The year 2020 in the context of the Indian online gaming industry was dominated by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdown. With outdoor mediums of socializing and entertainment facing restrictions, people opted to meet their social & entertainment needs via online gaming & OTT platforms.
This led to a ... Read More
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Dec2020
10
Dec2020
The recent news of 2-3 Indian states banning online real-money games came as a huge blow for the Indian real-money gaming platforms pertaining to the rummy, poker and fantasy sports space. The actions taken by the respective State governments have substantially scared off potential investors from India & abroad from ... Read More
10
Dec2020
Bengaluru | Mumbai: Online real-money gaming startups in the rummy, poker, and fantasy space are facing an increasingly challenging regulatory landscape, with Indian states banning or shutting down their operations on concerns over gambling addiction and income loss.
After the Madras High Court refused to stay Tamil Nadu’s ban earlier in ... Read More
03
Dec2020
The Indian online gaming industry has been experiencing a big uptrend in the past few years. Nonetheless, the recent developments regarding a minimum of three Indian states working on a ban on online gaming have raised serious questions regarding the future of this booming industry.
The state governments of two of ... Read More
27
Nov2020
OTT viewership is currently in its golden period in India, aided significantly by the coronavirus lockdown. In 2012, India only had 2 OTT platform providers, which has now risen to 40. This depicts the significant rise of OTT in India over the past decade or so.
With the coronavirus pandemic still ... Read More
25
Nov2020
Online poker platform PokerBaazi celebrated the festive season with a unique #PokerFaceJokerFace challenge. PokerBaazi collaborated with India’s finest stand-up comedians for this challenge, making them challenge each other to break their Poker Faces with hilarious jokes.
The challenge saw participation from comedy kings Sapan Verma, KaneezSurka, Aakash Gupta, Vipul Goyal, Ashish ... Read More
24
Nov2020
As per a KPMG report, the total online gaming user base in India crossed the 400 million mark in the month of July. Even though casual gaming is still the biggest sector in the online gaming market with estimated revenues of INR 36bn - 39bn in 2020, real money gaming ... Read More
20
Nov2020
News and developments regarding advertising guidelines for online gaming platforms are coming thick and fast. Just a few days back, a meeting was arranged by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) for carrying out talks with stakeholders to discuss ads run by Mobile Premier League (MPL) pool winner, Naam11.com ... Read More
19
Nov2020
The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting of the Indian Government is holding an important meeting on 18th of November on the subject of television ads being run by Mobile Premier League and other online gaming companies. Representatives of gaming companies, the All India Gaming Federation, Federation of India Fantasy Sports ... Read More
18
Nov2020
Ever since India’s first ever chess Grandmaster (GM) Viswanathan Anand burst onto the world scene in the year 1988 and gained prominence across the country, many Indians have been looking to pursue chess as a profession. As of today, India has produced 66 Grandmasters, out of which 21 have emerged ... Read More