Legalizing gambling in sports would leave room for cheating: CPI
Veteran Communist leader Suravaram Sudhakar Reddy today said legalizing gambling and betting in sports would create "lots of problems", leave room for cheating and provide no level playing field. The Law Commission yesterday recommended that gambling and betting in sports be allowed as regulated activities taxable under the direct and indirect tax regimes and used as a source for attracting foreign direct investment.
Issue yet to be discussed in CPI
Reddy, the General Secretary of the Communist Party of India, said the issue is yet to be discussed in his party but his initial reaction is negative about it. "If betting and gambling are legalized, it will create lots of problems," he said. Reddy said, "Gambling is gambling after all, why should it be legalized? Betting is also sort of gambling."
Gambling will not give equal opportunity to all: Reddy
The commission's report, "Legal Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting including Cricket in India," recommends a number of changes in the law for regulating betting and generating tax revenues from it. "Gambling is not a game that will give all the partners equal type of opportunity. Some people will lose lots of money. Some people will gain. There is always possibility of cheating," he said.
