Remember: states can only make laws on gambling, or games of chance. Through this law, the Tamil Nadu government may be banning games that it doesn't have the power to regulate over. A digital version remains publicly unavailable at the time of publishing this report. Stalin said that the law will be published in the Tamil Nadu gazette the same day. Ravi's stamp of approval came after the state assembly passed a resolution against him earlier in the day. Ravi finally granted his assent to the state's law banning online gambling and games of chance yesterday, The Hindu reported. After a very long wait for the state government, Tamil Nadu's Governor R.N.