Real money gaming: Game over or just going underground?

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Despite the ban, some cash-based games continue via Telegram groups and unregulated platforms

On a muggy evening, four days after India outlawed real money games (

RMG

), Neet (name changed), a 26-year-old network engineer from Andhra Pradesh toggles between

and WhatsApp, orchestrating the next ‘game night’. He forwards a broadcast message on Telegram, rounding up players for an ‘exclusive’

rummy

cash game on WhatsApp. When apps like RummyCircle and Adda52Rummy were blocked, he pivoted to setting up private ‘tables’ on chat groups. His workaround: use ‘practice’ apps to play while all cash transactions like bets, buy-ins and winnings are settled outside the app.

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