Srinagar, July 16 -- A man from our community recently lost Rs.1.5 crore to an online betting game. That number may sound unreal, exaggerated even. But it isn't.

What began for him as a harmless flutter, a few hundred rupees on a mobile app, slowly turned into a spiral of obsession, debt, and irreversible loss.

In the end, his savings vanished, his home was sold, and his family was left struggling to make sense of a life that had, quite suddenly, fallen apart.

He isn't alone. And that is what makes this story so frightening.

Across Kashmir, a growing number of young people are being pulled into the high-speed world of online betting through games like Aviator, fantasy leagues, poker clones, and countless copycat apps.

They are sold t...