CM Pinarayi Vijayan Made the Announcement in the State’s LA The Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, speaking at the state’s Legislative Assembly in August, announced that the government was intending to bring a comprehensive and effective law amendment that would strictly regulate online games including rummy. Moved by cases of people committing suicides after losing substantial amounts of money on online games, the cabinet is working on a new legislative amendment after the High Court of Kerala struck down a February 2021 amendment to the Kerala Gaming Act, 1960, which had attempted to ban online rummy when played for stakes.