The government of the southern state of India — Karnataka, home to India’s silicon valley also known as Bangalore, has proposed a law to ban online games and gaming activities including elements of wagering and gambling with an end goal to check the expanding gambling habit among the rural youth ... Read More
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Oct2021
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Sep2021
AIGF is the online skill gaming Industry and knowledge accomplice to driving corporates just as counseling firms that track this rising sector. AIGF's Skill Games Charter focuses on self-regulating all games of skill played online in pay-to-play formats, which is basic to keep up with exclusive requirements of aptitude and ... Read More
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Sep2021
Online rummy, played with or without stakes, "is a game of skill", the Kerala High Court hung on Monday while setting aside a state government notification forbidding the online playing of the game for money.
The decision, which comes as a help for many organizations engaged with the matter of ... Read More
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Sep2021
A recent decision by the Karnataka government turned the focus on India's online gaming industry. As per Karnataka's Police Amendment Act, online gaming and gambling through the internet or mobile applications will be prohibited. In addition to this, those found helping such online gambling will likewise be punished. Furthermore, the ... Read More
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Sep2021
The Kerala High court passed a judgment quashing the online rummy ban notification, issued by the Kerala government under Section 14A of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960. As indicated by the judgment, Kerala High Court meant that the notice was arbitrary and violative of the right to trade and commerce ... Read More
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Sep2021
The Kerala High Court on Monday suppressed an amendment to a government notification issued under Section 14A of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960 restricting online rummy in the State, carrying immense help to the online skill gaming industry.
Justice TR Ravi noticed that the notification was arbitrary and violative of ... Read More
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Sep2021
"Brain-storming" games have been a controversial topic lately, particularly after a gathering of researchers and scientists published an open letter in 2014 saying there was "very little proof" that preparing your mind in one area or on one skill offers improvement in different spaces of cognitive function. While on the ... Read More
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Sep2021
As the Karnataka Assembly passed amendments to Karnataka Police Act, severely affecting the online gaming industry, the industry is hopeful of an explanation on the bill concerning the prohibition of 'games of skill'.
According to the bill that was tabled and passed in the Karnataka Assembly, the State is checking ... Read More
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Sep2021
The Indian state Karnataka, home to India's Silicon Valley, has proposed a ban on online games including wagering and betting, sparking worries that developing state guidelines could hit the early yet blooming sector.
Karnataka is proposing a change to the Karnataka Police Act to incorporate such online games, trying to ... Read More
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Sep2021
The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has expressed its misery with the Karnataka government's proposed ban on online gaming on the ground that the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Compliance Act, 2021 doesn't make a reasonable difference between games of skill and games of chance. It has looked for a meeting with ... Read More