Frequently Asked Questions
1. Indian Rummy
Indian Rummy is one of the most exciting Indian card games, slightly varying from original rummy. It is played with 13 cards, one or two decks, 2 to 6 players and usually jokers similar to Rummy 500, whereas the turn by turn play is more like Gin Rummy.
The basic objective of the game is to discard all 13 cards in hand to form sequences and/or sets. Each player has to draw and discard one card turn by turn (in clockwise order) to form two sequences with at least one sequence without a Joker.
Indian Rummy card game is played between 2 to 6 players, with 13 cards and at least two decks each with 52 cards, and sometimes jokers (wild cards). Each player has to draw and discard one card turn by turn (in clockwise order) until proper sequences and/or sets are formed.
The objective of Indian rummy online is to meld all 13 cards in hand to form sequences and/or sets. Each player has to draw and discard one card turn by turn (in clockwise order) to form two sequences with at least one sequence without a Joker. When a player completes the objective, he/she finishes the game by discarding a card to the finish slot and declaring the hand cards.
2. LEGALITY OF RUMMY IN INDIA
Yes! Rummy is considered as a game of skills or mere skills by the Indian courts of law and so it is not classified under the category of betting and gambling. Rummy game is excluded from the applicability of laws that prohibit betting and gambling acts, except a few states in India like Assam and Orrisa.
Yes! Playing rummy is 100% legal in India and is considered as a game of skills or mere skills by the courts of law. In the year 1968, the Honourable Supreme Court of India ruled that rummy card games are skill based game and its decision has been relied on in subsequent judgements.
Yes! Playing online rummy is legal and accepted by law. In the year 1968, the Honourable Supreme Court of India ruled that rummy cards games are skill based game and its decision has been relied on in subsequent judgements. Rummy is 100% legal to play for free or for cash, both online and offline.
Yes! It is safe and legal to play rummy online for real money in India. In the year 1968, the Honorable Supreme Court of India ruled that rummy card games are skill based game. Hence playing online rummy for cash is accepted by law.
The 1968 Supreme Court ruling: "Rummy, on the other hand, requires a certain amount of skill because the fall of the cards has to be memorised and the building up of Rummy requires considerable skill in holding and discarding cards. We cannot, therefore, say that the game of Rummy is a game of entire chance." Hence rummy declared to be a game of skill.
Legally illegal, there are no laws which clearly state that online betting is illegal for an Indian resident. However, Rummy is considered as a game of skills or mere skills by the courts of law and is excluded from the applicability of laws that prohibit betting and gambling acts, except a few states. Hence online rummy is legal and accepted by law.
Technically illegal, but with the exception of in Maharashtra, no specific laws exist in the Indian system that prohibits online gambling. However, Rummy is considered as a game of skills or mere skills by the courts of law and is excluded from the applicability of laws against the acts of betting and gambling, except in a few states. Hence playing rummy online is absolutely legal.
