Dream 11 fantasy sports are games of skill and not gambling

Avinash Mehrotra Vs State of Rajasthan & Ors. (Supreme Court of India)

Permission to file Special Leave Petition is granted. This matter has come up before us even earlier.  On 28.06.2021, the petitioner has sought an adjournment for filing  additional documents.

The matter now comes up in which the petitioner circulated yet another letter again asking time to circulate additional documents. We refuse the adjournment.

We have heard Mr. Prashant Kumar, learned counsel for the petitioner who continues to press for adjournment, and points out a judgment dated 06.02.2020 of the State of New York Supreme Court,

Appellate Division which is at page 139 of the paper book in which, according to him, the fantasy sports spoken of in this matter are pure gambling and not games of skill.

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