In the past week, suicides of a bank employee, a small business owner and a lathe operator in Tamil Nadu had one thing in common mounting debt caused by an addiction to online gambling. In July, it was a 20-year-old part-time tattoo parlour staffer who hanged himself after losing 20,000 on a gaming app.
Although exact data is not available on the number of deaths resulting from gambling debt the Madras high court observed that it was 30. The increasing trend has prompted the TN government to promulgate an ordinance on November 20 to ban online gaming sites where bets are wagered. This week, The Online Rummy Federation (TORF) mandated all its members block players from within the state. But cyber crime experts feel the move from the gov…
Although exact data is not available on the number of deaths resulting from gambling debt the Madras high court observed that it was 30. The increasing trend has prompted the TN government to promulgate an ordinance on November 20 to ban online gaming sites where bets are wagered. This week, The Online Rummy Federation (TORF) mandated all its members block players from within the state. But cyber crime experts feel the move from the gov…
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