Has Raj Kundra abandoned another one of his business ventures? Future of Match Indian Poker League uncertain, no announcement on teams and dates
On 1st June, 2017, Raj Kundra-promoted Viaan Industries Ltd and Switzerland headquartered not-for-profit, the International Federation of Poker (IFP), called the ‘Ma🦹tch Indian Poker League’ (MIPL). The movꦯe was touted by IFP as a transformational step in the development of poker in India.
However, more than a month after the public announcement by Kundra and IFP P🅠resident Patrick Nally; there has been stony silence on the structure of the league, the teams that would be participating, the venue of the event, prizes and other such details.
Although Kundra announced in June that he would💜 be announcing 🤪the league structure and team owners in a few days and that the league would be held in September, no further details have been forthcoming.
♐One suspects that MIPL announced by Kundra is a non-starter from its conception. This suspicion is further strengthened by the fact that Kundra has a history of making fals💜e announcements or shutting down businesses soon after starting them.
In September 2016, Kundra , stockrace.in, which was closed in a few days after SEBI an⭕d la🌺w enforcement agencies raised question marks about its legality.
Later, Kundra also , celebritygames.in, which fals✅ely claimed that it had endorsements from celebrities like Shane Warne,▨ Harman Baweja, Shahid Kapoor, Minissha Lamba, Rohan Gavaskar and others.
Celebritygames was shut down soon after this misrepresentation came to light, although Kundra tried to defend th💧e decision to wind up the business cl🌊aiming that it was due to demonetisation.
Recently, for non-payment 🧜of dues to their vendors. The High Court to Kundra and Shetty, although legal proceedings against them have not been quashed.
Kundra is notoriously famous for being involved in the IPL spot-fixing and betting scandal. In 2015, a Supreme Court appoint🤪ed committee on cricket matches and consequently a lifetime ban from participating in any kind⛦ of cricketing activity has been imposed on him.
Given these facts, one cannot help but ask whether MIPL is a non-sta♛rter and wheth🍌er the newly announced poker league has any future?
