The plea has also sought directions to the RBI, NPCI, and UPI platforms to disallow any monetary transactions involving unregistered gaming applications.

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The Supreme Court has sought the Centre's assistance on a plea seeking directions to prohibit online gambling and betting platforms that allegedly operate under the guise of social and e-sports games.

A bench of justices JB Pardiwala and KV Viswanathan asked the counsel appearing for the petitioner to serve a copy of the PIL to the counsel for the central government.

'We request VC Bharathi to look into the petition and assist us on the next date of hearing. List after two weeks,' the bench said in an order passed on Friday.

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