NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the Centre and sought its response on a PIL seeking directions to the Centre 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 directed that the plea be tagged with the batch of petitions challenging the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 (Online Gaming Act).

Government’s counsel told the apex court that the reliefs which are prayed for are squarely covered by the new legislation relating to online gaming, which has yet to come into force.

In its order, the bench said, “According to the petitioner, there are about two thousand apps as on date operating online relating to betting and gambling. The petit

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