India’s online money gaming ban faces first legal challenge as A23 owner moves Karnataka HCHead Digital Works, the parent company of A23, has challenged the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Law, 2025, in the Karnataka Hig...
28 Aug, 2025, 01.29 PM IST
Online Gaming Bill 2025 gets President Droupadi Murmu’s assentThe Lok Sabha had passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill on Wednesday. The bill seeks a blanket ban on real-money gaming...
22 Aug, 2025, 08.37 PM IST
Real money egaming banned? Players now game the systemBanned in some states, gamers take WhatsApp & Telegram route, mask location to keep playing.
16 Nov, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Online rummy not comparable to physical game, can't be allowed: Tamil Nadu in HCThe Tamil Nadu government has informed the Madras High Court that the game of rummy played online and physically are incomparable due to th...
09 Nov, 2023, 06.06 PM IST
Madras HC allows partial lifting of ban by Tamil Nadu govt on online gamingThe Madras High Court on Thursday ordered partial lifting of ban on online gaming as it has allowed games of skills like rummy and poker. H...
09 Nov, 2023, 05.31 PM IST
Madras HC denies immediate relief to online gaming companiesThe bench said that they would prefer to take up the writ petitions for final hearing anytime rather than hearing the matter for the purpos...
03 Jul, 2023, 09.30 PM IST
Tamil Nadu governor gives assent to bill banning online gamblingLegislation also seeks to regulate online gaming including fantasy sports which may now need vetting by a multi-member committee.
11 Apr, 2023, 12.22 PM IST
Ban promotion of online gambling, Karnataka BJP MLA implores CentreKarnataka recently moved the Supreme Court challenging the High Court judgment early this year that had quashed key amendments to the Karna...
12 Dec, 2022, 03.52 PM IST
Disappointed with Tamil Nadu govt’s ordinance to ban online gaming: E-Gaming FederationTamil Nadu governor RN Ravi's assent to ban online gaming as well as regulate such companies follows a cabinet decision to take the ordinan...
09 Oct, 2022, 07.54 AM IST
As state governments come down on real-money gaming, companies ask for regulation instead of banOver half a dozen state governments are trying to ban some or all forms of real-money gaming (RMG). The states are forced to step in as the...
19 Dec, 2021, 12.56 PM IST
Big league awaits Indian online gaming firms in 2021Fundraising by Indian online gaming firms in 2021 is expected to surpass previous records as investors will look to make the most of people...
06 Jan, 2021, 10.30 AM IST
Real-money gaming companies face an increasing hostile regulatory landscapeTamil Nadu was the third south Indian state to ban these games, after Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and Karnataka is considering a similar ...
09 Dec, 2020, 11.04 PM IST
Tamil Nadu's decision to ban online gaming likely to hurt rummy companies the mostOnline gaming in India, which has seen steep growth in the last couple of years driven by increasing internet and smartphone penetration, c...
25 Nov, 2020, 09.47 AM IST
Madras HC calls for setting up of a regulatory body to monitor both offline and online gaming"Needless to say that if the government intends to pass a legislation in this regard, all the stakeholders should be put in notice and thei...
25 Jul, 2020, 04.46 PM IST
Real-money gaming firms make a bigger betCard-based games such as rummy and poker, from companies such as Adda52, RummyCircle and Ace2Three, were part of the first wave of realmone...
21 Oct, 2019, 09.24 AM IST
India may be poised to benefit from a broadly legalized gambling marketAround $60 bn is spent on all types of gambling in India, but only a fifth of it is legally accounted, according to a 2010 study by KPMG.
19 Oct, 2014, 07.06 AM IST
Supreme Court to decide whether rummy for stakes is a skill-based card game or a criminal offencePerhaps the most anxious observers of this case are foreign firms waiting to enter the Indian market.
19 Oct, 2014, 04.00 AM IST