India’s real-money gaming industry associations have welcomed Madras High Court’s verdict that restricts Tamil Nadu’s recent online gambling law to only “games of chance”.
On November 9, the Madras High Court refused to entirely strike down the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022. However it did rule that the law will not apply to skill-based games such as online rummy and poker, providing a relief to online money gaming operators.
The state government, however, is free to formulate rules to regulate the time spent or age limits for these online money games, the division bench of Chief Justice Sanjay Gangapurwala and Justice Audikesavulu said.
“By reiterating that online rummy and online poker are games of skill, this decision by the Madras High Court is yet another validation of what the online skill gaming industry has always maintained in relation to online skill games being a legitimate business activity protected under the Constitution of India,” said Roland Landers, CEO of All India Gaming Federation (AIGF).
“This also adds to a long line of judgments from the Supreme Court, Karnataka, Kerala and Madras High Courts upholding the legitimacy of such games,” he said.
Source: moneycontrol
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