Karnataka HC allows betting on online skill games, calls state ban unconstitutional Trending Is It True That Gambling Has an Impact on Your Credit Score? Online Gambling Laws in South Africa Future Growth of Online Skill Games for Mobile Install Market by New Business Developments, Innovations and Major Companies Forecast to 2028 Belgium again reduces the maximum number of online betting licenses Maryland Sports Betting News: Mobile/online gaming unlikely to launch in 2022, Orioles announce partnership, more CBDT Asks Online Gambling Winners To Pay Taxes, ITR Updated Brief Possible Spread of US Online Gambling to Smartwatch Apps Poses Risks How Crypto Simplified India’s Online Betting Industry How online betting companies can protect their ads and generate ROI – European Gaming Industry News Navigate Home Online games Online lottery Online betting Online gambling More Lottery market Privacy Policy Terms and Conditions Karnataka HC allows betting on online skill games, calls state ban unconstitutional 0 By Cody C. Correll on February 14, 2022 Online games High Court of Karnataka (Image courtesy of IANS) By line : Abhimanyu Sharma New Delhi: In relief for online game companies, Karnataka Supreme Court ruled any ban on betting on online games of skill unconstitutional. Annulling a state law that had criminalized betting on games of skill online, the High Court ruled that the state legislature was free to align any law with the Constitution to control gambling . A divisional bench of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Krishna S Dixit struck down the provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act 2021. The overturned law had criminalized betting on online skill games by prescribing a 3-year jail term and a penalty of up to Rs. 1 lakh for offenders. A batch of petitions from the All India Gaming Federation, Play Games 247, Head Digital and jungle games had challenged state law citing various superior court verdicts. While sports based on luck like betting and gambling continue to be prohibited under the Public Gambling Act 1867, the Supreme Court of India in 1968 ruled that Rummy is a game of skill and decided in 1996 that horse racing was a sport of skill. Apart from Karnataka High Court, Kerala High Court and Madras High Court have also struck down state laws to allow betting on online skill games. Petitions against a similar law passed by Andhra Pradesh are currently pending in the State High Court, while the Tamil Nadu government’s appeal against the Madras High Court order is pending in the State High Court. Supreme Court. Last year, online gambling companies submitted to the Madras High Court that rummy was allowed to be played physically in clubs and could not be selectively banned online, while the government of state had argued that playing a skill-based game with money at stake. . In the absence of proper legislation, the fate of various games of skill in India has had a checkered history. For example, the legal status of poker continues to be in doubt, as the High Court of Gujarat had classified it as a game of chance while the High Court of Calcutta had ruled it to be a game of gambling. ‘address. Share. Twitter Facebook Pinterest LinkedIn Tumblr Email About Author Cody C. Correll Website Comments are closed. Categories Lottery market Online betting Online gambling Online games Online lottery betting online casino games games online gaming industry lottery games lottery tickets online betting online casinos online gambling online games online gaming online lottery online sports real money sports betting united states Recent Posts Is It True That Gambling Has an Impact on Your Credit Score? Online Gambling Laws in South Africa Future Growth of Online Skill Games for Mobile Install Market by New Business Developments, Innovations and Major Companies Forecast to 2028 Belgium again reduces the maximum number of online betting licenses Maryland Sports Betting News: Mobile/online gaming unlikely to launch in 2022, Orioles announce partnership, more CBDT Asks Online Gambling Winners To Pay Taxes, ITR Updated Brief Archives August 2022 July 2022 June 2022 May 2022 April 2022 March 2022 February 2022 January 2022 December 2021 November 2021 October 2021 September 2021 August 2021 July 2021 June 2021 May 2021 April 2021 March 2021 February 2021 November 2020 October 2020 September 2020 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 April 2020 March 2020 February 2020 January 2020 August 2019 June 2019 April 2019 March 2019 February 2019 November 2018 September 2018 August 2018 July 2018 June 2018 March 2018 January 2018 July 2017 June 2017 February 2017 August 2016 June 2016 April 2016 January 2016 August 2015 May 2015 April 2014 January 2014 January 2012