For Sports Gambling to Be Legalised
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Howzat? The clamour to legalise sports betting in India
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5 February 2016
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By Sameer Hashmi
Mumbai Business reporter

It is the last over of the cricket match, with India requiring 17 runs to win against Australia.
In his two-bedroom home located in central Mumbai, a middle-aged guy is viewing the game, nervously. He's resting on the edge of his grey colour sofa with his mobile phone glued to his right-hand man.
He has made more than 10 calls in the last 30 minutes - not to talk about the match but to keep revising his bet.
Five minutes earlier his cash was on Australia, however now as the Indian batsman prepares to deal with the last over he's altered his mind.
"I believe India is winning, make the change," he informs his bookie on the phone.
And a couple of minutes later on his forecast comes real, as India wins the match in a nail-biting surface.
"I have made $200 today," he states with a childlike glee.
For more than three decades he's been banking on cricket matches. We can't reveal his name as what he's doing is prohibited in India.
Besides horse racing, sports betting of any kind is not permitted in India. Despite that, unlawful wagering distributes thrive in the nation.
'Black cash'
According to the Doha-based International Centre for sports betting Security, India's illegal sports betting market is worth some $150bn a year. And much of that sports betting money is directed towards cricket.
With no legal opportunity, punters position bets using their phones by making calls to bookies. Gamblers can bank on anything associated to the cricket match, from who is winning to the greatest private run scorer.
The majority of these deals include so-called "black money", which is cash not declared to the taxman.
The 1867 Public Gambling Act bars any kind of sports betting in India, but unlike in the US which has a law prohibiting web gambling, there is absolutely nothing similar here.

And offshore sports betting business are using this loophole to draw Indians. Although there are no online sports betting operators based out of India, a lot people have actually registered accounts with offshore firms.
"Legally you can get away [with this], as the law is unclear for online gambling," says Mumbai- based attorney HP Ranina.
But despite this, it is "offline gaming", done through phone calls which control the market.
Require legalisation
The clamour to legalise wagering in cricket has grown after a panel appointed by India's Supreme Court proposed the concept, stating it would help secure down on corruption in the nation's preferred sport.
The Justice RM Lodha Commission was established to recommend modifications in the functioning of India's cricket regulatory body, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), after the 2013 Indian Premier League sports betting scandal came to light.
Two franchises have actually been banned for 2 years after some gamers and group authorities were discovered guilty of repairing parts of the match at the wish of bookies.
The panel likewise argues that legalised sports betting will generate tax profits for the exchequer that might amount to $2bn a year.
Even bettors feel that legalising sports betting is a move in the right instructions.
"I don't mind paying some cash out my profits, as long as I can gamble publicly," says our .
It would likewise open a big company opportunity for licensed bookies and worldwide online sports betting business to establish operations in India.
And it would assist restrict match fixing in cricket and other sports betting, argue lots of, by helping make deals included in gambling more transparent.
"If you work together with wagering companies, you will have an extremely efficient method of stamping out match fixing," states George Oborne, who runs a mock sports betting site, India Bet.
But lots of also think, that the taxes imposed on the bettor and the bookmaker will have to be affordable to make it attractive enough for them to gamble lawfully.
However, there are restrictions.
"Definitely there will be illegal wagering due to the fact that (some) individuals would not want to leave an audit path by going into the white market," says Mr Oborne.

He includes that people who utilize unaccounted money to put big bets will never bet legally.
Approval concern
For sports betting to be legalised, parliamentary approval will be needed to develop a brand-new law, and politically this will be a tough concept to offer.
"Even though lots of people are included in some sort of sports betting - it's still a controversial concern for lots of," states our unnamed punter.
And given that India has a federal structural - each state will have to also pass a separate law to legalise sports betting in their area.
"The procedure is so long and tricky that it will take years," states Mr Ranina."That's why, we are negative about this coming true anytime quickly."
Yet with the idea having actually been endorsed by a main panel for the very first time, a minimum of a dispute has actually sparked around a topic - which till now was thought about a taboo.
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