the rest of the RMG market and its responses for the same have been inconsistent, unsubstantiated, based on assumptions and unverified market statistics. In this regard, the Informant has also relied on the submission dated 15.06.2024 filed by Google wherein it has been stated that “ Further, ………, it is not the characterisation of a game as a game of skill or game of chance , but the fragmented regulatory and legal landscape for RMG apps in India and risks that RMG apps carry that has informed Google’s RMG Policy and Google’s decision to limit its short-term Pilot Program to DFS and Rummy apps. ” The Informant has further averred that during the preliminary hearing, however, Google insisted that the premise for restricting RMG apps to DFS and Rummy to the Pilot Program was primarily due to both such categories of RMG’s having been declared as games of skill. The Informant has further relied upon the OPs written statement as filed before the Hon’ble Delhi High Court in CS(OS) No. 346/2023, wherein the OPs have submitted that the Pilot Program was not launched based on classification of apps as games of skill or games of chance and it does not make any distinction of such nature.
