Govt estimates 45 cr people lose about Rs 20,000 cr annually from real money gamingThe government is concerned about online real money gaming. It estimates significant financial losses for many citizens. A new bill, "Promo...
21 Aug, 2025, 06.20 PM IST
Lok Sabha clears Online Gaming Bill, proposes to ban real money gamesIndia’s Online Gaming Bill 2025: The Lok Sabha has approved the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, imposing a blanket ba...
20 Aug, 2025, 05.59 PM IST
Madras HC upholds Tamil Nadu’s restrictions on real money gamesThe Madras High Court upheld Tamil Nadu's restrictions on real money gaming, including time and Aadhaar-based limits, dismissing industry c...
04 Jun, 2025, 03.21 PM IST
Real money gaming industry bodies issue code of ethics prescribing KYC, spending limitsNew Delhi industry bodies AIGF, EGF, and FIFS sign a Code of Ethics for online real money gaming companies to ensure user safety and respon...
10 Mar, 2025, 11.24 AM IST
ASCI teams up with online gaming industry to tackle offshore betting adsThe Advertising Standards Council of India has joined forces with multiple gaming federations to address illegal offshore betting and gambl...
18 Feb, 2025, 02.32 PM IST
Spending limit, night ban: How Tamil Nadu plans to regulate online gaming including rummy, fantasy cricketTamil Nadu may soon impose daily time and cash limits on online gaming, banning it between midnight and 5am. Proposed regulations include a...
18 Sep, 2024, 04.14 PM IST
NLU preparing recommendations for a online gaming regulator, to submit to MeitY soonTo determine the direction that gaming regulations, the National Law University (NLU) Delhi, along with industry body E-Gaming Federation (...
25 Mar, 2024, 10.56 AM IST
Gaming firms offer to pick up tax bill to keep players hookedCompanies are subsidising tax liability on users through deposit offers and bonuses, say industry insiders.
23 Jan, 2024, 07.11 AM 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
GST-hit gaming companies, VCs in a huddle to keep the lights onExperts predict a major consolidation in the real-money gaming (RMG) industry in the near future, wherein 80% of the smaller companies will...
17 Oct, 2023, 06.01 AM IST
Google to provide 'grace period' for existing fantasy sports, rummy apps while SRB implementation takes offLast year, Google Play launched a pilot program enabling distribution of DFS and Rummy apps to users in India. The pilot is set to end on S...
06 Sep, 2023, 11.05 AM IST
Cabinet approves CGST Act amendment to implement 28% GST on online gamingThe Indian cabinet has given the green light to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Act so as to allow for the introduction of a 28% g...
10 Aug, 2023, 12.08 AM IST
Online gaming companies plan to talk rules with statesIndustry associations such as E-Gaming Federation, All India Gaming Federation and Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports contend that while c...
05 Jul, 2023, 06.00 AM IST
WinZo pings government against egaming self-policing planFounders tell govt that SRO with any monopolistic entity may prove counter-productive.
21 Sep, 2022, 08.55 AM IST
Industry bodies raise concern over possibility of revising GST rates for online gamingIAMAI in particular said that for real money games in particular the GST should continue to be levied on the platform fee only at the rate ...
16 May, 2022, 05.48 PM IST
A Jhunjhunwala-owned stock in bear market may be best bet for 2022Nazara Technologies is likely to be among the top bets for investors in 2022 given the unique opportunity it provides to play the e-gaming ...
01 Jan, 2022, 10.35 AM IST
We are in a golden decade and we'd like to be a dominant gaming company, says Manish Agarwal, CEO, Nazara TechnologiesOne was the launch of Jio and the second was UPI transactions, micro transaction infrastructure and I think that 2017-2018 has been kind of...
23 Sep, 2021, 04.34 PM IST