The issue at hand was obvious to everyone. Since last November, winds of a potential, all-unavoidable restriction on all types of online gaming have been blowing in Karnataka. Which today has come true! Fourteen days after the Karnataka legislative assembly passed the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill, 2021, Governor Thawar Chand ... Read More
Tag: Indian online gaming market
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Oct2021
A Few Sections May Have Unintended Consequences Of Prohibiting Legitimate Online Skill Games Operators: FICCI Gaming Committee
by Roland Landers /
In 1957 the Supreme Court of India has over and again repeated that skill games are not gambling exercises and offering games of skill is an authentic business action secured under the Indian Constitution. The Karnataka High Court has used similar principles to hold various games as games of skill ... Read More
October 8, 2021Roland Landers
08
Oct2021
Members from the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) have communicated their conflict with the prohibition of online betting in the territory of Karnataka.
An amendment banning all types of gambling in the state keeps on drawing analysis from the industry even as it becomes effective recently. Members ... Read More
October 8, 2021Roland Landers
08
Oct2021
The gaming business needs the Karnataka government to define 'games of chance' and 'games of skill' in the wake of another law banning online gambling.
During the as of a late concluded monsoon session in the two houses the state council, the government passed a law that the gaming industry, ... Read More
October 8, 2021Roland Landers
08
Oct2021
The ban on online gaming became effective in Karnataka with the state government notifying the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Act, 2021 on Wednesday.
The Act bans all formats of online games including betting, wagering, and gambling of all nature and forms in the state. Minutes after the notification, a few gaming ... Read More
October 8, 2021Roland Landers
08
Oct2021
Expect More Clarity In India’s Real-Money Gaming Market In Coming Quarters: Nazara Tech CEO
by Roland Landers /
Manish Agarwal, the CEO of India's first publicly recorded gaming organization Nazara Technologies, is hopeful that more clarity will arise in the country's real-money gaming market in the coming quarters.
Over the previous year, a few Indian states like Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Kerala have restricted or attempted ... Read More
October 8, 2021Roland Landers
07
Oct2021
Sequoia Capital-funded Mobile Premier League (MPL) was among the initial, not many gaming startups that started hindering access to users in Karnataka on Wednesday following a restriction on online gaming.
The law, which became effective late on Tuesday, boycotts online games including wagering and betting, and "any act or gambling money, ... Read More
October 7, 2021Roland Landers
07
Oct2021
The Karnataka government's notification restricting all skill games that include entry fees has left the industry confused and frustrated as it has come surprisingly close to the state home minister saying that the state will execute the principles in around two months.
Prior, the Home Minister of Karnataka had said ... Read More
October 7, 2021Roland Landers
07
Oct2021
The gaming industry, reeling under the prohibition on money-based online gaming in Karnataka that has happened for the current week, is set to take a lawful response to challenge the move.
Associations like the All India Gaming Federation and The Online Rummy Federation are at present assessing legal challenges including ... Read More
October 7, 2021Roland Landers
07
Oct2021
Uncertainty poses a potential threat over e-gaming platforms in Karnataka with the State government announcing the Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill on October 5. The legislation boycotts online betting and gambling and diminishes online gaming.
Online gaming in India is divided into various sections, including fantasy sports, esports, casual games, and real ... Read More
October 7, 2021Roland Landers