However, the schedule of the Act including the games of rummy and poker are set aside. The constitutional validity of the law was challenged by the All India Gaming Federation and a number of online gaming companies such as A23, Junglee Rummy and Gameskraft.Īccording to a report by The Hindu, the bench said, “The prayer to declare the entire Act as ultravires the Constitution is negated. It stated that the Act would only apply to 'games of chance' and not games of skill such as rummy and poker. The First Division Bench of the Madras High Court comprising Chief Justice SV Gangapurwala and Justice PD Audikesavalu today (9 November) refused to strike down the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022.
