Games of skill are legal, as they are excluded from the ambit of indian gambling legislations including, the public gambling act of 1867. the indian supreme court in the cases of state of andhra pradesh v. k satyanarayana (air 1968 sc 825) and kr lakshmanan v. state of tamil nadu (air 1996 sc 1153) has held that a game in which success depends predominantly upon the superior knowledge, training, attention, experience, and adroitness of the player shall be classified as a game of skill.
The contest (s) described above (across the fun features) are games of skill as success of participants depends primarily on their superior knowledge of the games of cricket, football, kabaddi, volleyball, basketball, hockey, statistics, knowledge of players’ relative form, players’ performance in a particular territory, conditions and/or format (such as odis, test cricket and twenty20 in the online cricket fantasy gaming), attention and dedication towards the contest(s) and adroitness in playing the contest(s). the contest(s) also requires participants to field well-balanced sides with limited resources and make substitutions at appropriate times to gain the maximum points.
By Participating In This Contest(S), Each Participant Acknowledges And Agrees That He/She Is Participating In A Game Of Skill.
More about the legality of PLAY4XI can be found at the website of the indian federation of sports gaming (ifsg): www.ifsg.in. ifsg is recognized as india’s first and only self-regulatory sports gaming authority focusing on developing standardized practices in the industry.
There are various states in india wherein the laws related to the game of skills are unclear. in this regard, for the websites offering online fantasy sports gaming, it remains unclear whether to offer the services for free or not. the indian states with no clearance regarding the offering of pay-to-play contests include sikkim, assam, odisha, telangana , andhra pradesh and nagaland. in this context, PLAY4XI does not permit the users identified as the residents of sikkim, odisha, telangana, andhra pradeseh, assam and nagaland to participate in the pay-to-play contest(s) organized by PLAY4XI.
The pga defines the act of “public gambling” and the keeping of a common gaming house as a criminal and punishable act in india. however, the online fantasy sports gaming is considered to be an exception under the pga, wherein the provisions and punishments of pga shall not be applicable to games played by the user using their skills and knowledge as primary tools.
More about the legality of PLAY4XI can be found at the website of the indian federation of sports gaming (ifsg): www.ifsg.in. ifsg is recognized as india’s first and only self-regulatory sports gaming authority focusing on developing standardized practices in the industry.
