India, May 30 -- In the absence of clear guidelines from the Centre or centralised regulations for the gaming industry, the $3.8 Bn online gaming industry continues to grapple with uncertainty with several states bringing disparate regulations to address online betting and gambling, often disrupting online gaming and real money gaming platforms.

After Chhattisgarh, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, Haryana is the latest one, as the state government notified the Haryana Prevention of Public Gambling Act, 2025 last week (May 21) to prevent and penalise public gambling, keeping of common gambling houses, betting in sports or elections, match fixing or spot fixing in sports.

The Act penalises both offline and online betting for monetary as well as ...