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Gaming<\/a> firms have noted a sharp increase in customers looking to ward off boredom by indulging in games such as poker, rummy and bingo, and are placing bets even on simple games like ludo and Candy Crush<\/a>.
“More people are playing rummy during the lockdown,” said Prithvi Singh, founder of GamesKraft, which debuted with an Indian rummy cash game in 2017.
He estimates a 10-15% increase in the number of registered users on his gaming<\/a> platform since the lockdown started, up from about 2.5 million users in early March.
And what are the stakes? “The platform entry fee starts from Rs 25 and then ranges higher, depending on the stakes the player puts in,” Singh said.
Online gaming<\/a> nights are one way of socialising and competition with money makes it more exciting, said an expert.
If played via gaming platforms, then money transfers can happen using e-wallets and tokens, which can be later encashed. But among family and friends, a few rounds of bingo or housie, played over video calls, are seeing online monetary transactions as well.
Last weekend, for example, a group of friends based in Mumbai, Singapore, Sydney, London and elsewhere decided to make their weekly video calls more interesting by calling it a Bingo Night, one of the participants told ET. They charged Rs 100 per ticket and the pool was split into wins like Jaldi Five, Four Corners, Breakfast, Sandwich, Top Lines and two Full Houses.
“That one hour was the best hour of the week,” said the person, who works at a research analyst firm and is currently staying in a flat with her family in Mumbai. “The money factor adds to the excitement. It is like entering a casino where you may not win, but carrying the chips is the fun part,\" she said, adding she also won a Full House.
There are websites and apps that allow users to play online games<\/a>. They charge a fee per game and the stakes increase as it progresses. However, casual betting has also increased among family and friends where money is transferred directly to the winner or the moderator, who distributes it as per the rules of the game.
Gaming companies Adda52 and Octro did not respond to ET's queries.
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Experts in human behaviour said online gambling helps divert the mind.
“There is a whole lot of uncertainty right now. In such circumstances, this serves as a distraction,” Pune-based psychiatrist Dayal Mirchandani told ET. “Compared to playing chess, scrabble, etc., when you’re gambling and it’s fast-paced, the mind wanders less.”
However, people can get easily hooked.
“Players who are betting money initially for innocent fun can get addicted to making quick cash. That is a bit dangerous,” said Alok Kejriwal, cofounder and CEO of Games2win<\/a>, a publisher of mobile games. “There are cases where a new player in poker may want to buy the virtual chips from another person using real money instead of grinding to earn it himself.”
Games2win<\/a>, which has 30 million users, has only casual mobile games on its platform.
Gambling on online platforms can land people in legal trouble.
“In India, gambling or betting is not allowed, except for certain exceptions in a few states, and a game which depends purely on luck is considered gambling but a game that involves substantial skills of the player is not considered gambling,” said Sumit Mangal, partner, L&L Partners-Law Offices.
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游戏公司已经注意到急剧增加,客户希望避免沉迷于无聊的游戏,比如扑克,酒鬼和宾果,甚至把赌注在骰子游戏和简单的游戏糖果压碎。
“越来越多的人玩拉米纸牌游戏在封锁期间,“做辛格说,GamesKraft创始人于2017年首次与印度甜酒的现金游戏。
他估计增加10 - 15%的注册用户数量游戏平台封锁开始以来,约有250万用户在3月初。
赌注是什么?“平台报名费从Rs 25范围更高,根据股权玩家进入,”辛格说。
网络游戏晚上是社交的一种方式和竞争与金钱更激动人心,一个专家说。
如果通过游戏平台玩,那么资金转移可能发生使用电子钱包和令牌,可后来兑现。但在家人和朋友,几轮的宾果游戏,或是housie,打视频电话,看到在线货币交易。
上周末,例如,一群朋友在孟买、新加坡、悉尼、伦敦和其他地方决定每周视频通话变得更加有趣,称之为一个宾果的夜晚,参与者告诉ET之一。他们向每票100 Rs和池分为获胜Jaldi五,四个角落,早餐,三明治,线条和两个完整的房子。
”一个小时是最好的时刻,“人说,在研究分析公司工作,目前在孟买和她的家人住在一个平面。“钱因素增加了兴奋。这就像进入一个赌场,你可能不会赢,但携带芯片是有趣的部分,”她补充说,她也赢得了一个完整的房子。
有网站和应用程序允许用户播放在线游戏。每场比赛他们收取费用和风险增加。然而,家人和朋友之间偶尔赌博也增加了资金直接转移到赢家或主持人,谁分配按照游戏规则。
博彩公司Adda52 Octro没有回应等的查询。
分散他的注意力,但上瘾
人类行为专家说网上赌博帮助转移。
“现在有很多不确定性。在这种情况下,这是一个分心,浦那“精神病学家新德里Mirchandani告诉ET,“下棋相比,拼字游戏,等等,当你赌博和快节奏的,少的思绪。”
然而,人们可以轻松连接。
“球员打赌钱最初为无辜的乐趣可能沉迷于快钱。那有点危险,”阿洛克说是个大好,创始人兼首席执行官Games2win手机游戏的出版商。“有情况下,一个新的球员扑克可能想从另一个人用真钱购买虚拟芯片而不是磨自己赚了。”
Games2win拥有3000万用户,只有随意移动游戏平台。
赌博在网络平台上可以土地在法律上的麻烦。
“在印度,赌博或赌博是不允许的,除了某些例外在几个州,和一个游戏纯粹取决于运气是赌博,但玩家的游戏,包括实质性的技能不是赌博,”苏米特说曼加尔,伙伴,L&L Partners-Law办公室。
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