Do you think these platforms are filling a gap, or are they adding more legal and financial risks for users?
Gambling itself can add financial risks for users that does not want to be gambling responsibly, it is not about where you gamble. Be it offshore or in your country, you have to be a responsible gambler to avoid financial risks. About the legal risks, did your government enforce you not to use offshore online the gambling sites in your country?
Infact, I doubt if there is such as legal financial risks in gambling. If we access all through, the governments are better there to limit gambling users risks due to easy accessibilities on the gambling sites.
So, there is no way the regulatory system would foster on employing more risks to it citizens following the motion of the Indian government.
Risks in gambling comprises of players emotions and their bankrolls of which, it is every players responsibilities to decide if want to gamble healthily or unhealthy and not about the system by which the gamble site being offshore or local platforms is being provided.