Offshore gaming apps lure users with ‘No GST’ carrotMost of these apps are now trying to win over customers, advertising that bets placed on their platforms would not face any GST, people in ...
Centre planning to raise odds against illegal betting companiesThe government found as many as 114 illegal betting and gambling platforms operating in India through domain farming, people aware of the d...
Govt to certify ‘permissible’ games for now; crypto transfers to wallets on radarThere are many types of online real money games, and the government has not banned all of them, only those that involve wagering, Rajeev Ch...
Government to certify ‘permissible’ online games for now: MoS Rajeev ChandrasekharPlatforms such as Google and Apple will be notified of the change, can tap MeitY for clarity, says MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Exclusive: Need solid reason to take down banned betting apps, says AppleWhile the iPhone maker has not outright refused to comply with the February order by the ministry of electronics and information technology...
Some betting apps continue advertising despite ban; fintechs push for decentralised KYC regimeHappy Friday. A bunch of gaming and getting firms continue operations and ads across online platforms despite a government ban. This and mo...
Exclusive: Betting, gaming apps Betway, Lotus365, Fun88 continue operations, ads despite blanket banPlatforms that advertise banned apps could suffer severe penalties under the IT Rules including “loss of intermediary status and potential ...
MIB asks state chief secretaries to impose ban on outdoor media online betting adsThe letter follows similar advisories issued by the MIB against advertisements run by online betting and gambling platforms on TV, print, a...
Google says it doesn't allow online gambling advertsThe statement was issued in response to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's (MIB) letter last week, wherein the ministry asked G...
Blume Ventures closes its largest fund at $250M; Vedantu sacks 385 in fourth round of layoffs this yearSeveral venture funds focused on India and Southeast Asia have been raising record amounts of capital despite the global macroeconomic down...
MIB asks Google to comply with advisory against online betting adsThe MIB sends letters to individual players as and when a violation is brought to its notice. Offshore online betting platforms Fairplay, P...
Gaming regulations: Understand the games people playThe economics and potential of the entire industry are staggering, but cries out for unambiguous demarcation between games of skill and cha...
Stop ads of offshore betting sites, government to digital media platforms, TV channelsIn the advisory, the govt said online offshore betting platforms are now using news websites as a surrogate product to advertise the bettin...
West Indies name squad for T20I series in India, same one that faced EnglandWest Indies T20I Squad: Kieron Pollard (captain), Nicholas Pooran (vice-captain), Fabian Allen, Darren Bravo, Roston Chase, Sheldon Cottrel...
I know what you did last summer: Taxman keeping an eye on betting cos abroadBanks asked to furnish details on eleven companies, transactions since Jul 2017. The websites also accepted bets in crypto-currencies, maki...
The crackdown on online gaming threatens to cripple a nascent but promising industryThe sector was expected to reach Rs 18,700 crore by 2022, at a CAGR of 43%. Though numbers for 2020 are not yet available, the previous yea...
This IPL season, bookies and bettors have gone high tech and cashlessUnlike bookies of yesteryear, who dealt in hard cash, most of the transactions happen online, just as market trades happen now.