Laws Related to Gambling in India

Abstract

This paper on the Gambling laws in India aims towards the analysis of the laws through which gambling is governed in our country. It shows that how the people of our country is destroying their lives because of illegal gambling. The gambling has been known as the illegal and bad work in whole of the country except some states like Goa, Sikkim etc. But it is widely practiced all over the country illegally. It is mainly practiced in the field of sports. Thus, this paper analyzes the loopholes and reforms that are progressively needed for this practice and thus it also analyses the recent judicial trends about the same. I. INTRODUCTION Gambling is not a modern game. It has been practiced in our country from the ancient times. The traces can be found from the times of Mahabharata also. In the ancient times, it has been a source of joy but now in today's modern era it has become a source of earning money. The gambling has been widely practiced all over the country despite being illegal. Only in some states of our country it has made legal. It has its own advantages and disadvantages. But it has more negative effects. It increases the poverty as well as the crime rate. It also impacts the economy heavily. It forms a vague image in the minds of people that money can be created on the basis if luck only. Sometimes, it also acts as a medium to transfer money from poor to rich people. It also clearly affects the social as well the moral values of the society. One of the old law which governs these subjects is The Public Gambling Act, 1867.There has been a type of vagueness related to the gambling and betting laws in our country. Thus, the objective of this paper is to make an analysis of the laws related to gambling in our country, how these laws affects the society and what reforms are needed in such sector. II. LAWS RELATED TO GAMBLING AND BETTING The subject of gambling and betting in our country has been governed through various legislations in India. The first legislation that has been made to deal with gambling and betting is the Public Gambling Act, 1867 which deals with certain type of betting and gambling in our country. As the law has been made in the 19th century it doesn't covers the 1 Author is a student at Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar, India. 2020. International Journal of Integrated Law Review