A game of skill is explained as a game where the outcome is determined by the superior knowledge, intellectual skill, attention and experience rather than by chance. Though the element of chance cannot be entirely neglected but the skill factor is considered as a predominant element over chance.

The Supreme Court of India stated that A game of skill is one in which success depends principally upon the superior knowledge, training, attention, experience and adroitness of the player.

It is also worthwhile to note that-

• Sikkim was the first state to legalize online gaming in India after the Sikkim online gaming (Regulation) Act, 2008 was passed.
• Nagaland also facilitates online gaming as legal but specifically focuses only on “game of skill” rather than chance.

Is Rummy a Game of Skill under Indian Laws ?

Game of Skill or Mere Skill have been exempted under various state laws and the Supreme Court on this subject decisively settled that the game of rummy is not a game of entire chance, it is mainly preponderantly a game of Skill.

Rummy requires a certain amount of skill because the fall of the cards has to be remembered and building up the rummy sequences require real time skill in holding, arranging and discarding the cards. When 13 cards are dealt, the player needs to arrange these cards into proper sequences of 4 groups in which 1 pure life is a mandatory set. We cannot, therefore, say that the game of Rummy is a game of entire chance. It is mainly and preponderantly a game of skill.

Is it Legal to Play for cash at Ace2Three.com ?

The various Supreme Court rulings and the Gaming Acts of India imply the following:

• Games based on skills are excluded from the most gambling acts. Being a game of skill, Rummy doesn’t come under betting or gambling and it’s legal to play.
• Rummy unveils that Skill is a predominant factor than Chance
• Rummy is a skill based game where players show their real-time skills at the table by arranging the 13 cards in the valid sequences or sets.

The Supreme Court of India has declared the games where the outcome depends upon the substantial degree of skills cannot be considered as gambling. Rummy is a preponderantly a game of skill with some element of chance, it would nevertheless be a game of ‘mere skill’. With all such inferences, it is concluded that skill based games are legal to play and hence the online rummy card game is.

Ace2Three – A Safe Destination for Online Rummy!

A trusted community of more than 7 million players who are satisfied by the gaming services and happily playing at Ace2Three. The secure platform offers a wide range of rummy games and tournaments online to add double fun, thrill and excitement.

• The shuffling of cards are done by Random Number Generator and the card sequences are unpredictable, non-repeatable and uniformly distributed.
• Seating is random and there is no prior selection over it. Players who are logged in from the same IP addresses are allocated different seats.
• Information about the playing cards are encrypted and cannot be viewed by any third party.
• Every move of the players (card selection, discard, meld, and show) are tracked by the anti-fraud algorithm.
• Games are monitored round the clock & players suspected of collusion are blocked from playing.
• The transactions are done smoothly and are encrypted with 2048-bit SSL.

They have extended our services to not only an online website but to App downloads as well. Now you can play 13 cards rummy on the go through the Indian Rummy App!

However, Ace2Three does not allow players from Assam, Orissa and Nagaland to play on their website. For further queries, you can write to them at enquiry@ace2three.com

Note – This is a guest article by Swati Gupta from Ace2Three

Ericsson Consumerlab released the sixth edition of its annual trend report The 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 and beyond.

AI is an important theme this year and consumers see it playing a much more prominent role than before-both in society and at work. In fact, 35 percent of advanced internet users want an AI advisor at work, and one in four would like an AI as their manager.

These are the 10 trends for 2017 and beyond:

1. AI Everywhere – 35 percent of advanced internet users want an AI advisor at work, and one in four would like an AI as their manager. At the same time, almost half are concerned that AI robots will soon make a lot of people lose their jobs.

2. Setting the Pace for Internet of Things – Consumers are increasingly using automated applications, encouraging IoT adoption. Two in five believe smartphones will learn their habits and perform activities on their behalf automatically.

3. Pedestrians Drive Autonomous Cars – Car drivers may not exist in the future. One in four pedestrians would feel safer crossing a street if all cars were autonomous, and 65 percent of them would prefer to have an autonomous car.

4. Merged Reality – Almost four out of five virtual reality users believe VR will be indistinguishable from reality in only three years. Half of respondents are already interested in gloves or shoes that allow you to interact with virtual objects.

5. Bodies Out of Sync: As autonomous cars become reality, car sickness issues will increase, and three in ten foresee needing sickness pills. One in three also want motion sickness pills for use with virtual and augmented reality technology.

6. The Smart Device Safety Paradox – More than half already use emergency alarms, tracking or notifications on their smartphones. Of those who say their smartphone makes them feel safer, three in five say they take more risks because they rely on their phone.

7. Social Silos – Today, people willingly turn their social networks into silos. One in three says social networks are their main source of news. And more than one in four value their contacts’ opinions more than politicians’ viewpoints.

8. Augmented Personal Reality – Over half of people would like to use augmented reality glasses to illuminate dark surroundings and highlight dangers. More than one in three would also like to edit out disturbing elements around them.

9. The Privacy Divide: Two in five advanced internet users want to use only encrypted services, but people are divided. Almost half would like to have just reasonably good privacy across all services, and more than one out of three believes privacy no longer exists.

10. Big Tech for All: More than two out of five advanced internet users would like to get all their products from the biggest five IT companies. Of those, three in four believe this will happen only five years from now.

Reflecting on the rise of virtual reality, Michael Björn, Head of Research, Ericsson ConsumerLab, says

Beyond real time, I believe we should be talking about reality time. In fact, what we call reality becomes ever more personal and subjective. Consumers not only surround themselves with the like-minded on social networks, but also are also starting to customize the way they experience the world with augmented and virtual reality technologies.

Consumers also want the future to remain fully mobile, implying that demand for battery-friendly, instant and fast connectivity is set to grow rapidly. In that sense, reality time means it is time for 5G networks.

The insights in the 10 Hot Consumer Trends for 2017 report are based on Ericsson ConsumerLab’s global research activities over more than 20 years, as well as data points from an online survey of advanced internet users in 14 major cities across the world, performed in October 2016. Although the study only represents 27 million citizens, their early adopter profile makes them important to understand when exploring future trends.

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