Breaking the Taboo Of Online Card Games In India - Making It Safe & Responsible
We are in 2019. Ask someone if they play 13 cards or Rummy game, and you don't know how they will respond. Maybe because the association of card games with gambling is just too strong.
When does playing cards for fun -- which you might have done in your childhood, during simpler non-Internet times, definitively crossover into a frenzied addiction that society looks down upon as a taboo? More importantly, why does it have to be that way?
 Playing card games online isn't gambling. Period. Not many of you aware that back in 2012 in India, in a case where people running a brick and mortar rummy club were arrested, they appealed to the Chennai High Court arguing that rummy is a game of skill. "You'd be surprised to know that the single division bench of the Chennai High Court actually ruled in the favour of the rummy club operators." But the police contested the judgement and appealed where a division bench said while rummy is a game of skill, playing it for stakes would be gambling.
 "This didn't make any sense. Because the Supreme Court had ruled half a century ago that rummy, which is a game of skill, for stakes isn't gambling." That's where many rummy lovers decided to get involved in the case , over five years ago.  Because it directly impacted the legitimacy of their interest towards their Entertainment factor.
Thanks to those peopleâs efforts, in August 2015 the Supreme Court reaffirmed the well settled legal principle that playing skill games for stakes does not amount to gambling.
Growth of online rummy gaming Industry post Supreme courtâs reaffirmation:
In the online rummy gaming industry, there are country-specific rules and regulations, and a severe lack of systematic authentication tools, which makes it easy for fraudsters to be successful. In the year 2017 and 2018, Many online Gaming sites have implemented âKnow-Your-Customerâ (KYC) procedures, and fraud prevention tools. These precautionary measures protect against scams like fraudulent deposits, game cheating, money laundering, chargebacks and more.
The Rummy Federation, recently released common standards for participating gaming companies to follow, which include having maximum deposit limits, an option for players to self-exclude for certain periods, and a minimum age limit of 18.
After all these changes in the industry, Now Online rummy games are healthily  heading towards its peak. If the trend continues, Online rummy games will rule the gaming industry in no time.

















