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American-Hungarian physicist may be key to answering 150-yr-old question

Delhi-based policy think tank Evam Law and Policy has come up with a mechanism of skill rating based on the system for chess developed by Arpad Elo, an American-Hungarian physicist. Since the Public Gambling Act granted exemption to games of skill in 1867, numerous legal battles have been fought in India over what defines a game of skill. With online games gaining popularity in the last few years, it has become a subject of pitched legal fights.