Though there can be different formats in which bingo is played, each of these formats (whether played online or land-based) would fall either in the category of lotteries or games of chance. However, certain skill variants of poker (such as Texas Hold’em & Omaha Hold’em) are not hit by the prohibitions under the State Gaming Laws (see the corresponding row below on “Skill games”) and therefore these variants can be played on physical premises too. For further details, please see question 1.2 below.įor poker played in casinos, please refer to the corresponding cell above on casino gaming. In Nagaland, the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Act, 2016 (“ Nagaland Act”) identifies poker as a skill game and requires an operator to procure a licence for offering it. The respective authorities for Goa is the Home Department in Goa and for Sikkim, the Tourism Department in Sikkim.Įxcept in the states of Sikkim and Nagaland which regulate skill gaming through a licensing regime, and in Tamil Nadu (which expressly prohibits real-money poker) the skill variants of poker are not expressly prohibited under any other State Gaming Law. Casinos in Sikkim are regulated under the Sikkim Casinos (Control and Tax) Act, 2002 (“ Sikkim Casino Act”).

In Goa, Daman and Diu, casinos are regulated under the Goa, Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act, 1976 (“ Goa Act”). The state of Sikkim in the north-east of India, and the state of Goa in the west and the union territory of Daman and Diu in the west regulate casino games in land-based form through state-specific laws. The authority under the Sikkim Act is the Finance, Revenue and Expenditure Department. However, the state of Sikkim permits the offering of casino games such as roulette and blackjack by obtaining a licence under the provisions of the Sikkim Online Gaming (Regulation) Act, 2008 (“ Sikkim Act”) and on the condition that the games can only be offered via intranet terminals.

Casino games are games of chance and hence are hit by the prohibitions of most state-level anti-gambling laws (“ State Gaming Laws”). 1.1 Which entities regulate what type of gambling and social/skill gaming activity in your jurisdiction?Ĭasino gaming (including slots and casino table games such as roulette & blackjack)Ĭasino games are regulated by state-level laws in India and their digital forms also fall within the ambit of the same laws.

Colonial list of gambling games