WinZo sues google for claiming Google’s selection of the DFS and rummy applications for its trial program was arbitrary and discriminatory.
A real-money skill gaming platform called WinZo has asked the Delhi high court to enjoin Google from allowing daily fantasy sports (DFS) and rummy apps on the Google Play Store.
WinZo asserted in its complaint, which was submitted to the Delhi High Court on Tuesday, that Google’s selection of DFS and rummy apps for the pilot program was “arbitrary” and “discriminatory.”
On September 7, Google announced a “limited duration test initiative” that will permit the distribution of DFS and rummy apps through the Google Play store in India. The program forbids the distribution of real-money gaming apps like WinZo through the marketplace.
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Fantasy games, often known as DFS games, are ones where participants select a team of athletes to represent their own fictional team in any sport, including football and cricket. Platforms like SUPER 365 and My11Circle are among them. The success of this “dream” team depends on the performance of the selected athletes on any given day, and the corresponding real-life performance results in virtual prizes for platform users. Rummy, on the other hand, refers to card games that have been deemed skill games by a number of court judgments. According to Indian law, gambling on games of chance is prohibited.
According to Google’s description of rummy games, “a player must plan ahead, memorize the fall of cards, and arrange valid card sets and/or sequences by picking and removing cards from a closed deck and an open deck, offered in either 10, 13, 21, or 27-card formats, and in accordance with the rules followed for the offline versions of the same formats traditionally played in India.”
The pilot announced on September 7 will run for a year and may be modified based on feedback. Platforms like WinZo, meanwhile, are concerned that businesses permitted on the Play Store may promote themselves as “legitimate” apps and so disparage other platforms.
