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A growing online gambling industry in India is being linked to mounting personal debts and a rising number of deaths, even as the government has moved to ban such platforms. Families affected by the crisis describe devastating financial and emotional tolls, with one report detailing how 'the family paid the price' after a relative's gambling losses. The report highlights how operators have adapted to evade India's regulatory ban, continuing to reach vulnerable users through workarounds, raising concerns among public health and consumer protection advocates about the effectiveness of current enforcement measures.