
Understanding And Addressing The Regulatory Void In Online Gaming Through Recent Judgments
Live LawThe Indian tryst with online gaming, its legality and regulation has been a long one. When addressing concerns of online gambling, it is imperative to differentiate between a game that requires a degree of skill from those that are entirely luck based, this is because most state legislations provide exemptions to games of 'mere skill'. As early as 1933 in Saligram v. Emperor a learned judge of the Calcutta High Court laid down the defense that in order to escape conviction, it must be shown for all intents and purposes that the game being played was one of skill and nothing else, this helps us appreciate the evolution of jurisprudence surrounding games of skill and chance as discussed through the contemporary cases mentioned below. Therefore it was determined that the element of skill has a much greater predominant influence on the outcome of the Dream-11 fantasy sports game than any incidental chance. As observed by the Gujrat High Court, the Hon'ble Supreme Court has on multiple occasions determined that 'Rummy' is a game of skill and not entirely of chance, unlike 'flush' or 'brag'.
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