It is because of those words that some people argue that online gambling is covered, due to it being a place where instruments of gaming are in operation.

The Act states that the definition of a gaming house is “any type of house, walled enclosure, room or place within which cards, dice, tables or other instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person owning” such. A lot of debate has taken place over whether the 1867 law also encompasses the online scene. That being said, there aren’t any laws within India that specifically regulate the online gambling scene. Even people to be found within a gaming house and who may not have physically been playing a game are considered to be guilty of such. In fact, the exact wording of this law ensures that not only playing in gaming houses but operating such are highly prohibited. In 1867, the Public Gambling Act was brought into effect, which dictates that all forms of gambling in India are considered illegal. However, once it became a British colony, it was also subject to the gambling laws of the same country. There’s little doubt that some forms of gambling have always been going on in India throughout the early years of the country’s formation.