The High Court had earlier directed the Andhra Pradesh government to form a committee to file a report on how online rummy is played, since there was no material to show how the online version of the game is played.
While the new tax rule will impact the whole industry, smaller and newer players will take a harder hit. Industry experts point out that this can potentially lead to fewer players dominating the sector as the new regime will give large businesses an edge over their smaller counterparts.
The Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that the game of rummy played online and physically are incomparable due to the utilization of artificial intelligence and algorithms in the online version. Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, representing the state, explained the impossibility of regulating online rummy as the self-declarations made online cannot be accepted without investigation.
plus blackjack, roulette and baccarat with live dealers. in certain countries where, culturally, there would be even more of a stigma attached to women in gambling, ijust wonder what the impact of that is. i think it s shifting, and we ve got that kind of generational rift. the older generation i think in emerging economies, so there s kind of south america, africa, parts of asia, the older generation would definitely not gamble, or if they did, it would be acceptable forms of gambling such as bingo linked to kind of churches and charitable causes, or in places like india, it wouldn t be poker, it might be rummy or the aunties who do rummy, little kind of tournaments and stuff. in places like africa, you have card games, but again, they re more traditional and cultural, not necessarily for cash. when we look at the younger generation, the tech savvy