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Online Gaming Laws

Woman from Punjab arrested by Tripura police for gambling racket

A Crime Branch Unit of Tripura Police has nabbed a woman from Amritsar for her alleged involvement in an online fraud through an app-based...

Legality of Lottery in India: Understanding the law

The legislative powers to enact laws in India are divided into three lists namely: Union List (where the union government has sole authority to...

Rajasthan budget 2022: State to enact a law regulating online skill-based games

Rajasthan Chief Minister who also holds the portfolio of finance in his budget speech today announced that the state will bring a law to...

No request from states to ban BGMI: Central Govt tells Telangana HC

The central government’s electronics and information technology department has informed the Telangana High Court that it banned the PUBG gaming app in India after...

AIGF launches new regulatory intelligence platform -AIGFINTELLIGENCE.IN

Currently, a monthly subscription to the portal starts at Rs. 10,000/- per month for AIGF members and Rs. 12,000/- per month for non-AIGF members with special offers for quarterly and yearly subscriptions.

Karnataka HC: Playing online games protected under Article 21 (Right to Life)

On Monday, a special bench of the Karnataka High Court comprising of Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi, and Justice Krishna S. Dixit struck down...

Fin Ministry reconstitutes GoM examining GST on online gaming, casinos, and race courses

The Union Finance Ministry has reconstituted the Group of Ministers (GoM) to look into GST-related matters related to casinos, race course and online gaming....

Gaming Ban: Karnataka govt to appeal against the High Court verdict

The Karnataka government is reportedly exploring options to appeal against the division bench verdict of the Karnataka High Court quashing provisions of online gaming...

Rajya Sabha: Government aware of possible risks and harms associated with online games

The Minister for Electronics and Information Technology on Friday (Feb 11) said that the government is aware of possible risks and harms associated with...

Garena Free Fire banned in India along with 53 other Chinese linked apps

The Ministry of Home Affairs, on Monday, has recommended a ban of 54 Chinese mobile Apps, that include the hugely popular battle royale game,...

Karnataka: Dream11, MPL, Games24x7 to make a comeback after High Court decision

In a huge reprieve for the online skill-gaming industry, a division bench of the Karnataka High Court quashed an amendment to the Karnataka Police...

Karnataka HC strikes down gaming ban law as unconstitutional

The Karnataka High Court today struck down the amendments to the Karnataka Police Act, 1963 which banned online games including online rummy and online...

Karnataka Online Gaming Ban: High Court to pronounce decision on Monday

The parties in the petitions challenging the Karnataka online gaming ban law concluded the oral arguments before the High Court on 22 December 2021....

Karnataka HC’s judgment quashing match-fixing charges could pave way for legal cricket betting

In its order in response to a quashing petition filed by domestic cricketer CM Gautam as well as some bookmakers and others, Justice Sreenivas Harish Kumar noted that although match-fixing may indicate dishonesty, indiscipline and mental corruption for which BCCI can take action against errant cricketers and officials, including banning them, no ingredients of the offense of cheating can be made out.

Fantasy Sports: Ministries studying NITI Aayog discussion paper on regulation

The Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri. Anurag Thakur on Tuesday informed the Lok Sabha that the draft discussion paper titled "Guiding Principles...

Rummy apps return to Telugu States despite ban

In the year 2017, Telangana has enacted a strict anti-gambling law to ban all forms of real money games in the Stat including Rummy...

No cheating or conspiracy under IPC for match-fixing: Karnataka High Court

By allowing the petitions, the bench quashed the criminal proceedings pending before the Metropolitan Magistrate, Bengaluru. "If the bye-laws of the BCCI provide for initiation of disciplinary action against a player, such an action is permitted but registration of an FIR on the ground that a crime punishable under section 420 IPC has been committed, is not permitted. Even if the entire charge sheet averments are taken to be true on their face value, they do not constitute an offense," the Court held.

AIGF – ADL launch independent compliance audit, certify MPL

The audit methodology considers seven key parameters to validate the gaming platforms. These include user verification standards, player protection, responsible gaming, financial integrity, conflict redressal, advertising and promotions and legal and gaming compliance. 

Bring progressive law not ban: FICCI Gaming Committee urges government

Reacting to the recent statement made by the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister about bringing an end to online gaming in the state, the FICCI...

Clarify if Poker amounts to a game of skill: Bombay HC to Maha govt

The Aurangabad bench of the Bombay High Court has asked the state government whether online poker amounts to gambling or it is a game...