Amendment of Section 2

Amendment of Section 2

2. In the Andhra Pradesh Gaming Act, 1974 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), in section 2:

1. (a) for clause (1), the following shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) ‘Common gaming house’ means any house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel, or any place whatsoever in which cards, dice, tables or other instruments of gaming are kept or used for the profit or gain of the person owning, occupying, using or keeping such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place, whether by way of charge for the use of such house, room, tent, enclosure, vehicle, vessel or place or instruments of gaming or otherwise, and includes any place, whether closed or open, or any mobile app, process, operation or technique of communication, by whatever name called, used for the purpose of gaming;”;
2. (b) for clause (2), the following shall be substituted, namely:— “(2) ‘Gaming’ includes betting or wagering, or any act of risking money, or otherwise on the unknown result of an event including on a game of skill, but does not include a lottery;”;
3. (c) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— “(2-a) ‘Game of skill’ shall not include any activity/game involving betting or wagering;”