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‘The family paid the price’: India’s deadly online gambling crisis

Written and edited by the WorldPing NewsdeskPublished Updated Original reporting: Al Jazeera

What happened

Debts and deaths are mounting, as a soaring online gambling industry adapts to evade an Indian government ban.

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  • Reported by Al Jazeera and published Sat, 12 Sep 2026 04:46:56 UTC.

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