While they may well want to block online gaming sites, it is not entirely feasible for the central government of India. The reason: many states allow such activities by local law.
The Delhi High Court mandated blocking these sides in the country by means of a petition crafted by Avinash Mehrotra and Deepti Bhagat. Any game of chance is included.
The definition of an illegal game is any endeavour that involves a degree of chance as opposed to player skill.
The goal of the petition is to limit spending on out-of-country gambling sites. In fact, it claimed no skill was involved in these games and such sites allow revenue to leak out of India.
Some areas of India already ban casino and sports gambling in line with the Public Gambling Act, Section 12. Games of skill are exempt such as Junglee Games, Dream 11, Funnearn, Ace2Three, RummyCircle, Zynga, Innopark India (Classic Rummy), Loco by PocketAces, MPL, Skill4fun and BrainBaazi, among other games of skill in India.
