Restricting the plea of firms, related with the online gaming industry, for staying the enforcement of another law prohibiting online games including betting or wagering, the State Government on Tuesday told the High Court of Karnataka that the petitioners have neglected to show cause to challenge the legitimacy of the new enactment as they were not charged under the new law.

State Advocate-General Prabhuling K Navadgi likewise told a Division Bench, including Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Sachin Magadum, that there is a huge number of online games and it is an unadulterated inquiry of reality whether a game could be named a ‘game of skill’ of a ‘game of chance during examination by the police, and the candidates were not charged under the new law.

On the off chance that anyone risks their money by soliciting or wagering on an obscure aftereffect of an occasion, either in money or in any case, adds up to betting and wagering, and the obscure outcome can be a ‘game of chance’ or a ‘game of skill’, the A-G contended.

The Bench, which is hearing a cluster of petitions recorded by the All-India Gaming Federation, individual online gaming firms, operators, and the players who have challenged the lawfulness of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, through which online games were prohibited, has dismissed further hearing till November 30.

Credits: The Hindu