Meanwhile, despite speaking of zero tolerance in case of promoting betting or betting sites, BCB has actually taken a softer stance. According to one of the BCB officials, except for one or two cricket agencies of the world all the others have approved surrogate advertisements.

In this case, the stand taken by the information ministry and the BTRC cannot be considered acceptable either. And, the BTRC says that they take action whenever there’s a request from the law and order enforcement forces or any other agencies of the state.

Now the question is, if none of the concerned agencies take responsibility or take a flexible stand how will the circulation of gambling sites’ advertisements be stopped?

In recent times, we have noticed that different types of crimes including murder, beating, stealing and mugging have increased at an alarming rate due to online gambling. Many are going broke also.  

Before everything else, there needs to be a political will on the government’s part to stop the promotion of online gambling as well as advertisements of online gambling.

Why effective measures won’t be taken to put an end to the gambling that is having multifaceted impacts on the society and the economy. After all, the concered agencies have to take responsibility and bell the cat.