Rummy companies move to Tamil Nadu as challenges to Telangana’s decrees continue

Hit by Telangana’s gaming ordinances, an online rummy company in India is turning to the Supreme Court for help.

On Friday, Glaws.In reported that Krida Sports and Games Pvt. Ltd. has filed a new civil writ petition in the Supreme Court, stating “that rummy should be allowed to be played for stakes without any interference from the police.”

Krida Sports is a Chennai-based company that is eyeing to start its rummy operations in the states of Tamil Nadu, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.

If you recall, the Telangana government issued two new ordinances amending the state’s Gaming Act of 9174 to ban online gambling. The first was the Telangana State Gaming (Amendment) Ordinance, 2017 which added new definition of “cyber space” in the gaming legislation, making betting and gambling through the internet illegal, which means that playing online matka, sports betting, poker and rummy in the state will now incur criminal penalties.