“If you do it on a boat in Gaa …”: IIM graduates display the online gaming gap in India

India has banned real online money games applications, but the roulette wheels in the floating casinos in Goa are still spinning. Lukash is called IIM, a blatant loophole: “If you do it on a boat in Ga, it is still legal.”

The paradox stems from the colonial era law. The real money and coincidences were banned throughout India since 1867. But in 1999, Gaoa exempted from 5 -star casinos and marine ships that were installed on the Mandofi River. Since then, these boats have flourished, as weekends from Mumbai and abroad have been drawn.

Online games have grown without years – as they were more than 16,000 rupees of revenue, millions of players, and billions in financing investment capital – until Parliament criticized the brake.

The promotion and regulation of the online gaming bill 2025, which was approved in Lok Sabha this week, effectively criminalizes both imagination and gambling applications.

“The logic seems to be: collecting real money is more difficult by removing access. If someone really wants, let them take a trip to air,” AHUJA noticed in his post. But he argues that India has better options than blocking the blanket.

It refers to international models:

• Age limits: American casinos impose a strict 21+ base with identity checks.
• Spending caps: The UK makes daily or monthly boundaries applications.
• Cooling periods: In Singapore, players can save themselves, or family members can seek exclusion.
• Meaningful taxes: the United States to allocate gambling taxes to treat addiction and education.
• KYC mandatory: like stock trading in India, where Aadhaar checks is not negotiable.

“In the era of artificial intelligence, India can certainly design the most intelligent handrails of a comprehensive ban,” he writes. It draws parallel to encryption: it was ignored for years, then suddenly slapped with 30 % taxes and lack of clarity on legitimacy.

Critics warn that the embargo does not kill the request, as they lead it underground. Tennis on cricket is still rampant although it is illegal. China’s restrictions on games are born only VPN solutions and underground markets. “Organization, as we do with alcohol and cigarettes, usually works better than an explicit ban,” says Ahua.

Currently, boats are still working. Applications disappeared. The real gambling, as Ahuja says, is whether India can be organized with consistency and insight.