Haryana suggests up to 7 years in prison, strong fines for match fixing, table invoice

The Haryana government stopped the Haryana prevention of 2025 in the meeting on Tuesday to lure the game fixing, spot fixing and gambling in sports.

Will remove outdated right

The legislation replaces the outdated public gambling act from 1867 and contains provisions to combat gambling syndicate

The law enforcement authorities will enable searches and seizures and expire and assets that are associated with gambling offenses

The legislation proposes severe punishments, including a minimum sentence of three years (expandable to five years) and a fine of at least 5 RS 5 LAKH for play fixation and spot fixation. In the case of repetition offenders, the prison sentence increases to at least five years (longer to seven years) with a fine of at least RS 7 Lakh.

The new legislation aims to revoke the public gambling law of 1867, which the Law Commission of India had described as obsolete in its 249th report. In the invoice, betting in sports and elections as well as playing the game and fixation of the spot should prevent the public to protect the public from fraud.

Haryana is currently missing specific provisions to remedy the agreement. The draft law defines the match fixing as an intentional act of commission or omission in sport to prefer a person or a team, including cases in which players undercut the financial profit below average, share insider information or change soil conditions for the examination. It also covers all people who are involved in organizing games such as civil servants, coaches, referees and soil staff.

Spot fixing is defined as the deliberate manipulation of certain events within a sports game for a wrong win. The legislation also differentiates between “games” (where the skills predominates) and “play games” (where chance prevails), so that the state government can notify games that fall among both categories.

The legislation contains provisions for punishing gambling, membership in gambling syndicate and the operation of common gambling houses. It enables the Executive Magistrates or Gazettleated Police Officers, searches, seizures and arrests without arrest warrants. In addition, all properties that come from gaming criminal offenses are liable for the binding or decay according to section 107 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS).