Applies to online money gaming services offered within the territory of India or operated from outside the territory of India.
Dream11 Parent Dream Sports, Gameskraft, & More Suspend Paid Games Latest News: Some of India’s Real Money Gaming (RMG) companies have reportedly begun suspending contests and paid games on their platforms after the parliament passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025.
Real-money gaming (RMG) companies such as Dream11 parent Dream Sports, Gameskraft, Mobile Premier League (MPL), and Zupee are among the platforms reported to have started suspending contests and paid games.
The development came after the Rajya Sabha passed the bill on 21st August, which is on the last day of the monsoon session, and the Lok Sabha had passed the same the day earlier, citing rising concerns over addiction, financial losses, and deceptive practices.
The Union IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said over Rs 20,000 crore has been lost in online money gaming and that the issue has become equivalent to that of drugs.
After the president’s ascent, the bill will outlaw online money gaming in the country.
The bill marks a landmark move to protect citizens from the menace of online money games while promoting and regulating other kinds of online games.
This legislation is designed to curb addiction, financial ruin and social distress caused by predatory gaming platforms that thrive on misleading promises of quick wealth.
The Bill is “to promote and regulate the online gaming sector including e-sports, educational games and social gaming; to provide for the appointment of an Authority for coordinated policy support, strategic development and regulatory oversight of the sector; to prohibit the offering, operation, facilitation, advertisement, promotion and participation in online money games through any computer resource, mobile device or the internet, particularly where such activities operate across State borders or from foreign jurisdictions; to protect individuals, especially youth and vulnerable populations, from the adverse social, economic, psychological and privacy-related impacts of such games; to ensure the responsible use of digital technologies; to maintain public order and protect public health; to safeguard the integrity of financial systems and the security and sovereignty of the State; to establish a uniform, national-level legal framework in the public interest; and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto”.
The bill extends to the whole of India and also applies to online money gaming services offered within the territory of India or operated from outside the territory of India.
