--- title: 'Online Betting in India: Legal or Illegal? Are Cricket Betting Apps Legal and Safe?' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=QqK8sD6aGgw' video_id: 'QqK8sD6aGgw' date: 2026-07-31 duration_sec: 450 --- # Online Betting in India: Legal or Illegal? Are Cricket Betting Apps Legal and Safe? > Source: [Online Betting in India: Legal or Illegal? Are Cricket Betting Apps Legal and Safe?](https://youtube.com/watch?v=QqK8sD6aGgw) ## Summary This video examines the legal status of online sports betting in India. It explains that the British-era Public Gambling Act (1867) divided gambling into games of skill and games of chance, and that while offline betting has been banned, online betting through licensed platforms is effectively legal and taxed. The speaker advises viewers to use only trusted, licensed websites and warns against fake platforms. ### Key Points - **British-Era Gambling Law** [01:00] — The British introduced the Public Gambling Act (referred to as the 'List Gambling Act') in 1867, before India's independence. The Indian government has not replaced or updated it. - **No Explicit Law on Betting** [01:42] — The speaker uses an analogy: drinking water while sitting, standing, or from a plate is not illegal because no law forbids it. Similarly, betting is not prohibited or penalized by any specific law. - **Two Legal Categories** [02:42] — The Public Gambling Act divides gambling into games of skill (requiring knowledge, experience, and analysis) and games of chance (based purely on luck). - **Illegal Games and State Exceptions** [04:11] — Teen Patti and casino games are classified as games of chance and are illegal. However, casinos are legal in Goa, Sikkim, and Daman and Diu, and games like Rummy, Dream11, and Horse Racing can be played legally in certain states. - **Online Betting Tax and Licensing** [05:25] — Online sports betting companies pay 10% of their net profit to the government as tax, and in exchange receive online gambling licenses. Betting on these licensed websites is considered legal and safe. - **Market Size and Revenue** [06:40] — Last year, transactions worth Rs 6 lakh crore were made through online betting in India, highlighting how much the government benefits from taxes on this industry. ### Conclusion In short, online sports betting is legal in India only when done through government-licensed platforms that pay taxes; unlicensed or fake sites are risky and potentially illegal. Always verify an operator's license before betting. ## Transcript video. In today's video, I am going to give you some information whether online sports betting is legal in India or not. Now, before starting this video, let me tell you that I never promote online sports betting through this video or through any of my YouTube videos. videos. It is completely your wish. If you want to do it, you can do it. If you do n't want to do it, then you should not do it. This video is only for those who do online sports betting or are thinking of doing it. If you do online sports betting, then you can definitely join our Telegram channel where we provide jail miniter of betting related to sports. We provide excellent analysis of matches by adding them. We provide our service in both free and paid mode We provide our service in both free and paid mode find in the comment box below this video. So, now let me tell you what such law is there in our country. Related to betting, which is very important for you to know if you are doing online sports betting, then in our country the British had implemented a law in 136, that is, even years before the country got independence, which was called the List Gambling Act. Now after the British left, our Indian Government neither implements that law nor makes any new law related to betting. Now here I will simply tell you that you can drink water while sitting or standing or drink water from a plate, drink water from a plate, this action is not illegal because no law has been made on it. Similarly, there is no law on betting, so whether Similarly, there is no law on betting, so whether it is taken or not, there is no question on it, it is taken or not, there is no question on it, In our country, most of the state governments, if you do betting, then they will state governments, if you do betting, then they will not take any action against you because there is no government regulation on betting. But there are But there are some places in our country where some places in our country where betting is considered a crime. It is considered an immoral activity and is viewed with a negative eye. That is why the Indian government allows certain steps to impose regulations on gambling That is why the Indian government allows certain steps to impose regulations on gambling in its state. in its state. That too is under the Public Gambling Act. Under the Gambling Act, gambling is divided into two parts: one is game of skill and the other is game of chance. Now, while skill games are those where you bet as you please, but you bet as you please, but you need to have knowledge, experience, and analysis. Where you need to use your brain, games of chance are those games where you don't need knowledge, experience, or logic. It is fun, you simply bet on your luck and gamble. It is called Gum and Chand, which is legal and illegal. At enacted. At that time, there was no online sports betting backdoor, nor was there any online dating. At that time, there was no mention of online sports betting in that law, which we see a lot these days, that is why the Supreme Court re-examined that app and on the included in the game of chance. These games were included in the game of chance, which is against illegal, include Teen Patti and Casino. However, casino is Teen Patti and Casino. However, casino is legal in three states - Goa, Sikkim and Daman legal in three states - Goa, Sikkim and Daman and Diu. The camps which you can do in Goa include Rummy, Dream11 and Horse Racing. Now, you have to pay 10 percent tax to the government on whatever money you earn in horse racing. And lastly, sports betting both offline and online was declared betting both offline and online was declared legal by the Supreme legal by the Supreme Court, but after the spot fixing of IPL, the Supreme Court ordered the state governments that offline betting should not be allowed in any state, where if you where if you talk to any friend 2 of 4 of 8 or any Mukesh you talk about 25 plus 50 - then the - then the police can edit the incident on the spot under this double office without the order of a magistrate. Because a lot of black money was being laundered in offline sports betting, that is why offline spot betting was declared illegal. If I talk about online spot betting, then online sports betting already has taxes included. All these online spot betting bookmaking companies pay 10 percent of their net profit to the government through tax. In return, the government provides them with online gambling licenses. With its help, these companies conduct online betting abroad and provide online payment gateways. And one of their properties is Indian soil. And one of their properties is Indian soil. which has an online gambling license. Where you people bet, it is completely legal and completely safe. You have to pay full fees to create an account there. KYC has to be done on the website. There you need your documents like your Aadhar card etc. and your bank account details to create an account. All these websites which hold online family licenses, if you if you play sports betting on them then it is completely legal. You can guess this from the fact that last year in India, transactions worth Rs 6 lakh crore took place through online betting across the country. So you you can understand how much our government benefits from this through taxes and in return our government in return our government provides online classes. So I am telling you that if you play on any fake website then you are doing sports betting in this field. You can always first know that if you want to do online betting then you should go to such a website which is trusted and most importantly Bhargav, I am telling you that only by holding an online gambling license, you will not get trapped.