What licenses do i require to start online poker game

918 votes

Yes, poker laws are state specific. You have to take permission; unfortunately in states where it is not allowed, you can't even give access to people to use your website to play poker. Having said that, there r various websites both foreign and Indian which offer poker games India.

Advocate Mansi Airi Gambhir LawRato

902 votes

There are certain licenses to be taken before getting into online poker. But more than that you need to understand where you should incorporate your venture so that you do not get enloped in legal problems.
We have advised a client on similar front so you can let us jnow if you want us to advise you on the same.

Advocate Kanishk Agarwal LawRato

924 votes

In order to ensure that the manner in which you are offering games on our website is legal, you need to get the same approved and verified by some of the leading legal jurists in India including Constitutional, Criminal and Corporate law counsels. Based upon our research, we believe that the games we offer are legal. There are a number of other websites as well which have been successfully conducting the game of Rummy for stake in India and they have relying upon the judicial precedents managed to overcome all legal impediments till date. This is however an ongoing process with litigations pending at various forums and we are keeping a close watch on the same. Although there need to have more and more clarity and certainty in the laws qua gaming in India. We are engaged in litigations to bring about this clarity in law and while the website has taken every precaution possible to remain absolutely legal, the players are advised to check their state local laws if in doubt. We believe that based upon a catena of judgments of the Supreme Court of India starting from the Satyanarayan judgment of 1968 to the Laxmanan judgment in 1996 and the more recent judgments of various High Courts reiterating the stand. Apart from these judgments there are also legislations supporting the stand of the various company and as of today there is no restriction whatsoever from offering the aforementioned games. There are however a couple of judgments to the contrary including a recent judgment of the Chennai High Court and an opinion rendered by a Trial Court in Delhi, which are now pending before the higher forums and are under challenge. As things stand however, it would be safe to say that the games being offered by the company are legal in India and players playing on our website with or without stake are competing in a legal manner.

Advocate Nischal Arvind Singh LawRato