CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Karnataka – The Karnataka government had banned all online games (both of skill and chance) by amending the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, in 2021.

Detailed explanation-2: -Telangana was the first to promulgate an official ban on online gambling and betting as early as 2017. Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had called for a ban on online gaming in a letter to the information technology & telecom minister.

Detailed explanation-3: -Even in the face of the Supreme Court judgement of 1968, there are still a few states that ban online gaming. Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Orissa, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Nagaland, and Telangana are among them.

Detailed explanation-4: -The state governments, especially in the South, in their intent to protect consumers from falling into a debt trap, banned the entire bouquet of online games, including games of skill and all online games in the ambit of betting and gambling. In 2017, Telangana promulgated a ban on online gambling and betting.