legalising gambling

Feature: Gaming Academic Prof Joe Kelly discusses regulatory developments in US, Europe and best approach for Indian lawmakers

In this post, we present an exclusive interview with Professor Joseph Kelly, a leading gaming academic from USA who has worked…

ICE to organise special India seminar on opportunities and potential of the Indian gaming industry

The world's largest gaming conference promoters ICE Totally Gaming (in cooperation with top Indian industry body FICCI) have included a…

Rahul Dravid, Ranjit Sinha urge government to legalise sports betting in conference endorsed by Prime Minister

Top former cricketer Rahul Dravid and Ranjit Sinha Director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), India's premier investigating agency,  asked the…

FICCI organises two-day conference on regulating sports betting, top legal luminaries and gaming companies bat for gambling regulation

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) organised a two-day conference on 'Regulating Sports Betting and Sports…

Lessons of Gambling Regulation from the Mahabharata

India’s archaic gambling laws penalise gambling in ‘a common gaming house’. Though the Central Public Gambling Act of 1867 and…

NUJS hosts first of its kind conference on the Gaming and Betting industry, top professionals discuss social, legal and constitutional issues

The Constitutional Law Society and Sports Committee of National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Kolkata in association with GLaws.in organised…

Time Ripe for Gambling Law reforms-is the government listening?

[An edited version of this article was first published in The Statesman on 12th September 2013.  A soft copy of…

Second FICCI conference on Sports Betting & Sports Law scheduled for 12-13 Oct; top legal luminaries and professionals expected to discuss fixing, betting issues

After the conference on the need for regulating Sports Betting in June 2012 and the recent half-day conference on the…

Feature: Jason Chess, Partner at British Media Law firm Wiggin LLP speaks on gambling regulation, cheating in sport and road ahead for the Indian gaming industry

In this exclusive interview, we present the Gambling and Betting Law Head of top British Media Law firm Wiggin LLP;…

Feature: Top Sikkim Lottery Department officials clarify ambiguities in lottery, online gaming & casino regulations

Exclusive In a visit to the Lotteries Department, Ministry of Finance and Revenue in Gangtok, I met Lotteries Director KP…