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Raising concerns on Online Gaming and Gambling. ~Preet The Karnataka High Court has ruled that substantial provisions of the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021, prohibiting online gambling and skill-based gaming platforms, are unconstitutional. Online gambling is now in a regulatory grey area, with no comprehensive legislation addressing its legality. The modifications to the Karnataka Police Act were ruled down by the Karnataka High Court on three key grounds: violation of fundamental rights to trade and commerce (Article 19), liberty and privacy (Article 21), and speech and expression (Article 22). (Article 19). Being plainly arbitrary and unreasonable in that it failed to discriminate between two types of games, namely skill and chance games.  Instead of chance, a "game of skill" is dependent mostly on a player's mental or physical degree of proficiency. A "game of chance," on the other hand, is primarily decided by a random component of any kind. In game