AP govt bans online games like Rummy, Poker
PTI, Sep 3, 2020, 3:39 PM IST
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh government on Thursday, September 3 decided to ban online games like rummy and poker that were pushing the youth on the wrong path.
“The state cabinet that met under the chairmanship of Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy took the decision to ban online gambling,” Information Minister Perni Venkataramaiah (Nani) said.
Briefing reporters at the end of the cabinet meet, the Minister said online gambling has become a vice that was
damaging the youth by ‘misleading’ them.
“So we have decided to ban all such online gambling to protect the youth,” Nani said.
According to the Cabinet decision, organizers of online gambling would be jailed for a year, besides being penalized,
for a first time offense.
“The jail term would go up to two years with a fine for the second offense. Also, those caught playing online games
would attract a jail term of six months,” the minister added.
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