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The Indian Premier League (IPL) recently introduced a text-messaging contest (6UP) whereby a person must guess the number of runs that will be scored in a given over. The minimum prize is Rs10,000.
However, India's Sports Minister, M S Gill, has forced the suspension of the contest as he states it amounts to gambling.
However, India's Sports Minister, M S Gill, has forced the suspension of the contest as he states it amounts to gambling.
Read more here.According to him even if gambling were legal, the role of the BCCI is not “to make money and enlarge their TV viewership base.” This is a sharp rap on the knuckles for the BCCI who many in international cricket see as a law unto itself and who seems to be accountable to no one.
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