Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court on Monday directed the central government as well as the state government to file their respective replies in reply to a plea. Public interest litigation Ban on online gambling sites.
The court further issued notice to the officials of such websites which are allegedly owned by Chinese nationals and involved in online gambling and duping money from innocent public.
Hearing on a PIL filed by a social worker Shimla Shree TripathiA Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and justice Rajendra Kumar The next date of hearing in the matter has been fixed for September 15.
According to the petitioner, there are a large number of such websites operating in India and offering color prediction games like gambling games in which the player has to place a certain amount of bets and check the result of the color before the result is declared by the website. Have to guess. .
The petition alleged that earlier such websites allow players to win easily, but when a large number of players place large numbers of bets, the owners of the website start manipulating the results, eventually leading to the majority of players playing the game. While website owners profit illegally.
His counsel appearing for the petitioner Shashank Shri Tripathi Argued that these websites also deduct huge amounts of money from winners in the name of tax on gambling, claiming that it would be paid to the government.
According to the petitioner, “Chinese nationals are the owners of such gambling websites. These websites are usually controlled by Chinese servers and are a well-planned scheme of fraud.”
The court further issued notice to the officials of such websites which are allegedly owned by Chinese nationals and involved in online gambling and duping money from innocent public.
Hearing on a PIL filed by a social worker Shimla Shree TripathiA Division Bench of Acting Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari and justice Rajendra Kumar The next date of hearing in the matter has been fixed for September 15.
According to the petitioner, there are a large number of such websites operating in India and offering color prediction games like gambling games in which the player has to place a certain amount of bets and check the result of the color before the result is declared by the website. Have to guess. .
The petition alleged that earlier such websites allow players to win easily, but when a large number of players place large numbers of bets, the owners of the website start manipulating the results, eventually leading to the majority of players playing the game. While website owners profit illegally.
His counsel appearing for the petitioner Shashank Shri Tripathi Argued that these websites also deduct huge amounts of money from winners in the name of tax on gambling, claiming that it would be paid to the government.
According to the petitioner, “Chinese nationals are the owners of such gambling websites. These websites are usually controlled by Chinese servers and are a well-planned scheme of fraud.”
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