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
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
12
Nov2020
COVID-19 Has Robbed Many Of The Razzmatazz Of Diwali Parties, Small And Close-Knit Or Lavish, Glittering Society Dos With Scores Of People At Different Tables Gambling Away Many Thousands And Even Lakhs Of Rupees.
Exams and entertainment, conferences and idle chats, this has been a year of everything online. Now, add ... Read More
06
Nov2020
"It is high time that the governing bodies such as the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) be invited to discuss these aspects at length to regulate the real money gaming space. The government is only losing revenue by not regulating the industry. People can play by going to the offshore ... Read More