Is Rummy Legal In India?

 

Many times when we play offline rummy or online rummy, the question that comes to our mind is whether it is legal, do we incur any charges while playing it and somewhere there is a question in our mind whether the rummy game is a skill-based game or is gambling and betting game, whether gambling is there or not there are many such questions which bother us when we play rummy. Before going into the legality of the rummy game let us understand what is rummy. Rummy is a card game played with a deck of cards. Rummy is mostly played between 2 to 6 players, the player who has more points is declared the winner of this game. Rummy is a very popular game of India, which is played at Indian festivals. Nowadays you can play this game online instead of offline on your mobile and laptop, there are many software and companies that provide us with this facility that we can play this game online, many companies give us cash rewards on winning this game. Even if it is given, in the end, the question arises whether it is legal to play this game online for money. So let me tell you for your information that the Indian Supreme Court had declared a rule in 1996 in which it was told that whatever game is skill-based, it will not be included in the list of gambling or batting, it will always be legal...read more