The Best Sportsbetting Guide for Indian players!
The legality of Sportsbets in India
Let’s get the facts straight.
The biggest hurdle Indians face is their gambling laws.
According to the Public Gambling Act (1867), all kinds of gambling in India are illegal. But unlike in the United States, where there is the American Internet Gambling Prohibition Act, there is no specific law in the Indian system that prohibits online gambling.
The question of whether it is legal to bet from India using an international bookmaker is not legally clear. While bookmakers in India are illegal, there is no specific law in India which bans an individual customer from placing online bets with a bookmaker based outside India
Since there are no laws that make online betting an illegal activity online in India, licensed bookmakers based outside of the country (offshore) are accepting online bets from customers within India. Offshore betting sites are online sites that do not operate from within the country you’re playing from. For example, if you live in India and play at a UK-based site, then that is an offshore site.
It’s hard to tell when, or if, that Indian laws will change. For now, your best option is to join a quality offshore sportsbook.
Finding a quality offshore Bookmaker
You should always join a gambling site that is licensed in a strict jurisdiction such as the United Kingdom, Malta, Alderney, or one of the other well-known jurisdictions that enforce strict gambling requirements. If you do that, then you will be fine. But you do not need to worry about finding them yourself – unless you have the time to do the research yourself of course.
Each online bookmaker on this website has been vetted to ensure they hold a valid sportsbook license from a reputable jurisdiction. This means you can rest assured that the offshore bookmakers listed on this website are licensed and trusted.
How do you know they’re quality sportsbooks?
Because they fits the following criteria.
- Primary Criteria (safety):
- Each bookmaker is licensed and regulated in a recognised jurisdiction
- They are often well-established brands or operating under the wing of a reputable brand
Certain bookmakers may even be publicly listed so you can buy their shares! Not all trusted bookmakers have their shares listed on capital markets so it’s not the most important criteria – but I’m sure you will agree it does help to be under the scrutinising eyes of the capital market!
2. Secondary Criteria (core functions):
After passing the first two points of the primary criteria we look for other points such as:
- Whether the bookmaker allows you to deposit and/or bet in rupees
- Whether they have a large variety of sports and markets
- Great liquidity and odds are extremely important of course!
- Attractive offers, promos, bonuses
- Numerous banking options with reasonable limits and fees
Bet Responsibly: Self-exclusion is an option
Now that you have you feel comfortable with the legality aspects of betting online and our thorough vetting process, you will probably be thinking about where to bet your hard-earned money!
\Words of wisdom – please don’t ever look at betting as a primary source of income. Betting should be treated as a form of entertainment. Many people, unfortunately, develop an addiction to betting and sadly lose all their money! If you feel like you are becoming addicted to a bookmaker then practice self-exclusion – send an email to the customer support of the bookmaker you are using and inform them that you are developing an addiction and that you want them to suspend your account for a period of time.
Best odds on Indian Premier League
To bet on IPL games with real money, all you have to do is click on the link of the bookmaker you want to use. You then can sign up with the bookmaker by opening an account with them. Then go to the cricket section of their website, where they will list all the IPL games that you can bet on. There you can choose which matches to bet on.
Not only matches, but you can also bet on possibly every aspect of an IPL match, from the toss to how the bowlers will fare and the odds on a batsman scoring a hundred.