The enactment of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 has fundamentally changed the definition of gambling

A timeline of laws and judgements tracking the evolution of Indian gambling laws since 1867.

As these landmark judgements on betting and gambling redefine gaming laws, a major federal question still hangs in the balance

By taking the outright ban route, the new Union legislation collapses the tried-and-tested distinction respected by state regulations