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Centre's online gaming Bill likely to render TNOGA redundant

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August 22, 2025

THE union government's new online gaming Bill passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, which bans games of skill and chance played using real money will in effect render state regulatory bodies like the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority (TNOGA) redundant, say observers.

- SIDDHARTH PRABHAKAR @Chennai

This is despite legislations on betting and gambling falling under the state government's jurisdiction as per Entry 34 of the state list in the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, does this by stating that online money gaming platforms operate across states and national borders, including offshore servers, which transforms this from a state subject to a "matter of national importance" involving cross-border regulation, digital finance and cybersecurity.

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