Legalities

Game of Skills

playfantasycricket is considered a “Game of Skill.” The game of skills can be defined as a game wherein the skills of the individuals participating in any online fantasy sports gaming play a dominant role rather than the mere luck of the individuals. The individuals in a game of skills use their knowledge, skills, training, and attention for participation and winning.

Online fantasy sports gaming is considered to be a legal practice around the world with certain states being an exception. Online fantasy sports gaming is entirely based on the concept of Game of Skills, wherein the users form their own teams and are allocated points on the basis of on-field performance of their chosen players.

playfantasycricket is completely legal as it offers services, Fun Features, Program(s), and Contest(s) related to fantasy cricket, fantasy football, fantasy kabaddi, fantasy volleyball, fantasy basketball, and fantasy hockey. The services, contest(s), and program(s) related to online fantasy sports gaming offered by playfantasycricket enable its users to create their own team prior to the match beginning and then the teams are awarded points based on the real-life performance of the players chosen by the users in the team. The individual whose team scores the highest aggregate of points is announced as the winner. The formation of teams by the users of playfantasycricket is entirely dependent on the skills, knowledge, and attention of the users, which makes online fantasy sports gaming offered at playfantasycricket a game of skills and 100% legal.

Alignment with Indian Laws

The game of skills such as online fantasy sports gaming is considered to be legal all over India, except for certain states such as Sikkim, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, and Nagaland. The Public Gambling Act, 1867 (“PGA, 1867”) is recognized as the primary legality driving the prevalence of gambling in India.

The PGA defines the act of “public gambling” and the keeping of a common gaming house as a criminal and punishable act in India. However, online fantasy sports gaming is considered to be an exception under the PGA, wherein the provisions and punishments of PGA shall not be applicable to games played by the user using their skills and knowledge as primary tools.

There are various states in India wherein the laws related to the game of skills are unclear. In this regard, for the websites offering online fantasy sports gaming, it remains unclear whether to offer the services for free or not. The Indian states with no clearance regarding the offering of pay-to-play contests include Sikkim, Assam, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Nagaland.

In this context, playfantasycricket does not permit the users identified as residents of Sikkim, Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, and Nagaland to participate in the pay-to-play contest(s) organized by playfantasycricket.