New Delhi, July 3 -- not enough.

30 p.m., ban wagering ads during live sports broadcasts, and prohibit celebrity and sports player endorsements of betting brands. Radio ads near school drop-off and pickup times would be banned. Online gambling platforms would face mandatory age verification. A companion bill would strengthen BetStop, the national self-exclusion register, and impose a levy on betting companies to fund awareness campaigns for it.

The list of what the legislation does not do is what triggered the immediate backlash. The Murphy Inquiry's 2023 report - titled "You Win Some, You Lose More," authored by the late Labor MP Peta Murphy - had recommended a comprehensive phase-out of gambling advertising across all broadcast and on...