AIGF participates in educative session on skill games for judicial service members
Gaming industry body All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) participated in an interactive sess👍ion on ‘Internet, Technology and New Age Games’ at a conference hosted by Delhi Judicial Academy (DJA) at the National Law University, Delhi on 5th October.
The session, which was attended by sessions court judges and public prosecutors from Delhi deliberated on the recent Law Commission of India’s recommendati💎ons on the desirability of regulating sport💧s betting🗹 and gaming as well as the legal position of skill games like poker.
A 5-member AIGF team comprising of CEO Roland Landers; Essel Group Vice President Sunil Krishnamurthy; Nishith Desai Associates Senior Partner Gowree Gokhale and IIM-Kohzikode faculty member and AIGF advisor Deepak Dhayanithy apprised the participants of the DJA conference on the exemption for skill-based games under state statutes and the emergin𒐪g trends in the sector.
They also disc꧒ussed the elements of the game of poker with the members of the judiciary and presented their views on how skill outweigཧhs chance in the game of poker.
Commenting on the interaction on skill games, AIGF CEO Roland Landers noted, “AIGF is delighted to get the opportunity present the session on behalf of the online skill ga🀅ming industry at the DJA. The session was interactive and gave a great platform to highlight why as online games of skill should ideally be governed by a national gaming commission’ instead of state laws.”
Muskan Sethi, the only professional poker player in t🎶he country to be honoured by the President of India a🅘s a ‘woman achiever’ : “It was an honor to address the Judiciary System of India at the Core Competence Conference on strengthening of justice delivery system through integration of knowledge, skill and attitude.
Poker was the center ꦬof attention whil✨e dissecting “Internet , Technology & New Age Games’. Majority of them were positive, curious and intrigued while few of them had a preconceived idea of Poker.. respecting everyone’s opinion, I took this opportunity to clear all the misconceptions about poker in that room full of judges.”
