In an effort first of its kind, statistician and Padma Shri awardee Bimal Roy, in collaboration with The Dialogue, has come up with a comprehensive framework to differentiate between games of skill and games of chance.

The framework has been formulated in consultation with industry stakeholders like the All India Gaming Federation, one of the largest industry bodies for the Indian gaming sector, and will be sent to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (Meity) for feedback. This feedback will later be incorporated in the second iteration of the framework.

Roy is former chairman of the National Statistical