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Flutter Is the Next Global Giant to Step Into India

India is on the map of global gaming giants. Leader Flutter joins the trend, investing $3.5 million into a new Tech Center in Hyderabad.

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Wynn Invests in More Land in the UAE, Targets India

A special design team is developing the Middle East's version of Las Vegas. It will cater to wealthy Indians, meeting the highest standards.

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Indian Gaming Industry Brings Arguments to GST Case at SC

The Center collects large amounts from gaming GST. But the whole structure of this levy may turn out ultra vires to the Constitution of...

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Indian Online Gaming Goes Global In a Bid to Survive

The Indian online money gaming industry is expanding, and tax collections are consistently high. What could possibly go wrong?

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Budget Will Be Set Up with Existing GST on Online Gaming

Retrospective tax demands might get written off, but the 28% GST review on online games is pending, and a new DGGI investigation has started.

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New Government, New GST Council, New Hopes for Gaming

The long wait is over, and the GST Council is likely to discuss some of the troubles faced by the online gaming industry.

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Wheel of Fortune Celebrates 8000 Episodes with BetMGM

The iconic Roulette-type wheel has transformed the world of gambling, where responsible practices are at the forefront of business expansion.

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Kindred Taps into Indian Talent with a Bengaluru Tech Hub

Global gambling leader Kindred is entering the Indian talent acquisition scene with the intention of becoming one of Bengaluru's top employers.

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Lawyer Uday Walia: India needs “central legislation”

SevenJackpots editor-in-chief, Felicia Wijkander, interviews Touchstone Partners' Uday Walia on India's current legal landscape.

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Aviator Lifts Off with a New Brand Ambassador

Aviator's rise to success and glory has taken the innovative game to the UFC ring, while Stake is reaching even higher in the world's...

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India to Lay Foundations for a Responsible Gaming Policy

Responsible gaming has found its place in India's political agenda, and knowledge-based consumer protection is on the way.

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Delhi Police EOW Cracks Down on Unlicensed Gaming Sites

No offshore gaming operator registered under the new GST regime, and the Center is focusing efforts to stop the leaking of hundreds of untaxed...

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And the Indian Online Gaming Regulator Is… MeitY

Meity is taking charge of online money gaming in India, a move that had been in the making for quite a while.

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Skill and Chance in Gaming and the Legal Realm: The Roots

Amidst the turbulence caused by GST, we look for the roots of the skill vs chance distinction in gaming and find them in the...

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Signs of Stability Emerging from a Precariously Shifting Landscape

The Indian online gaming industry is set to find stability and prosperity after the wave of regulatory and tax changes. Not everyone will make...

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Delta Didn’t Bother to Make Provisions for Huge GST Demand

Delta Corp is taking its time to carefully navigate the new business realities brought around by amended GST acts and ₹23,000+ crore tax evasion...

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PM Modi Steers Online Gaming Regulation to a Temporary Hold

PM Modi's vision is directing India towards a gaming regulation that covers skill and chance under the direct responsibility of gaming's nodal ministry, MeitY.

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The Year in Review: India Gets Closer to Safe Money Gaming

In 2023, regulatory winds transformed Indian legal space related to online money games in a bid to bring clarity, but the process is far...

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It’s Final! Maharashtra LA Repealed Casinos Act, 1976

Maharashtra's 47-year-long standstill on the fate of casinos in the state has been broken, and gambling establishments have received the red light.

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Baccarat, a Game of Baccarat: How It All Began

The classic casino game of baccarat perfectly served a filmmaker's purpose and helped create an iconic character with an evergreen catchphrase.

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It’s Raining Billions of Dollars in Post-Covid Las Vegas

Extravagant investment activity in Las Vegas proves the blow delivered by the pandemic to the global casino entertainment industry was just a hiccup.

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Center Defends Online Gaming IT Rules before Delhi HC

MeitY raises arguments at the Delhi HC against a PIL challenging the legality of recent IT Rules amendments over online money gaming and the...

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Center Mules Asking SC to Batch Online Gaming GST Cases

The Government wants to group its forces on one front for the upcoming judicial battles for online games GST, while businesses are getting interim...

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Kindred Group Open About Revenue from High-Risk Gamblers

Global gambling operator Kindred leads the way for transparent responsible gambling on the wings of in-house and industry-academia partnership research.

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Nagpur Businessman Loses ₹58Cr on Rigged Casino Games

Just like in a dramatic play, our hero, businessman Vikrant, makes one mistake and takes the wrong path on a journey that only starts...

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Courts in Goa and Sikkim Freeze GST Action against Delta

The judiciary is freezing final GST enforcement action against Delta Corp before examining the tax evasion claims far exceeding the gaming industry's worth.

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Deltatech Slapped with a Fresh ₹6,384.3 Crore GST Notice

With the new GST demands directed at Deltatech Gaming, Delta Corp now allegedly owes the exchequer four times its operating revenues for the last...

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ED Brings in Bollywood Stars for Questioning over Mahadev Involvement

Ranbir Kapoor is one of several Bollywood celebrities summoned to appear in front of the ED for involvement in promotion of the Mahadev app.

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DPDPA is set to Influence India’s Online Gambling Landscape

India's GDPR equivalent, the DPDPA, will mean stricter rules for online operators processing user data, but may simultaneously be in breach of fundamental rights...

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New GST Reality a Fact: Online Gaming Takes the Punch

India’s shifting legal and taxation landscape over online gaming is now a fact, and not all industry actors will get to remain on stage.

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Dream11, Delta and Others Slapped with ₹70,000+ Cr Notices

The last stages of the journey to the promised calm waters of regulatory certainty are proving rather rough for India's gaming sector.

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Supreme Court Deliberates on Tamil Nadu’s Gaming Bans

The legal battle for Tamil Nadu's first gaming ban has begun. In the meantime, the State made a 2nd ban, and the Center is...

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SRO-Approved Real Money Games May Show up on Google Play

It's not all bad news for the GST-struck homegrown gaming industry, as Google intends to allow real money game apps on Play Store for...

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Fourth SRO Proposed, Skill in Rummy and Poker Measured

The SRO proposals are now four, with the inclusion of the AIGR Foundation. Rummy and poker receive scientific validation as skill-based.

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TN Appoints Gaming Authority Amidst Ongoing Court Battles

The state's Online Gaming Authority is set and ready, while senior counsels argue about the constitutional validity of the law that prescribed its creation.

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Parliament Adopts GST Council Recommendations on Gaming

After three years of waiting, the Center and the states are in a hurry to implement the GST hike over online games in search...

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Maharashtra to Ban Online Gambling, Goa Looks into TN Ban

Maharashtra has been trying to regulate and tax gambling for almost four decades now, but the latest initiative by the State Govt aims for...

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50th GST Council: One Levy for Skill and Chance Games

The GST Council moved away from skill vs. chance ambiguities and recommended uniform tax on all games, disrupting the business model of skill operators.

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The Upcoming 50th GST Council: This is What to Look Out For

The long-pending decision on whether to burden skill gaming prize pools with 28% GST might finally be made at the 50th Meeting of the...

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AIGF and EGF/FIFS have Proposed Online Gaming SROs

India’s online gaming industry is in a hurry to join MeitY’s efforts to regulate the country’s online gaming space without interference from Big Tech.

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Breaking: ED Raids 25 Locations Linked to Offshore Gaming

ED cracks down on Rs 4000 crore worth scheme to siphon online gaming money out of India through remote computers and misdeclaration of circumstances.

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Karnataka HC Quashes GST Enforcement Ambitions

Karnataka HC refuses DGGI access to online gaming prize pools and brings clarity to GST base valuation on games of skill a month before...

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Interview with Uday Walia on Indian Online Gambling

Uday Walia and Felicia Wijkander dive deep into the latest updates and possibilities related to online gambling in India. Read the interview and watch...

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AIGF Renews Challenge to TN Gaming Ban, MoS Calls It “Meaningless”

The legal battle over the constitutional validity of Tamil Nadu’s new gaming ban has begun. Union Minister calls the whole thing “meaningless.”

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Govt Agreed on TDS with Gaming Sector, GST Council Planned

The effective date of the new TDS regime over online gaming was changed to April 1 to avoid chaos in tax compliance. Uncertainty over...

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TN Assembly Unanimous behind New Online Gaming Ban

Tamil Nadu LA unanimously rejects the governor’s veto on the State’s new online gaming ban and ends two weeks of political controversy and protests...

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MeitY Likely to Accept Graded KYC for Online Gaming

MeitY will likely relax KYC requirements for small deposits for playing online games, as industry reps have suggested in their feedback on the IT...

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Finance Bill 2023 Proposes Changes to TDS on Game Winnings

Govt aims to tighten TDS on winnings from gaming abolishing practice to split withdrawals and completely removing non-taxable threshold for online games

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Anoop, Kerala’s Biggest Lottery Winner, is in the Business Now

Kerala’s biggest lottery winner Anoop paves the way for future winners to remain anonymous and opens a lottery ticket shop himself.

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MEITY and Industry Discuss IT Rules Amendments for Online Gaming

Gaming industry reps give valuable feedback to newly proposed IT Rules amendments for online gaming by the sector’s new nodal ministry, MEITY.

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Chhattisgarh Bans Games of Chance with Swift Moves

Chhattisgarh is quick to ban gambling, including online, to answer the spread of an illegal betting app. Games of skill are reportedly exempt

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Delta Corp Files Legal Action against Goa Government

Delta Corp challenges its license fees for the months of lockdown, even though the money has been allocated.

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Macau Casinos: Licenses against Non-Gaming Investments

Macau casino operators will invest billions in non-gaming projects to diversify the city’s economy away from gambling as part of licensing requirements.

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Three-Year Study Reveals the Dangers of Loot Boxes

UK academia study reveals the harmful impact of loot boxes on the young and proposes regulatory intervention. In India, loot boxes still run under...

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MIB Orders Google to Drop Online Gambling Ads

Centre continues its crack down on offshore gambling with MIB ordering Google to stop showing online betting ads.

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Madhya Pradesh Govt to HC: Three Months Needed for Online Gaming Law

Madhya Pradesh Govt told the High Court it needs three months to prepare a law against online gambling in response to an order to...

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IIM Rohtak Study Reveals Celebrities’ Huge Impact on Gambling Ads

Celebrity endorsements in gambling ads found to raise the tendency to play multifold and double the effect of statutory warnings. Regulations based on the...

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BMM Testlabs to Elevate Gaming Knowledge in India

Global game testing firm BBM Testlabs opens a new lab in Gurgaon’s Cyber City to test and certify online and land-based gaming products and...

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Facebook Updates Protocol for Real-Money Gaming Ads

Facebook updates its policy on gambling promotions, requires operator’s licenses and responsible ad campaigns.

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Wynn will be the First Casino Operator in UAE

Wynn is building the first casino resort in the Arab Gulf Region. ‘Mini Las Vegas’ plans replace ‘Mini Ibiza’ vision as new gaming legislation...

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Big Tech Layoffs Continue, Desi Developers to Refocus Efforts

Big Tech continues job cuts on a global scale, India also impacted. Facebook, Amazon, and Twitter cut, but desi tech startups still thrive.

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Online Gaming Industry Challenges New Tamil Nadu Ban

The All India Gaming Federation challenged the TN ban on online games for money as the legal battle continues.

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LeoVegas in Joint Research with Karolinska Institutet

Swedish gaming operator joins hands with academia on data-driven responsible gaming research.

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Hard Times Continue for Casinos in Macau

Recovery-hopeful casino industry in Macau suffers new “Zero-Covid” policy setback while operators await government decision to renew their licenses.

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Gambling Ads Paused on iPhone Apps Store

Gambling ads swiftly restricted on iPhone App Store after criticism by developers

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Authorities Go after Black Market Gambling, with No Nationwide Regulation in Sight

Police carry out arrests for illegal betting rings and gambling apps. Despite ad advisory and ISP bans, offshore platforms carry on.

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Instagram Rolls Out Age Verification for India and Brazil

Instagram age verification comes to India, sharing similar KYC policies proposed to regulate online gaming.

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Delta Corp Profits Keep Rising, Hospitality Only a Minor Share

Delta Corp gambling revenue recovers, casinos reopen, and online games are key to market growth as Indian industry gets a moment of peace.

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Breaking: Jio and Vodafone blocks offshore gambling sites

Offshore online betting websites Betway, 22bet, PariMatch, and others blocked by Jio and Vodafone over tax evasion claims.

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Meghalaya Backtracks on Casino Regulation, Cites Moral Grounds

Meghalaya state government decides to repeal the act that looks to regulate gaming and gambling within the state.

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Centre clamps down on TV & OTT platforms over betting ads

India sees two new advisories asking OTT platforms, news websites, and TV channels to stop betting ads.

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Auto driver wins ₹25 cr, largest Kerala lottery win ever!

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Curaçao to create new, stricter gambling regulation

Curaçao gambling license overhaul, with stricter entry process While the news of Curaçao looking to […]

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Evolution Acquires Game Provider Nolimit City

The Evolution-family grows to seven with Nolimit City addition Evolution’s collection of game developers is […]

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Famous law influencer comments on India’s gaming bill

YourInstaLawyer tells it like it is in new Instagram Reel video Tanya Appachu, a Lawyer […]

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Indian government has formed online gaming regulation panel

India takes action towards gaming regulation In light of the recently proposed gaming bill presented […]

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Curaçao to trigger gambling action plan in December

Curaçao’s liberal gambling legislation under the gun? We might see improved gambling regulation from Curaçao […]

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Pragmatic Play releases two new Indian Live Casino tables

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Why we have removed Tamil Nadu from restricted states in India

The Madras High Court recently rejected the new law in Tamil Nadu to ban all forms […]

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Karnataka gambling ban to take effect on 13 September 2021

Karnataka includes online gambling in Karnataka Police Act, 1963. Earlier this year, we reported on […]

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Bombay HC questions Ludo’s legality following petition

Ludo’s legality: A game of chance or skill? The game of Ludo is one that […]

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Goa & Uttar Pradesh clamp down on online gambling

Several people arrested in Goa online gambling den raid | Goa & Uttar Pradesh clamp […]

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Karnataka & Kerala makes a move on online gambling regulation

Proposal to ban online gambling & betting in Karnataka | Karnataka & Kerala gambling regulation […]

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Amendment bill suggests online gambling ban in Tamil Nadu.

Online Gambling in Tamil Nadu faces bill proposal | Proposed online gambling ban in Tamil […]