NEW DELHI, Sept 15 (Reuters) – India should create a regulatory body to classify online games as based on skill or chance, introduce rules to block prohibited formats and take a stricter stance on gambling websites, a government panel said in a report seen by Reuters.

Simply defining games has been contentious. India’s Supreme Court says the card game rummy and certain fantasy games are skill-based and legal, but at least one state court classified games such as poker as chance-based, or akin to gambling, which is banned in most states.

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31, the panel of government officials calls for creation of a new regulatory body under India’s IT ministry to determine which online games qualify as games of skill, then «seek compliances and enforcement.»

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A senior gaming industry executive said the recommendation that a regulatory body evaluate different formats of online games could raise entry barriers for new players and increase scrutiny of companies’ current offerings.

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After receiving suggestions from India’s revenue department, the government panel stated that online gaming companies should be required to report any «suspicious transactions» to the government’s Financial Intelligence Unit.

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To streamline the legal framework, the 108-page report says India needs a new federal online gaming law, which will provide regulatory flexibility «with punishment provisions, along with blocking powers, for the government against prohibited gaming formats».

«On the aspect of prohibiting games of chance (e.g. gambling websites or apps) being played online, the proposed Digital India Act can include it in the list of prohibited user harms that will not be permitted,» the report stated.

For online games such as fantasy cricket on Dream11, paid contests remain the popular attraction. Users can create their teams by paying as little as 14 rupees (17 U.S. cents), with a total prize pool of 7 million rupees ($88,000) up for grabs by winners.

The panel of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s top officials has for months been drafting regulations for the country’s online gaming sector, where foreign investors such as Tiger Global and Sequoia Capital have backed gaming startups Dream11 and Mobile Premier League, hugely popular for fantasy cricket.