Tamil Nadu Guv RN Ravi Meets E-Gaming Federation Members Amid Pending Assent For Online Gambling Bill
Online Gambling Bill: However, Raj Bhavan is yet to give a clear statement about the meeting.
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi met the representatives of the E-Gaming Federation (EGF) at Raj Bhavan on Monday. During the meeting, the EGF members expressed their views on the legislation.
They also reportedly spoke about the Supreme Court and Madras High Court ruling identifying poker and rummy as a skill.
However, Raj Bhavan is yet to give a clear statement about the meeting.
Sameer Barde, chief executive officer of EGF told The Hindu: "We placed the legal jurisprudence in this regard, set by the Supreme Court and several High Courts, whereby games like poker and rummy have been clearly identified as games of skill.”
“In its detailed judgment, the High Court of Madras reaffirmed the preponderance test for distinguishing between games of skill and games of chance, especially in the context of rummy, reinforcing that both rummy and poker are games of skill," he said.
He also called the Bill unconstitutional.
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Earlier, Law Minister Regupathy met Governor RN Ravi to give him clarifications on the Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill.
Meanwhile, an ordinance promulgated by Governor lapsed in November since the Governor did not give his assent to the Bill.
As per IANS, Tamil Nadu Law Minister S. Raghupathy told mediapersons that the bill that replaced the ordinance was legally sound and that it was within the framework of the constitution. He also said that all online games are not banned and that only online gambling was banned.
Before passing the legislation, CM Stalin held a high-level meeting with Tamil Nadu Law Minister S Reghupathy, Chief Secretary V. Irai Anbu, Home Secretary K. Phanindra Reddy, DGP Sylendra Babu, Law Secretary B. Karthikeyan and Greater Chennai Police Commissioner Shankar Jiwal.
Meanwhile, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK) had been demanding Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi to give assent to the Bill.
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