spot_img
spot_imgspot_imgspot_imgspot_img

Fantasy Sports

Karnataka Gaming Ban: Parties conclude arguments, HC reserves judgement

The parties in the petitions challenging the Karnataka online gaming ban law concluded the oral arguments before the High Court today. The petitioners include...

WinZO teams up with Ranveer Singh’s upcoming movie 83

WinZO announced its collaboration with the upcoming Ranveer Singh starrer Bollywood film, 83. Produced by Deepika Padukone, Sajid Nadiadwala, Reliance Entertainment and Phantom Films, the film features leading Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone and Pankaj Tripathi among others. Resonating with the common values of competing, performing and winning, the film chose to collaborate with WinZO as their official brand partner and will help bring together billions of Indians from across the country to experience the thrill and excitement of winning.

Games24x7 teams up with Akshaya Patra Foundation, donates 10k ‘Happiness Kits’ to beneficiaries of the Mid-Day Meal Scheme

Games24x7, India’s largest online skill gaming platform, commenced their partnership with Akshaya Patra Foundation with an aim to provide 10,000 student beneficiaries of the Mid-Day Meal Schemes (MDMS) with ‘Happiness Kits’. These kits contain tools to deliver holistic nutrition, education, and hygiene to the doorsteps of children in alignment with the changing requirements of a pandemic afflicted world.

Karnataka gaming case enters final stage, next hearing on 22 December

The Karnataka High Court special bench headed by Chief Justice on Tuesday adjourned the petitions challenging the legal validity of the State's new online...

IndiaTech writes to Ministry of Electronics and IT suggesting a ‘Code for Responsible Online Gaming’ framework

IndiaTech has written to the Ministry of Electronics and IT suggesting the framing of a ‘Code for Responsible Online Gaming’. Previously, the industry body representing India’s...

Indiatech.org CEO Rameesh Kailasam on regulation, policy challenges and future of India’s online real money gaming industry

As the booming India's online gaming market contemplates ways to exorcise the barrage of PILs, litigations, bans, complaints, and harsh regulations out of its billion dollar path, many experts point towards the western regulatory models as the solution. However, Indiatech.org's CEO Ramesh Kailasam opines it won't be a tall order to say that India should take the lead and evolve international best practices instead.

Senior advocate and MP Dr. Singhvi asks questions on fantasy sports in Rajya Sabha while appearing for operators in the Karnataka case

Senior advocate Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi who is also a Rajya Sabha member had raised a question in the upper house on games of...

Games24x7 ropes in Rajat Bansal as chief technology officer

The former head of engineering at Amazon Lockers, Rajat Bansal, has joined as the chief technology officer at Games24x7, one of India’s largest online...

Explained: The New York fantasy case relied on by the Karnataka Advocate General

In the ongoing saga before the Karnataka High Court concerning the recently enacted online gaming ban law, the Advocate General referred to a New...

FIFS joins as petitioner, Karnataka HC hearing on online gaming ban law to continue on Dec 14

A special bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi and Justice Krishna S Dixit conducted another hearing of...

[Exclusive] After fresh funding, Dream11 to offer online rummy? Update: 4 January 2022

Dream11 is reportedly weighing in options to enter the online rummy space, sources said citing anonymity. The gaming leader had recently closed an $840...

Game of skill loses its nature once the public at large are invited – Advocate General before Karnataka HC

A special bench of the Karnataka High Court continued to hear the batch of petitions filed challenging the Karnataka online gaming legislation. As...

NFCC: Aakansha Gupta crowned first-ever national fantasy cricket champion

National Fantasy Cricket Championship (NFCC) hosted on BalleBaazi.com, which started with an objective to boost the fantasy sports landscape in India, recently concluded on a high note with Aakansha Gupta – a CA aspirant, hailing from Madhya Pradesh being crowned the ultimate champion with 783.5 points. With BalleBaazi.com’s only 1% userbase consisting of women participants, the achievement stands unique. As #1 on the leaderboard, Aakansha will take home the winning prize pool and an opportunity to travel Lord’s Cricket Ground – the Mecca of Cricket.

Dream11 raises $840 million funding at an $8 billion valuation

Dream11 parent Dream Sports has closed an $840 million funding round led by Falcon Edge, DST Global, D1 Capital, Redbird Capital, and Tiger Global....

Exclusive: Grounds by Tamil Nadu govt before SC challenging the Madras HC judgement

The Tamil Nadu government moved the Supreme Court against the Madras High Court (MHC) order that struck down certain amendments introduced by the Tamil...

[Exclusive] WinZO files a writ petition challenging the Odisha Gambling Act, 1955

Tictok Skill Games Private Limited has filed a writ petition before the Odisha High Court challenging the provisions of the Odisha Prevention of Gambling...

GST Intel raids RummyCulture, laptops and hard drives seized

In a series of raids in Bengaluru, the GST Intel team found tax evasion by GamesKraft Technologies, the company that operates RummyCulture, reported IndiaAheadNews....

Karnataka gaming ban: Kar HC division bench hears the petitions, next hearing on November 18

The writ petitions before the Karnataka High Court challenging the ban on online gaming were heard by a division bench headed by Chief Justice...

Manchester City announces new partnership with Dream Sports’ DreamSetGo

Founded in 2019 by Monish Shah, DreamSetGo curates premium, end-to-end, authentic sports travel packages across football, cricket, tennis, motorsports, golf among other sports. DreamSetGo is a part of Dream Sports, India’s leading sports technology company.

Dream11 FIR: Karnataka High Court extends interim protection to founders, next hearing after 2 weeks

Dream11 founders Bhavit Sheth & Harsh Jain quashing petition came up for hearing in Karnataka High Court today. An FIR was lodged last month...