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Can Indians Play Online CASINO...??

Background

No laws exist in India dealing specifically with online casino gambling.  However the position maintained by the government is that online gambling is illegal by virtue of the laws related to gambling in India generally which are prescribed in the Public Gambling Act 1867.  This Act provides that both the running of a 'gaming house' and participation in gambling within a gaming house are offences. 

A gaming house is defined as:

"any house, walled enclosure, room or place in which cards, dice, tables or other instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using or keeping such house, enclosure, room or place, whether by way of charge for the use of the instruments of gaming or of the house, enclosure, room or place, or otherwise."

As at the time of writing no amendments had been made to this antiquated law drafted in 1867 to address online gambling, but with the surging popularity of the internet as a betting medium in India - particularly for betting on games such as cricket, any policy with regard to online gambling will need to be addressed more specifically if it is going to be effective.

As noted by Salman Waris, head of technology law at FoxMandal Little, "The Indian Government has not been able to come up with specific laws by amending the Public Gambling Act or making the IT Act cover online gambling both directly or indirectly...Anyone who has a credit card or a debit card can become a member of a betting site, and play for chance. The wins are credited to the individual’s account or mailed. Though, Indian laws prohibit remittances of foreign exchange for gambling related activities, the transactions are barely monitored unless they are of high volume."

Further details on the Public Gambling Act and associated commentary may be found at India's government portal

[Update December 2009]

The East Indian state of Sikkim is to offer India's first online gambling license.  A number of large European based operators including William Hill, Ladbrokes, and Betfair are involved in the license application process.  The license will give the successful applicant the right to advertise via mainstream media in Sikkim, and also offer their product to the wider Indian market. The development will likely pave the way for further licenses being awarded in Sikkim and possibly other larger Indian states.


Online Gambling in India
Online gambling in India is neither legal nor illegal. In fact, there are no provisions whatsoever in Indian law that mention gambling online. Because land-based gambling is banned through much of India many assume this extends to the internet, but there are no enforcement policies that might prevent Indian players from gambling online, so it happens regularly.

While the Indian government does not really give out licenses to operate internet gambling sites in India, there are a few legal websites where players can place bets. In March of 2002, India's first online gambling site was established. The site is for Sikkim Super Lotto. To date, it is the only legal gambling site hosted in India. Players who want to enjoy poker, bingo, sports betting, or casino games online must use foreign gambling websites.


Though a lack of specific gambling regulations does not allow the growth of online casino gaming right now, there have been recent events which have compelled the government to rethink their position on betting and online gambling. Meanwhile, there are some world class online casino portals which offer their services to Indian players who are interested in trying out their luck and their skills online.

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New features:
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3. No more Full Counts if you are suddenly disconnected from your Game. The Game will continue to Auto Play till you join back.

There are two types of Split options that we have for our players.
Auto Split & Manual Split

Rules:
1. A split can only happen when either two or three players are playing at that time on a table.
2. A split can only happen exclusively in a 101 or a 201 points game.
3. A split can never happen for a "Best of 3/6 game" type.

Auto-Split
2-Player Auto Split
This is applicable to 101 and 201 regular tables that start off with more than two players. In a 101 count game which started off with more than two players, if and when only two players are left at the table and each has a game count higher than 80, the prize will be automatically split between the two of them and the balance will be correspondingly updated.

In a 201 count game which started off with more than two players, if and when only two players are left at the table and each has a count higher than 175, the prize will be automatically split between both of them and the balance will be correspondingly updated.

E.g., Player 1 has a count of 82 and Player 2 has a count of 87, then the prize will be automatically split between 2 players.

3-Player Auto Split
This is applicable to 101 and 201 regular tables that start off with more than three players. A 3-Player Auto Split can also be applicable for a game that started off with three players, and one of them rejoined after getting knocked off.

In a 101 count game which started off with more than three players, if and when three players are left at the table and each has a count higher than 80, the prize will be automatically split between the three of them and the balance will be correspondingly updated.

In a 201 count game which started off with more than three players, if and when three players are left at the table and each has a count higher than 175, the prize will be automatically split between the three of them and the balance will be correspondingly updated.

E.g., Player 1 has a count of 180, Player 2 has a count of 178 and Player 3 has a count of 176, then the prize will be automatically split among three players.

Manual Split
2-Player Manual Split
This is applicable to 101 and 201 regular tables only that start off with more than two players. If both the players agree to the manual split, the prize will be proportionately distributed amongst the two.

3-Player Manual Split
This is applicable to 101 and 201 regular tables that start off with more than three players. A 3-Player Manual Split can also be applicable for a game that started off with three players, and one of them rejoined after getting knocked off.

The condition is that the difference in the number of drops possible for any two of the three players will not be greater than two during a game. If all three players agree to the manual split, the prize will be proportionately distributed amongst the three.

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RUMMY IS A GAME OF SKILL & NOT GAMBLING

"Is playing rummy online is legal?"

Yes! Playing Rummy Online is Legall.Because its a game of Skill. Almost all laws in relation to gambling in force in the states of India provide that they shall not restrict games of skill. Under these laws, gambling relates to wagering and betting on games of chance and uncertain events where chance is a dominant factor.

Further, in the year 1968, the Supreme Court of India ruled that rummy is a game of skill and its decision has been relied on in various subsequent judgments. We have taken utmost care to ensure that we do not step onto the wrong side of the law and all our games are in compliance with the laws currently enforced in India.

In another judgment in 1996, the Supreme Court also stated that
(i) competitions where success depends on substantial degree of skill are not "gambling" and
(ii) despite there being an element of chance, if a game is preponderantly a game of skill it may be called a game of "mere skill".

However, in certain states, such as Assam and Orissa, the laws applicable to gambling do not provide a clear exemption to playing games of skill. In the event you wish to play Online Rummy games from these states, Please be far.

In 1957 the Supreme Court stated that prize competitions which involve substantial skill are business activities that are protected under Article 19(1)(g) of the Constitution of India.

Various Supreme Court rulings and the Gaming Acts of India imply the following:

1. Gaming or gambling means betting and wagering on games of chance.
2. Playing games of skill for cash does not constitute gambling.
3. Games of skill are exempt from the penal provisions of most gambling acts.
4. Rummy is a game of skill.

Articles Related:- You can Read the Below Articles for further info.

Indian Express Article on Rummy Posted: Sun May 09 2010, 09:15 hrs , New Delhi

Can’t gamble online? Go to a Rummy site
From INDIANEXPRESS News

While online gambling of any kind is illegal in India, the handful of Rummy sites that allow you to play for cash are not flouting the law. This is because a Supreme Court ruling of 1967 (State of Andhra Pradesh vs K. Satyanarayan) states that Rummy cannot be called a “game of entire chance” and “is mainly and preponderantly a game of skill”.

Websites like Games24x7.com and Ace2three.com allow players to play Rummy for free as well as for cash stakes. Games24x7 is basically a multi-player format with cash stakes of between Rs 25 and Rs 1,250 per match and regular tournaments where players can win larger sums. Ace2three, on the other hand, has a point-based tournament format with the website trying to “re-create the offline table online”. The Games24x7 site flaunts its biggest winners on its front page, putting player “sjey7203” at the top with an overall earning of Rs 20,900.73.

The sites, however, take a service charge from the players. Games24x7, for instance, charges 15 per cent on cash games, which means a player winning a two-game match of Rs 25 takes home a maximum of Rs 42.50, the rest going to the company as service charge. The service charge is between 10 and 15 per cent in the case of Ace2three.

Players who want to play for money can transfer cash to their account in the websites from credit cards or through Internet banking, with all top Indian banks listed on the secured payment gateways. Players can get their winning amount sent to them as cheques.

Games24x7 has over one lakh users by some estimates, while Ace2three has nearly 40,000 players. “We are doing very well on our player volumes for a young start-up. We have a few thousand monthly players. However, most of them play for free and so we are now exploring advertising as well as a source of revenue,” says Trivikraman Thampy, founder & CEO of Games24x7.

Deepak Gullapalli, founder & CEO of Hyderabad-based Ace2three, says only about 15 per cent of his total traffic is for cash games. “Our USP is that we re-create a regular Rummy table with at least six players and point-based tournaments. We also have larger tournaments with 450-500 players which are very popular,” he adds.

Both companies, however, refuse to disclose their total turnover.

But what Thampy and Gullapalli do disclose through their websites is that it is legal to play Rummy for money in India. Both websites quote the 1967 Supreme Court order to prove their point.

“We have not had any legal issues. The law in most states is unequivocal in its exemption to games of skill. The clarification is simply to inform our customers about the law, which is not that well known among the public,” says Thampy.

There is, however, a catch. The Games24x7 website makes it clear that players from Assam, Orissa, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are prohibited from playing cash tournaments “as the law in these five states is unclear on playing games of skill for cash prizes”.

Thampy, who has based his company out of Mumbai, says his website “gets players’ addresses and uses that information to keep them from playing for prizes in those states where the legal issues are somewhat unclear”.

Gullapalli says his website does not allow players from these states to buy cash chips, nor do they send winners cheques to anyone with addresses in these states.

Thampy thinks there is a sizable market for games of skill in India. “We plan to stay focused on Rummy for some time. We may also introduce chess and bridge at a later date,” he adds. 

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