India's Supreme Court has issued one of its most consequential rulings on online gaming, upholding state-level bans on real-money wagering and warning that technological change has turned the mobile phone into a "virtual common gambling house" with significant implications for public health.
Indian police have arrested 11 people allegedly involved in facilitating illegal access to the Dafabet online betting platform, in an operation that exposed the layered financial infrastructure used to move funds through restricted gambling markets.