Legal notice to T-Sports to stop advertising on the gambling site

Supreme Court Advocate Khandkar Hasan Shahriar and Dhaka Judge Ismatullah Court Advocate Lucky Talukdar gave legal advice to T-Sports, a private TV channel of East West Media Group Limited owned by Bashundhara Group , to stop displaying advertisements on betting sites.

Lawyer Khandkar Hasan Shahriar confirmed the information on Sunday December 11.

Khandaker Hasan Shahriar said that in addition to completely stopping the advertising, publication and dissemination of the 1XBATSPORTING.COM logo in T-Sports, a legal notice was sent with three days to refrain from advertising, publishing and broadcasting all kinds of game sites in T-Sports in the near future. At the same time, in the next 15 days, the cabinet secretary, information and legal notices have also been sent to the secretary of the broadcasting ministry and the principal secretary of the public security department of the interior ministry.

On Sunday, December 11, the register mailed and emailed TSports CEO Ishtiaq Sadek, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. Humayun Kabir Khondkar and the Principal Secretary of the Ministry of Interior’s Public Security Department. This notice was provided to Aminul Islam Khan by Khandaker Hasan Shahriar, Advocate at the Supreme Court of Bangladesh, and Ismatullah Lucky Talukder, Advocate at the Supreme Court of Dhaka, owner of Advocate Hasan & Associates.

The notice says that T-Sports has already gained popularity as the only private sports TV channel in Bangladesh. Since the first day of the FIFA World Cup which kicked off in Qatar on November 20, 2022, T-Sports Fastest 4G Banglalink Presents LIVE THE GAME Powered By 1XBAT Sporting Lines TV Channel has been advertising and releasing the logo of the game site 1XBATSPORTING.COM at various times during the event and in the form of advertisements. , disseminated and campaigned. All evidence of which is retained by the attorneys of this opinion.

Furthermore, Article 18 (2) of the Constitution of Bangladesh states that the State has the responsibility to protect morality: “The State shall take effective measures to prevent prostitution and gambling. And according to the Open Gambling Act since 1867, anyone who places a bet or game of gambling for money and participates in it is a punishable offense. Therefore, according to Article 18, Paragraph 2 of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, the Supreme Law of Bangladesh and the laws in force, all forms of gambling are totally prohibited in Bangladesh.

Previously, Judge Sheikh Hasan Arif and Judge Md. Mahmud Hasan Talukdar High Court Bench issued a judgment declaring all forms of gambling prohibited in Bangladesh. On the other hand, Section 294(a) of the Penal Code 1860 (which is in force in Bangladesh) provides for six months imprisonment with fine for unauthorized lottery. Also, a High Court bench headed by Judge Moazzem Hossain issued an anti-gambling verdict on June 18, 2014. He declared that all gambling with money is illegal.

According to the results of Census and Household Census conducted by Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) in 2022, the total population of Bangladesh is 16 crore 51 lakh 58 thousand 616. Among them, Muslims make up 91.04%. According to Surah al-Baqarah Verse 219 and Surah Al-Maida Verses 90 and 91 of the Holy Quran of Islam, gambling is also religiously forbidden. As a result, in the country of 91.04% Muslim population, there is no legal and religious means for a private television channel to promote, publish, broadcast and promote the advertising and logo of the gaming site 1XBATSPORTING.COM . However, taking the license of the TV channel with the undertaking to abide by the constitution and prevailing laws of Bangladesh violated Article 18(2) of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and violated the laws in force of Private TV Channel T- Sports Fastest 4G Banglalink present LIVE THE GAME Powered By 1XBAT Sporting Lines in the event and The game site has committed a punishable offense by promoting, publishing, broadcasting and promoting the advertisement and logo of 1XBATSPORTING.COM at various times in the form of advertising, which is in no way desirable.

Taking the license of the TV channel with the undertaking to abide by the constitution and prevailing laws of Bangladesh violates Article 18(2) of the Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh and the prevailing laws of the channel private television company T-Sports. both in the form of advertising and logo of the game site 1XBATSPORTING.COM. , Broadcasting and Campaign, Cabinet Secretary Khandaker Anwarul Islam, Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting Md. Humayun Kabir Khondkar and the Principal Secretary of the Public Security Department of the Ministry of Interior. Aminul Islam Khan has not taken any legal action to stop 1XBATSPORTNG.COM gambling site advertising and logo for unknown reasons. Since the issue of the broadcasting of television programs and advertisements is related to national honor and security and to the public interest, the recipients of the legal opinion have no possibility of avoiding any responsibility in this regard.

Previously, Bangladesh national team cricketer Shakib Al Hasan signed a contract with 1XBATSPORTING.COM but was later forced to cancel the contract due to the intervention of Bangladesh Cricket Board. Although originally a sports news website, their main source of income is online betting. Over a thousand live events are happening every day on their site. However, advertisement and logo of gambling site 1XBATSPORTING.COM at various times on sports TV channels like T-Sports can attract people and gamblers in Bangladesh to gamble. As a result, apart from violating existing laws, there is a possibility of creating various social problems including overseas money laundering, the notice said.