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The Karnataka government plans to establish a four-member regulatory authority to oversee the real-money gaming (RMG) industry within the state and tackle the growing issue of online betting.
The authority, to be known as the Karnataka Online Gaming and Betting Regulatory Authority, will have the power to distinguish between games of skill and games of chance based on judicial precedents and industry standards, and to issue licences to skill-based gaming operators, according to a draft bill to amend the Karnataka Police Act, 1963.
The bill, which is…
