The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 without any changes.
An ordinance was promulgated by the Governor on October 1, 2022 and was notified in the gazette on October 3, 2022.
It was followed by a Bill which was adopted in the Assembly on October 19, 2022.
It was sent to the Governor for assent on October 26, 2022.
After 141 days, the governor returned it on March 6 stating the legislature lacked the legislative competence to enact the bill.