Kerala Government Decides To Bring Online Rummy Games Under Gaming Act

On Tuesday, the Kerala Government informed the state High Court that ♊they have already proposed to remove the special exemption given to online rummy games according to a provision of the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960.

A state government pleader Aravid Babu made a submission to revoke the exemption♌ on R꧙ummy games when a petition seeking to ban the online games came up for hearing. As a matter of fact, recently, Tamil Nadu Government banned all kinds of Online real-money games, initiating a discussion on a very sensitive issue.

Petitioner Pauly Vadakkan of Thrissur wrote in his submission that gambling through online platforms has now become a growing problem as people are losing lots 🌌of money on online gaming with the endorsement made by celebrities.

The petitioner pleaded, seeking a directive to ban all forms of online gambling and online betting till an appropriate regulatory regi🅺me was put in place. Following that, the st🍎ate government internally decided to remove the exemption given to online rummy games.

The State Government informed th🤪e High Court that the State Police Chief had already given a proꦐposal regarding the same and now the framework will be released in due course of time.