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14 ARTICLES
Impact of real-money gaming ban on payment gateways is overstated
The loss of business could dent volumes, but should have next to no effect on the bottom line of payment companies
30 Aug 2025
A23 challenges India's online real-money gaming ban
The rummy and poker platform is the first in the industry to contest the legislation, while most major players have accepted it despite severe revenue losses.
28 Aug 2025
Dream11 looks to withdraw as Indian cricket team sponsor
The fantasy sports platform is planning to exit its Rs 358-crore BCCI sponsorship following the new online gaming legislation, and could become the latest in a series of high-profile Team India sponsor exits.
24 Aug 2025
The real-money gaming ban and the defeat of logic in India
The complete ban on online gaming involving money is just the latest example of a country running on a whim. To anyone doing business in India, this should serve as a reminder that the axe of high-handed government regulation could fall at any time.
23 Aug 2025
Real-money gaming companies could face an RBI blow
The grouping of the sector alongside betting and gambling firms in the tax regime opens up the prospect of the central bank denying it access to payment gateway services.
03 Oct 2023
Government tries its luck at real-money gaming tax
The argument that real-money gaming is essentially gambling and that the sector was always supposed to pay a higher tax stands on shaky ground.
28 Sept 2023
Understanding the chaos of real-money gaming
With a higher GST rate and the threat of retrospective taxation, the sector—which has always had the tinge of gambling—is finding reality worse than its nightmares.
18 Sept 2023
Mobile Premier League runs into a wall
The Sequoia-backed gaming company has been struggling to find its next big endeavour and grow into its valuation.
28 Nov 2022
No impact on Dream11 and co. of gambling ads notice
The Information and Broadcast Ministry advisory, according to experts, is aimed at unregulated offshore betting platforms.
14 Jun 2022
A Swiggy-Zomato joint investment + A web3 friend for Dream11
The food delivery companies have both put money into restaurant SaaS startup UrbanPiper; Dream11 is getting on the crypto/NFT bandwagon.
22 Apr 2022