{"id":57897,"date":"2019-10-31T22:27:14","date_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:57:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=57897"},"modified":"2019-10-31T22:27:14","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T16:57:14","slug":"the-delhi-high-court-seeks-centre-and-aap-government-stand-on-plea-to-declare-poker-as-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/the-delhi-high-court-seeks-centre-and-aap-government-stand-on-plea-to-declare-poker-as-gambling","title":{"rendered":"The Delhi High Court seeks Centre and  AAP government stand on plea to declare poker as gambling."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"57903\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/the-delhi-high-court-seeks-centre-and-aap-government-stand-on-plea-to-declare-poker-as-gambling\/poker\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,168\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"poker\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-57903\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?resize=300%2C168&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/10\/poker.jpg?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government&#8217;s response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal.<\/p>\n<p>A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice C Hari Shankar issued a notice to the Finance Ministry and the Delhi government, asking them to indicate their stand on the plea which has sought a ban on poker and similar card games like rummy, bridge and teen patti.<\/p>\n<p>The court listed the petition, filed by a lawyer, for hearing on November 28 along with another similar matter.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, the bench had declined to entertain the same plea by the petitioner, Deepti Bhagat, as she had been unable to explain what a poker game was.<\/p>\n<p>Subsequently, she moved the plea afresh and explained how the card game is played.<\/p>\n<p>She has contended that as the player has no control over the kind of cards being dealt to him or her, poker was a game of chance and not skill and, therefore, playing it for high stakes or profit amounts to gambling and is illegal.<\/p>\n<p>Bhagat has also sought cancellation of the licences, if any, issued to any company for playing poker or similar card games.<\/p>\n<p>The petitioner has sought a ban on advertising of such games.<\/p>\n<p>She has claimed that the petition was in public interest as thousands of families face monetary crisis due to gambling activities of a family member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought Centre and AAP government&#8217;s response on a petition seeking that poker and similar card games, played online or offline, be declared gambling and, therefore, illegal. 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