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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Said to Have Met Real Money Gaming Firms to Discuss Transition After Ban
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and government officials reportedly met representatives from firms impacted by the new Online Gaming Bill on Monday. The minister held discussions with the firms over "orderly transition" and compliance with the ban on real money games.
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Online Money Games Ban Faces First Legal Challenge From Rummy, Poker Games Firm A23
In a court filing at the High Court of Karnataka in southwestern India, A23, which offers rummy and poker games, said the law "criminalises the legitimate business of playing online games of skill, which would result in the closure of various gaming companies overnight".
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India Faces First Legal Challenge Against Online Money Games Ban: Report
Gaming company A23 has challenged the government's ban on online money-based games, a legal filing shows, in the first case against a law that led to the sudden shutdown of popular contests and has thrown the industry's future into doubt.
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"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
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E-Gaming Federation To Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ban On Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday.
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E-Gaming Federation Announces to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday. E-gaming Federation (EGF), whose members include Games24x7, MPL, and Junglee Games, cited Supreme Court order which, according to the industry body, has...
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ED Files Charge Sheet Against Two People for Operating PP Poker Online Gaming App
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint/charge sheet against two people for allegedly operating "PP Poker Online Gaming App" and placing illegal bets and gambling, ED said on Wednesday.
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"Disproportionate": Court Strikes Down Ban On Online Gaming With Stakes
The Madras High Court today struck down a recent amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online gaming of rummy and poker with stakes.
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2 Year Imprisonment, Fine For Online Gambling In Tamil Nadu
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday seeking to replace an ordinance banning cyberspace gambling.
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Jail For Playing Rummy, Poker As Andhra Pradesh Bans Online Gambling
The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to ban online games like rummy and poker that were "pushing the youth on a wrong path".
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3 Arrested For Running Online Gambling Racket From Mumbai Flat: Police
The Mumbai police's crime branch has busted an online gambling racket and arrested three persons from an upscale locality in suburban Bandra, an official said on Thursday.
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Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Government Response On Plea Banning Poker
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government's response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal.
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Gujarat Man Kills Himself After Losing Rs 78 Lakh In Online Poker Game: Police
A man committed suicide after losing Rs 78 lakh while playing an online poker game in Gujarat's Rajkot district, the police said on Sunday.
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Bengaluru Goldman Official Swindled 38 Crores To Pay Off Poker Debt: Cops
A senior executive of global investment firm Goldman Sachs was arrested in Bengaluru on Tuesday for allegedly swindling the firm of Rs 38 crore to overcome financial losses while playing an online game recently, the police said.
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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Said to Have Met Real Money Gaming Firms to Discuss Transition After Ban
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and government officials reportedly met representatives from firms impacted by the new Online Gaming Bill on Monday. The minister held discussions with the firms over "orderly transition" and compliance with the ban on real money games.
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Online Money Games Ban Faces First Legal Challenge From Rummy, Poker Games Firm A23
In a court filing at the High Court of Karnataka in southwestern India, A23, which offers rummy and poker games, said the law "criminalises the legitimate business of playing online games of skill, which would result in the closure of various gaming companies overnight".
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India Faces First Legal Challenge Against Online Money Games Ban: Report
Gaming company A23 has challenged the government's ban on online money-based games, a legal filing shows, in the first case against a law that led to the sudden shutdown of popular contests and has thrown the industry's future into doubt.
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"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
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E-Gaming Federation To Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ban On Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday.
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E-Gaming Federation Announces to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday. E-gaming Federation (EGF), whose members include Games24x7, MPL, and Junglee Games, cited Supreme Court order which, according to the industry body, has...
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ED Files Charge Sheet Against Two People for Operating PP Poker Online Gaming App
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint/charge sheet against two people for allegedly operating "PP Poker Online Gaming App" and placing illegal bets and gambling, ED said on Wednesday.
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"Disproportionate": Court Strikes Down Ban On Online Gaming With Stakes
The Madras High Court today struck down a recent amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online gaming of rummy and poker with stakes.
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2 Year Imprisonment, Fine For Online Gambling In Tamil Nadu
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday seeking to replace an ordinance banning cyberspace gambling.
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Jail For Playing Rummy, Poker As Andhra Pradesh Bans Online Gambling
The Andhra Pradesh government today decided to ban online games like rummy and poker that were "pushing the youth on a wrong path".
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3 Arrested For Running Online Gambling Racket From Mumbai Flat: Police
The Mumbai police's crime branch has busted an online gambling racket and arrested three persons from an upscale locality in suburban Bandra, an official said on Thursday.
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Court Seeks Centre, Delhi Government Response On Plea Banning Poker
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government's response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal.
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Gujarat Man Kills Himself After Losing Rs 78 Lakh In Online Poker Game: Police
A man committed suicide after losing Rs 78 lakh while playing an online poker game in Gujarat's Rajkot district, the police said on Sunday.
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Bengaluru Goldman Official Swindled 38 Crores To Pay Off Poker Debt: Cops
A senior executive of global investment firm Goldman Sachs was arrested in Bengaluru on Tuesday for allegedly swindling the firm of Rs 38 crore to overcome financial losses while playing an online game recently, the police said.
