Indie Rituals- Playing cards and Diwali!
Festivals and card games are known as common occurrences for innumerable years. It has almost become a Diwali ritual for friends and families to come together and celebrate the season over a game of Poker, Rummy, or any other game that can engage a group of people, leading to a gala time.
The sheer belief that the Goddess of wealth showers her blessings during the festival, has a mythological reference. It is said that Gods/Goddesses indulged in a game of gambling during this time and pronounced that whosoever gambled on Diwali night would prosper throughout the ensuing year.
Before the internet and urbanisation, everybody would travel long distances to meet their dear ones and spend time with one another. Now, with the advent of technology and fewer off-days from work, people still participate in these games, but through websites and apps. Adda52 is one such online gaming platform where “India plays Poker” and there is non stop action and fun. Basically you can play your luck over these platforms even if you cannot make it to home for Diwali!
Another thing that’s known to bring people together is sports, cricket especially, at least in India. There are fantasy game platforms that recreate the living room excitement of self proclaimed expert predictions and banters with others online. Whether Fantasy Games are a form of gambling or not has been a debatable subject since its inception. Although some government bodies have taken clear stands on this subject (Playing fantasy games online not betting: High court), a large group of people still believe that it is nothing but another form of gambling!
Fantasy sports are platforms where you create virtual teams by selecting players who are part of an ongoing tournament. You are awarded points based on the real time performances of the players in your virtual team. In the end, the person with most points wins!
Since you cannot predict somebody’s performance in a game, it seems like a gamble. But for someone who has a great knowledge of sports and has analysed players’ performance over a recent period of time can make almost right decisions thereby proving that Fantasy games are not won by sheer luck but through skills and strategy!
The dispute is on!
Cartoon Mango has designed and developed such platforms. One of them being amongst the largest across the globe — The IPL Fantasy League.
IPL Fantasy runs through entire season of the mega Indian Premier League, and boasts of over 1 million registered users. It has also been one of our biggest projects at Cartoon Mango, involving 360 digital product solution right from ideation of the game play to launch strategy with in-depth research and 24/7 management throughout the IPL season.
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With Diwali round the corner, the spirit of festivity fills all around us. The countless lights on the streets, snacks and sweets decked up. Living rooms full of friends and family getting together to celebrate, play games and share some laughs. We started to reminisce the fun times, the physical and the digital filling the void with endless possibilities. They’re both good as long as done together and with fun of course.
Here’s wishing each one of you, a fun-filled Diwali! Dust off that pack of cards and play with your loved ones for old times sake. We sincerely hope this festival brings in lot of great health and wealth for everyone out there.
