Legality

FavXI takes great care to comply with all central and state legislation in India to ensure that our users are fully protected. Every contest on our platform is carefully designed to comply with applicable statutes and regulations in India.

Below are the key points from an Indian High Court’s judgment specifically regarding FavXI’s game. A challenge to this judgment was also dismissed by the Supreme Court of India:

• The Court, in its ruling, stated that playing the FavXI game involves considerable skill, judgment and discretion and that success on FavXI arises out of users’ exercise, superior knowledge, judgment and attention.
• The Court also held that ‘the element of skill’ had a predominant influence on the outcome of the FavXI game, which follows the following format:
  • Participants have to choose a team consisting of at least the same no. of players as playing in a real-life sports team (e.g. 11 in cricket)
  • All contests are run for at least the duration of one full sports match
  • No team changes are allowed by participants after the start of the sports match
  • On this basis, the Court adjudged that playing on FavXI constitutes a ‘game of mere skill’, which makes the FavXI game exempt from the provisions of the Public Gambling Act, 1867 (PGA).