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section 2

Definitions. - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022
Criminal202228 sections3 chapters
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  1. (a) “Appellate Authority” means the Appellate Authority established by the Government under section 13;
  2. (b) “appointed day” means the date appointed under sub-section (2) of section 1;
  3. (c) “Authority” means the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority established under section 3;
  4. (d) “geo-blocking” means restricting users from accessing online content, online applications or online services, based on the user’s geographical location;
  5. (e) “Government” means the State Government;
  6. (f) “local online games provider” means an online games provider,—
    • (i) whose central management and control of the service is in this State; or
    • (ii) whose service that is available for access by the customers, is hosted in this State;
  7. (g) “Non-local online games provider” means any online games service provider who is not a local online games provider;
  8. (h) “other stakes” means anything recognised as equivalent to money and includes virtual credits, virtual coins, virtual tokens, virtual objects or any similar thing that is purchased within, or as part of, or in relation to, an online game;
    • (i) “online gambling” means online wagering or betting and includes playing of any online game of chance for money or other stakes, in any manner. Explanation.— For the purpose of this clause, wagering or betting shall be deemed to comprise the collection or soliciting of bets, the receipt or distribution of winnings or prizes, in money or otherwise, in respect of any wager or bet, or any act which is intended to aid or facilitate wagering or betting or such collection, soliciting, receipt, or distribution;
  9. (j) “online gambling service” means a service, for online wagering or betting or for any online game of chance and the customer of the service gives or agrees to give money or put up any other stake for the purpose;
  10. (k) “online game” means any game, whether or not there are other participants in the game, that is played on an electronic or a digital device and is managed and operated as a software through the internet or any other kind of electronic or other technology for facilitating communication;
  11. (l) “online game of chance” includes any online game which,—
    • (i) involves both an element of chance and an element of skill and the element of chance dominates over the element of skill; or
    • (ii) involves an element of chance that can be eliminated only by superlative skill; or
    • (iii) is a game that is presented as involving an element of chance; or
    • (iv) involves cards, dice, wheel or such other device, which works on random outcome or event generator;
  12. (m) “online games provider” means any person who provides a service for the conduct of any online game;
  13. (n) “online gaming server” means any mainframe computer or set of computers, installed or maintained by the online games provider, that accepts, processes, stores and validates transactions arising out of online gaming, and which manages, monitors and controls the entire system of online gaming;
  14. (o) “payment gateway” means, a service that authorises a user’s transfer of funds between banks or financial institutions to merchants without direct delivery of bank or credit card account information;
  15. (p) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
  16. (q) “regulations” means regulations made by the Authority under section 5;
  17. (r) “Schedule” means the Schedule appended to this Act;
  18. (s) “State” means the State of Tamil Nadu;
  19. (t) words and expressions used herein and not defined in this Act but defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000 [Central Act 21 of 2000] shall have the meaning, respectively, as assigned to them in that Act.

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