According to Article 200 of the Constitution, the governor has no other option but to give his assent to a Bill when it is sent by the state assembly for the second time.
The Bill was originally passed by the House last year. However, the Governor had returned the Bill in March following which the House adopted it again and sent it to Raj Bhavan
Two weeks after the Tamil Nadu Assembly re-enacted the bill, Governor R N Ravi on Monday signed into law the legislation banning online gambling and regulating online games in the state, which will be published in the gazette immediately. The Governor gave his assent to the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022, on Monday