Jay Sayta

Jay Sayta, is a technology and gaming lawyer based in India. He is a B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) graduate from West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS) Kolkata. He founded the website Glaws.in in the year 2010 monitoring gambling, betting and lottery laws. Glaws was subsequently acquired by Nordanvind Investments Limited in November 2019.[1]

Jay Sayta
Sayta at a gaming summit
Personal details
Born(1992-04-24)24 April 1992
Mumbai
ResidenceMumbai, India
Alma materWest Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
ProfessionAdvocate
WebsiteG2G.news

Sayta has researched and written extensively on gambling and betting laws for various online and offline publications and academic journals like Outlook, Medianama, The Statesman, Scroll, The Wire, Asia Gaming Brief etc.[2][3] He regularly writes for academic journals.[4][5]

Controversies

In 2017, an e-gambling company E-cool Gaming, a group company of Essel Group filed a criminal defamation suit against Sayta and The Wire for reporting on its CAG audit.[6][7]

The case was withdrawn after a stay order by the Gauhati high court’s Aizawl bench [8]

Notable cases

In 2015, Jay filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Bombay High Court to enforce the Maharashtra Casinos (Control & Tax) Act, 1976, a four decades legislation that legalised casinos in the state of Maharashtra. Based on Jay's PIL, the High Court directed the government to consider the implementation of the casinos' legislation in a time-bound manner.[9] Currently, the state government of Maharashtra is looking at permitting licensed casinos based on Sayta's PIL.[10][11]

Sayta has represented one of the petitioners before the Madras High Court that struck down amendments to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, 1930 that prohibited online games of skill like poker and rummy.[12] He regularly advises bureaucrats, entrepreneurs, lawyers, corporate professionals, gaming companies on gambling and gaming laws.[13]

He is also an active angel investor and Editorial Advisor to the website Gateway to Gaming (G2G.news).[14]

References
  1. https://sportscafe.in/sports/articles/2019/nov/18/nordanvind-investments-acquires-glaws-in Nordanvind Investments acquire Glaws.in; launch cricket prediction website
  2. https://thewire.in/business/subhash-chandra-essel-cag-lottery Spotlight on Subhash Chandra's Essel Group as CAG Probes Rs 11,000 Crore Lottery Irregularity
  3. https://scroll.in/article/757203/an-indian-poker-website-is-betting-on-offline-marketing-to-gain-acceptance An Indian poker website is betting on offline marketing to gain acceptance
  4. http://nujslawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/jaysayta.pdf
  5. https://www.aigf.in/author/jay/
  6. https://www.legallyindia.com/home/essel-slapps-glaws-founder-jay-sayta-and-the-wire-for-reporting-on-its-cag-audit-20170828-8731 E-gambling company SLAPPs ex-NUJS gaming laws blogger Jay Sayta for reporting on its CAG audit
  7. https://www.medianama.com/2017/07/223-e-cool-gaming-criminal-defamation-the-wire/ Criminal Defamation Case Filed Against The Wire By E-Cool Gaming
  8. https://thewire.in/article/business/essel-groups-defamation-case-against-the-wire-now-withdrawn/amp
  9. https://pokerguru.in/poker-news/state-govt-delays-answering-court-order-in-maharashtra-gambling-pil-case-next-hearing-likely-on-july-31/ State Govt Delays Answering Court Order in Maharashtra Gambling PIL Case, Next Hearing Likely on July 31
  10. https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-head-will-maharashtra-legalise-casinos-on-land-soon-2212667 Head: Will Maharashtra legalise casinos on land soon?
  11. https://www.lawctopus.com/nujs-student-glaws-founder-jay-sayta-files-pil-enforce-maharashtra-casinos-act/ NUJS Student, Glaws.in Founder Jay Sayta Files a PIL: Wants to Enforce Long-Pending Maharashtra Casinos Act
  12. https://www.livelaw.in/pdf_upload/junglee-games-india-private-limited-v-state-of-tamil-nadu-397904.pdf W.P.No.13870 of 2021
  13. https://superlawyer.in/jay-sayta-founder-glaws-in-on-how-he-became-an-authority-in-gambling-laws/
  14. https://inc42.com/features/indian-gaming-startups-caught-in-a-legal-maze/ Gaming Startups In A Legal Maze
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