Tag: Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025

Online Gaming Bill Seeks Ban on Betting, Promotes E-Sports and Safe Digital Play

The Bill proposes a blanket ban on online betting and gambling activities — including fantasy sports, poker, rummy, lotteries, and other real-money games — regardless of whether they are based on skill, chance, or both.

August 20, 2025

Online Gaming Regulation Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha; Opposition Stages Uproar

The Bill aims to promote and regulate the online gaming sector, including e-sports, educational, and social gaming, while prohibiting online money games that involve betting or wagering across state or foreign jurisdictions.

August 20, 2025

Opposition Slams Centre’s Move to Table Multiple Bills in Lok Sabha, Calls It ‘Desperate Diversion’

Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi posted on X, “The bills of Home Minister Amit Shah are nothing but a desperate attempt to divert public attention from the blistering Vote Adhikar Yatra of Shri Rahul Gandhi. First CSDS–BJP IT cell drama, and now these bills. Clearly, the winds of change are blowing in Bihar.”

August 20, 2025

Govt to Table Constitution Amendment Bill on Removal of Ministers Facing Serious Charges; Online Gaming Regulation Also on Agenda

The statement of objects and reasons argues that ministers facing serious charges undermine constitutional morality, governance standards, and public trust, hence necessitating the amendment.

August 20, 2025

Priyank Kharge Slams Centre’s Online Gaming Bill, Warns of Job Loss, Revenue Hit, and Security Risks

Taking to X, Kharge described the move as another “masterstroke in bad policy making,” arguing that prohibition without stakeholder consultation would devastate revenue, jobs, startups, and investments.

August 20, 2025

Gaming Industry Appeals to Amit Shah, Warns Blanket Ban Could Cripple ₹2 Lakh Crore Sector

“Such a blanket prohibition would strike a death knell for this legitimate, job-creating industry and cause serious harm to Indian users and citizens,” the gaming bodies said.

August 20, 2025