Support for Online Gambling in India

Now this is an interesting reaction to the recent cricket scandal involving three Pakistani players, and perhaps it’s ultimately the most rational one possible. No less an authority than the U.K. government has reportedly backed the full legalization of sports betting – and particularly online sportsbooks – in India.

Sports betting in India is illegal but after the recent match fixing contoversy that involved three Pakistani players, interesting suggestions and reactions have come up and a big authority like the U.K. Government itself has said that sports betting should be legalized in India and specially online sports books in India.
The sports minister of the UK, Mr Robertson will represent the UK Government and the gambling commission, the overseer of land-based and online casinos in the United Kingdom, in attempting “to persuade countries where [illegal] syndicates operate to make betting legal, so that the markets can be regulated.”

Mr. Robertson is suppposed to have a one on one talk with the Indian sports Minister Mr. M.S. Gill during the Commonwealth Sports Summit in New Delhi. Online gambling in India is strictly banned by a law based in the 19th century. Online sportsbooks in the UK offer easyily accessible cricket betting and anyone who go there can do cricket betting.