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No relief FOR Rummy websites in Tamil Nadu
The final hearing about the gaming and gambling ban in Tamil Nadu will be held on 18 January, 2021. Advocate General Vijay Narayan said that the law on online gambling will be brought up in the Assembly in January. The decision will be made by a division bench comprising Justice R Subbiah and Justice C Saravanan. The State sought more time to file a counter affidavit. During the hearing, the Advocate General Vijay Narayan opposed granting an interim stay as Tamil Nadu is looking to establish an Act against online
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Punters in Telangana use Tech to dodge the police
Telangana imposed a ban on online gaming apps that allow staking in 2017. Punters have been resorting to several other means to access websites and engage in gaming. One games.
such way is using fake Global Positioning System (GPS) location apps to mislead the police on their location. The city police busted several betting rackets recently, and that’s when they realized that punters have been using fake GPS of Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra etc., to play.
Poker and rummy platforms tackling irresponsible gaming with technology
Real money gaming companies are now employing technology to regularize performance of players. Gaming platform Games24x7 has been looking for information on players, such as a person’s handset model, their age, location and more to understand the spending capacity of the players.
The gaming organizations are also looking into the KYC process, which will be an automatic one to eradicate any human error. The Rummy Federation (TRF) added that they also employ a self-regulatory code, through which they use technology to emphasize on responsible gaming. 9stacks, an online poker company, has already been using technology to understand the wins and losses of players over a period of time.
