower caste communities, this online gambling ban law will narrow the online gambling movement from the regions, the majority of which are middle and low caste people.

But for me this law didn't last long and it didn't work like the Karnataka court wanted it, online gambling is very rare to register and enter their personal identity, so it is a little difficult to catch those who are addicted to online gambling.

[Kong Hey Pakboy]

Suuree it's to "wean citizens away from the vice of gambling" BUT "it does not include lottery or wagering or betting on horse races run on any race course within or outside the state." It's not for the sake of people, but for money, to keep the money flowing to lottery and horse races. #Feelsbadman for Karnataka slots players!
I think you guys can still get away with a VPN, but DWYOR.

Wean citizens huh? That's the most BS bill I've seen although I understand the hypocrisy behind it since lottery and the other mentioned games are backed by the government. I don't think wean is the right word because there's definitely no weaning in this one since people can just go for a horse race for their gambling fix.

[Yogee]

A ban is the first step and regulation is the next. It seems the state doesn't have the means to enforce taxes on any of these online platforms that is why they are trying to scare the gamblers. This is a challenge to many governments right now and it's not only in India that online gambling is prohibited.

[fiulpro]

Suuree it's to "wean citizens away from the vice of gambling" BUT "it does not include lottery or wagering or betting on horse races run on any race course within or outside the state." It's not for the sake of people, but for money, to keep the money flowing to lottery and horse races. #Feelsbadman for Karnataka slots players!
I think you guys can still get away with a VPN, but DWYOR.

Good lord VPN! No
I am not from Karnataka and I don't even live in India but I do know some stuff about Indian government, one of it is "they never respect privacy and are always tracking the people down"
Therefore I do think that at the end of the day the government might already do put schemes in place to make sure things like that does not happen, so using VPN is something that I would not recommend. They are choosing things like horse racing which is honestly very cruel, did you even see the news where a horse died in the hurdle race instantly. This is just ridiculous. Who is poker harming?? ( Addiction is personal)

A ban is the first step and regulation is the next. It seems the state doesn't have the means to enforce taxes on any of these online platforms that is why they are trying to scare the gamblers. This is a challenge to many governments right now and it's not only in India that online gambling is prohibited.

Seems like the government of India is trying to ban things incompletely since they really want to be able to earn more profits from things like horse racing which is absolutely ridiculous, if you are banning something then why not ban it fully? It's just one state though, let's see how it goes.

[madnessteat]

I always have a negative attitude towards any measures of prohibitive nature in relation to gambling. We are all well aware that no law can completely eradicate gambling. It looks like a legal way to extort money from the population under the guise of fighting for their financial well-being. In my opinion such measures will lead to an increase in the number of underground gambling establishments and more carefully hide them from the eyes of the guardians of law and order.   

[Silberman]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-government-bill-assembly-ban-online-gambling-7516048/lite/

Karnataka ( A state in India ) just introduced a bill in assembly to ban online gambling in the state which does mean that the players won't be able to use anything like that anymore. People will have maximum imprisonment UpTo 3 years or would have to pay 1 lac. Inr. Virtual currencies are also included in the same. It does not involve lottery or wagering, horse racing outside the state. For people who are addicted the punishment would increase every moment, it would start from a lower amount and lower imprisonment and increase tremendously for every next offence.

What do you think about it ?
( Players from Karnataka India, please do take a note of this and follow this news)

Something like this is never going to work, politicians can put whatever they want on the law that doesn't mean that they can enforce those laws which is something completely different, what are they going to do to try to enforce those laws? Are they going to spy on the people every single day of the week to see that they are not gambling online? Because that is impossible and if they can do this then I'm not so sure that I want to live in a society like that, the only thing that people living there needs to do is to cover their tracks and they will be fine.

[Mahanton]

I always have a negative attitude towards any measures of prohibitive nature in relation to gambling. We are all well aware that no law can completely eradicate gambling. It looks like a legal way to extort money from the population under the guise of fighting for their financial well-being. In my opinion such measures will lead to an increase in the number of underground gambling establishments and more carefully hide them from the eyes of the guardians of law and order.   

For sure those underground gambling places or venues would really be increasing in numbers and also in talks of online gambling which is one of the most common path or method on where these
gamblers could still get involved with gambling without being caught if they are really that serious on playing but of course there would be corresponding risk.There are only two possible reasons
when it comes to prohibition on something by the government, whether they do really in concern with their citizens or simply they are just simply trying to milk it out.

[ene1980]

Karnataka ( A state in India ) just introduced a bill in assembly to ban online gambling in the state which does mean that the players won't be able to use anything like that anymore. People will have maximum imprisonment UpTo 3 years or would have to pay 1 lac. Inr. Virtual currencies are also included in the same. It does not involve lottery or wagering, horse racing outside the state. For people who are addicted the punishment would increase every moment, it would start from a lower amount and lower imprisonment and increase tremendously for every next offence.

If they wanted to imprisonment someone they need to having full coordinating with the gambling site if they want to charge something against them, if not how they are going to implement this law if the gambling sites are not corporating  with their law especially if they are registered in that country. I have no idea how they are going to implement this law and it looks like they can nab someone even without much evidence.

[crzy]

This could hurt their economy as we all know gambling generated huge money go their government since Casinos are paying taxes but if this decision is based on their Religion I guess we can’y argue to this anymore since this might be against to their belief. If you’re living on that place better to follow the law, or you can still play outside that place if its really ok to you, there’s still a way for sure legally.

[Saint-loup]

Suuree it's to "wean citizens away from the vice of gambling" BUT "it does not include lottery or wagering or betting on horse races run on any race course within or outside the state." It's not for the sake of people, but for money, to keep the money flowing to lottery and horse races. #Feelsbadman for Karnataka slots players!
I think you guys can still get away with a VPN, but DWYOR.

I agree with you mu_enrico, I think you're right it looks like a hypocritical measure to redirect money from online gambling bets towards national gambling games like horse races and lottery, but I'm not sure it will succeed if they don't allow more kinds of games. It will be very difficult to track all people using internet in addition.

[dunfida]

This could hurt their economy as we all know gambling generated huge money go their government since Casinos are paying taxes but if this decision is based on their Religion I guess we can’y argue to this anymore since this might be against to their belief. If you’re living on that place better to follow the law, or you can still play outside that place if its really ok to you, there’s still a way for sure legally.

For sure they are already aware of that manner because they wont really be making such decision if they dont know on what are the things been affected but if they do still end up on banning gambling then for sure they

dont really care much about revenue and might have some other sources which they dont bother much about banning gambling.We do know that there are some really part of the world which does prohibit or ban gambling

and some countries does have current plants on doing so.As a citizen then you wont really be having no choice but to deal with it or else you would get penalized.

[Wexnident]

It does not involve lottery or wagering, horse racing outside the state.

Bruh. what they're doing looks pretty damn stupid in my eyes ngl. Wait actually, I don't even know if they actually think of the masses as stupid. This clearly shows how they're pretty greedy of money, yet have to do something to address the issue of online gambling addiction. It's an empty way to placate the issue. Still, I'm pretty sure most bans like this can easily be bypassed using VPN's and the like, shouldn't really be much of a problem there. The idea of increasing the punishment is a nice idea, though really, the thoughts behind it are still pretty stupid imo.

[Dave1]

A ban is the first step and regulation is the next. It seems the state doesn't have the means to enforce taxes on any of these online platforms that is why they are trying to scare the gamblers. This is a challenge to many governments right now and it's not only in India that online gambling is prohibited.

On the contrary, it should be regulation first, if regulation is not enough, then an outright ban.

However, it seems they skip that process and go directly to banning online gambling. So this will not sit well for those gamblers around that area for sure. I'm not really sure why they came up with measures to go and ban online gambling. It may result in gamblers, playing underground to circumvent this ban. We all know how resourceful gamblers are, they will always find a way to continue it no matter if we are in a pandemic or an outright banning from the state.

[Fundamentals Of]

Mu_enrico is already raising the most important point, which is that this is a hypocritical bill. This bill is trying to come out as something pro-people, as an initiative by the state to put first the welfare of the people before others. But then it is clearly done with ulterior motives. If the enemy is gambling, then gambling should be banned. If gambling is allowed but only in selected games, then this bill is simply a way for all the gambling money to be focused on these selected games. This bill is actually a funnel to guide all the gambler's money to a few destinations. I predict this bill won't be passed.

[traderethereum]

That is bad news for players from Karnataka, India, because if they want to play online gambling, they need to play secretly and no one must know what they do.
But inside of that rules, it is good to control the number of gamblers from that state and maybe that can reduce the number temporarily because I think the addicted person to online gambling will not just stop because of that rule.
They will search for the other way to continue their gambling activity and play in their room or hidden place.
We will see the next news from their government if that new rule is running for a month.

[semobo]

https://www.google.com/amp/s/indianexpress.com/article/cities/bangalore/karnataka-government-bill-assembly-ban-online-gambling-7516048/lite/

Karnataka ( A state in India ) just introduced a bill in assembly to ban online gambling in the state which does mean that the players won't be able to use anything like that anymore. People will have maximum imprisonment UpTo 3 years or would have to pay 1 lac. Inr. Virtual currencies are also included in the same. It does not involve lottery or wagering, horse racing outside the state. For people who are addicted the punishment would increase every moment, it would start from a lower amount and lower imprisonment and increase tremendously for every next offence.

What do you think about it ?
( Players from Karnataka India, please do take a note of this and follow this news)

I think in India too they have restrictions to gamble but their laws are not very strict since gambling in their country happens in another format which is called fantasy sport even though their court passed something to stop them but the government itself is supporting the big companies since they are going to make money from it. Bills against the gambling is not really to save anyone but stop small casinos and only let the big hands to rule the gambling industry.

[imstillthebest]

The state of karnataka in india introduces a bill in the assembly to ban gambling it is bad news for players because they will not be able to gamble.

You didn't read the OP? It said that it doesn't involve lottery, wagering and horse racing outside the state so I don't think that gamblers would see this as a bad news because they can still gamble on the games that weren't banned and it's unlikely they would be able to actively enforce this.

lottery is more on a legal side because on our place it was also not restricted but i dont know about horse racing , in the other thread theres also another country that ban gambling but they also didnt include horse racing into it .
i remember when i was a kid , horse race gambling in machines are verry illegal and police even raided homes to look for this and they smash it if ever they found some . anyway , the ban is for their own good and they must obey it .

[Cling18]

That's actually the reason why underground gambling is existing nowadays and it's even increasing. Sometimes, each country's regulation against gambling could make the situation worse. India has a huge population of gamblers and if their government would force to control everything, they couldn't eliminate gambling completely.