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<br>Howzat? The clamour to legalise [sports betting](https://islider.ru/read-blog/41313_begin-winning-with-pcg-college-football-picks.html) in India<br>
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<br>5 February 2016<br>
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<br>By Sameer Hashmi<br>
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<br>Mumbai Business reporter<br>
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<br>It is the last over of the cricket match, with India needing 17 go to win against Australia.<br>
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<br>In his two-bedroom house situated in main Mumbai, a middle-aged man is seeing the video game, nervously. He's resting on the edge of his grey colour couch with his mobile phone glued to his right-hand man.<br>
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<br>He has actually made more than 10 contact the last 30 minutes - not to discuss the match but to keep [revising](https://grade1d.smaportal.ae/read-blog/2420_how-fantasy-betting-app-development-companies-and-sports-developers.html) his bet.<br>
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<br>Five minutes earlier his cash was on Australia, and now as the Indian batsman prepares yourself to face the last over he's changed his mind.<br>
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<br>"I believe India is winning, make the modification," he informs his bookie on the phone.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>And a few minutes later his forecast comes to life, as India wins the match in a nail-biting surface.<br>
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<br>"I have made $200 today," he states with a childish glee.<br>
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<br>For more than 3 decades he's been [sports betting](https://richonline.club/read-blog/4347_how-to-withdraw-from-bet9ja-8-step-guide-to-cash-in-your-wins.html) on cricket matches. We can't expose his name as what he's doing is prohibited in India.<br>
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<br>Aside from horse racing, [sports betting](https://genzkenya.co.ke/read-blog/106_sports-minister-tracey-crouch-resigns-over-039-hold-up-039-to-betting-crackdown.html) of any kind is not allowed in India. Despite that, unlawful wagering syndicates flourish in the country.<br>
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<br>'Black money'<br>
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<br>According to the Doha-based International Centre for [sports betting](https://napolifansclub.com/read-blog/22875_things-you-need-to-understand-about-rafting-adventures.html) Security, India's unlawful [sports betting](https://inicknet.com/read-blog/2279_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html) wagering market deserves some $150bn a year. And much of that [sports betting](https://www.eruptz.com/read-blog/17393_sweepstakes-casino-controversy-and-celebrities-039-all-important-role.html) cash is directed towards cricket.<br>
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<br>Without any legal opportunity, punters place bets utilizing their phones by making calls to bookies. Gamblers can bet on anything related to the cricket match, from who is winning to the greatest individual run scorer.<br>
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<br>Most of these transactions include so-called "black cash", which is money not declared to the taxman.<br>
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<br>The 1867 Public Gambling Act bars any sort of gambling in India, however unlike in the US which has a law prohibiting internet gaming, there is nothing similar here.<br>
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<br>And overseas wagering companies are using this loophole to entice Indians. Even though there are no online wagering operators based out of India, a lot people have actually registered accounts with offshore companies.<br>
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<br>"Legally you can escape [with this], as the law is unclear for online [sports betting](https://welcometohaiti.com/read-blog/15955_how-much-are-americans-spending-on-sports-betting.html)," says Mumbai- based attorney HP Ranina.<br>
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<br>But in spite of this, it is "offline gaming", done through phone calls which dominate the market.<br>
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<br>The clamour to legalise wagering in cricket has grown after a panel designated by India's Supreme Court proposed the concept, saying it would assist secure down on corruption in the nation's preferred sport.<br>
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<br>The Justice RM Lodha Commission was established to suggest modifications in the performance of India's cricket regulative body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), after the 2013 Indian Premier League [sports betting](https://ekotur.online/sports-betting/how-are-betting-odds-calculated/) scandal came to light.<br>
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<br>Two franchises have been prohibited for two years after some gamers and group officials were found guilty of repairing parts of the match at the behest of bookmakers.<br>
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<br>The panel also argues that legalised [sports betting](https://chatkc.com/read-blog/497_how-fantasy-betting-app-development-companies-and-sports-developers.html) will bring in tax revenues for the [exchequer](http://www.seferpanim.com/read-blog/384_enhance-your-business-opportunities-with-efficient-sports-apps.html) that could total up to $2bn a year.<br>
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<br>Even [bettors feel](https://thefreedommovement.ca/read-blog/19347_the-ins-and-outs-of-betting-on-the-nfl-draft.html) that legalising [sports betting](https://sabiile.com/read-blog/2136_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) is a move in the ideal instructions.<br>
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<br>"I don't mind paying some cash out my earnings, as long as I can gamble publicly," states our cricket bettor.<br>
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<br>It would also open a huge business chance for certified bookies and worldwide online [sports betting](https://nuo18.lt/read-blog/68720_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-united-states-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) business to establish operations in India.<br>
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<br>And it would assist restrict match repairing in cricket and other [sports betting](https://taar.me/read-blog/8442_best-u-s-sports-betting-sites-amp-sportsbooks-for-2024.html), argue lots of, by helping make deals involved in gambling more [transparent](https://35.237.164.2/wiki/User:RudyHenderson5).<br>
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<br>"If you work together with wagering companies, you will have an extremely efficient technique of marking out match repairing," states George Oborne, who runs a [mock wagering](http://maili.demoe.cn112/read-blog/449_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-us-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) website, India Bet.<br>
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<br>But numerous likewise think, that the taxes imposed on the bettor and the bookie will have to be sensible to make it attractive enough for them to gamble legally.<br>
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<br>"Definitely there will be unlawful wagering due to the fact that (some) individuals wouldn't want to leave an audit path by entering the white market," states Mr Oborne.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>He adds that individuals who cash to place huge bets will never ever bet lawfully.<br>
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<br>For [sports betting](https://inicknet.com/read-blog/2263_how-to-attract-users-to-my-fantasy-sports-platform.html) to be legalised, parliamentary approval will be needed to create a new law, and [politically](https://www.eruptz.com/read-blog/17418_for-sports-gambling-to-be-legalised.html) this will be a tough concept to offer.<br>
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<br>"Even though lots of people are included in some sort of [sports betting](https://surgiteams.com/index.php/User:DanePutnam) - it's still a questionable issue for numerous," says our unnamed punter.<br>[bet9ja.com](https://register.bet9ja.com/?btag=yohaig&promocode=yohaig)
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<br>And provided that India has a federal structural - each state will have to likewise pass a [separate law](https://sotawiki.net/sota/User:ThorstenSkerst) to [legalise](https://thefreedommovement.ca/read-blog/19381_how-much-are-americans-spending-on-sports-betting.html) [sports betting](https://wow.t-mobility.co.il/read-blog/19_uk-betting-firms-gamble-on-us-after-sports-wager-ruling.html) in their area.<br>[bit.ly](https://bit.ly/Bet9jaPromotionCodeYOHAIG)
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<br>"The process is so long and tricky that it will take years," says Mr Ranina."That's why, we are cynical about this coming true anytime quickly."<br>
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<br>Yet with the concept having been endorsed by an official panel for the very first time, at least a debate has fired up around a topic - which up until now was considered a taboo.<br>
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