Gambling is a pastime for many all over the world. With the thrill of gambling drawing people back in time and time again, it’s not surprising that it’s one of the highest gross… Read More

After social activist Avinash Mehrotra’s PIL to ban online poker and offshore betting websites, another individual, Deepati Bhagat has filed a similar petition in the Delhi High Court… Read More

Leading online poker website Spartan Poker along with with SnG Comedy and CHNO Shuffle has introduced a new poker-based series – Around the Table. The new video series that brings… Read More

Controversial businessman and promoter of the Big Daddy casino in Goa, Gopal Kanda has won the recently held Haryana legislative assembly elections from his home town of Sirsa and has the u… Read More

Founded in 2015 as a sports news and content app, Sports Unity (later rebranded as Qunami) has become one of India’s leading trivia and quizzing apps, with over 200,000 registered use… Read More

Offshore casino Deltin Royale in association with online poker website Adda52 hosted the third edition of the World Poker Tour (WPT) India from 15th-21st October, 2019 in Goa. Following… Read More

Ahead of Diwali, real money skill gaming platform Winzo Games has announced the addition of 10 new arcade games like metro surfer, stupid birds, car racing, space hunter, bear run, howzzat… Read More

Poker themed online lifestyle brand The Big Stack will be soon launching an online poker university for players who wish to learn the game and aspire to be professionals. Founded by Rai… Read More

Online gaming and sports media company Nazara Technologies Limited has announced that it has made an investment of Rs. 83.50 crores in Paper Boat Apps, the creator and publisher of Ki… Read More

Last year, serial entrepreneur and IIT Kanpur graduate Sai Srinivas Kiran G, along with his friend Shubham Malhotra, started an esports platform called Mobile Premier League (MPL) that host… Read More

India’s only listed casino and online gaming company Delta Corp Limited, announced its quarterly results for the period July-September 2019 yesterday. The casino company reported a… Read More

A division bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of Justices AM Shaffique and N Anil Kumar on 11th October delivered their order on a bunch of review petitions filed by online rummy web… Read More

Goa Ports Minister Michael Lobo once again came out vociferously in favour of the state government notifying a long-term casino policy to rehabilitate the offshore casino vessels and shift… Read More

The Jalpaiguri bench of the Calcutta High Court, in an order dated 29th August, 2019, stated that poker is ipso facto not included in the definition of gaming or gambling under Section 2(1… Read More

Dabur scion Amit Burman and Adda52 promoted Poker Sports League (PSL) has announced the launch of Season 3 of the league that will be held from November 2019-March 2020. The league will hav… Read More

Union Minister for Sports and Youth Affairs Kiren Rijiju in an interview given to daily Deccan Herald last week, appeared to not give any clear answer on the issue of rampant betting in spo… Read More

Europe-based venture capital fund Vereeni Investments has made a seven-figure in prediction-based fantasy sports operator Nostragamus as it further expands its growing portfolio of gaming a… Read More

A division bench of the Kerala High Court comprising of Justices AM Shaffique and N. Anil Kumar concluded hearing all arguments of the state government and online rummy companies on 24th an… Read More

The Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) along with marketing agency Nielsen released a new survey on how fantasy sports participants follow real life sporting activities much more act… Read More

The Goa state cabinet approved yet another six month extension for offshore casinos to stay in the River Mandovi, as per media reports. As per media reports, the cabinet approved the ext… Read More

This is a guest post by Sarthak Doshi, an Associate working at Ikigai Law, a Delhi-based legal and policy firm. Digital gaming in the 21st century has been all about interactivity and i… Read More

Newly elected chairman of the Royal Western India Turf Club (RWITC) Zavaray Poonawalla opined that the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime for betting on horse racing will soon change and t… Read More

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Council in its meeting held in Goa on Friday did not accede to demands made by the casino and lottery industries for reducing the applicable tax rates or… Read More

Crucial matters pertaining to the legality of the skill gaming industry: a review petition on whether rummy for stakes can be permitted pending before the Kerala High Court and the letters… Read More

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI’s) Anti Corruption Unit head Ajit Singh Shekhawat suggested that legalising betting and bringing a strong law against cheating in sport wou… Read More

Online gaming and content company Nazara Technologies Limited has announced that it has invested Rs. 7.5 crores in Sports Unity Private Limited, the Delhi-based company that operates real m… Read More

Prediction-based real money fantasy gaming website Livepools announced its association with Instagram celebrity and high stakes poker player Dan Bilzerian at an event in Mumbai last week… Read More

Around two years ago, IIT Madras and IIM Calcutta graduate Yashashvi Takallapalli along with his three other friends decided to start Nostragamus, a new and untested version of fantasy spor… Read More

Instagram king and celebrity millionaire Dan Bilzerian, who is known for his flashy lifestyle and high stakes poker games, is set to make a guest appearance at the Indian Poker Championship… Read More

Professor Deepak Dhayanithy, strategic faculty member of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode, who formulated an elective course called ‘Competitive Strategy: The game… Read More

The current Goods and Services Tax (GST) structure of 28% tax on face value of lottery tickets sold through lottery distributors and 12% tax on face value of lotteries sold directly by stat… Read More

Online poker website PokerHigh is organising a unique tournament for lawyers, in-house counsels, law students and interns, which is supported by Mukul Mudgal, retired Chief Justice of the P… Read More

Gaming focused events company, Eventus International has announced further details of the third edition of the Strategic Platform for iGaming Conference and Exhibition (SPiCE) at the Goa Ma… Read More

Civil society and political groups held a protest march last week against Panaji MLA and BJP leader Atanasio ‘Babush’ Monserrate’s non-fulfillment of poll promise to remov… Read More

Australian Stock Exchange listed Silver Heritage Group, the parent company of the Tiger Palace Casino Resort in Bhairahawa, Nepal has announced that a local court has issued a second interi… Read More

Leading hospitality and hotel aggregator Oyo Hotels has announced that it has acquired the Hooters Casino Hotel in Las Vegas, in a deal estimated to valued at around US$ 135 million. The… Read More

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced that Sporta Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Dream11), LafargeHolcim (ACC Cement and Ambuja Cement) and Hyundai Motor India Ltd. have acqui… Read More

Online gaming company Nazara Technologies Limited has officially announced that it has acquired a 67% stake in Absolute Sports Private Limited, the company that operates online sports media… Read More

The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) launched an industry report ‘Online Games: A tool for learning & development’ at a launch event in New Delhi yesterday. The repor… Read More

South African tech behemoth Naspers is looking to invest $100 million in Dream11 at a $2.5 billion valuation according to a report in Mint. According to the report, the transaction is ex… Read More

The 11th edition of the India Game Developers Conference (IGDC), supported by the Government of Telangana and tech industry body NASSCOM is scheduled to be held at the Hyderabad Internation… Read More

A bunch of professional poker players led by Raghav Bansal and Raman Gujral have urged regular players to boycott participating on Adda52 tournaments due to their apparently flawed Tax Dedu… Read More

Exclusive Digital and affiliate marketing company Living Consumer Products Private Limited has filed an insolvency petition against online rummy website RummyCircle’s parent company P… Read More

Kolkata-based Ability Games Private Limited, which operates fantasy sports website 11Wickets, real money poker portal PokerLion and sports news portal Sports.info, has announced that it has… Read More

Panaji city’s mayor Uday Madkaikar said that the corporators of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP) will pass a resolution to not renew the trade licenses of the six offshore… Read More

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant reaffirmed his government’s commitment to ban locals from accessing the state’s casinos and shifting of offshore casinos to a designated gaming/… Read More

Online fantasy gaming website BalleBaazi has announced that it has raised US$4 million from two private equity funds, Delhi-based Snap Angel Tech and an unidentified Singapore-based fund… Read More

Alibaba Group and One97 Communications Limited backed Paytm First Games (earlier known as Gamepind) is reportedly in talks to raise US$25 million in a fresh funding round that will be led b… Read More

A division bench of the Delhi High Court comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice C. Hari Shankar adjourned the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by social activist Avinash Meh… Read More

In a seemingly contradictory reply, Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant shared a document with the state legislative assembly that states‘casinos as per Goa laws for passengers’ is… Read More

Fantasy sports industry body Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) has announced that it has appointed retired Supreme Court judge, Justice Arjan Kumar Sikri as its Ombudsman & Eth… Read More

After Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s assertion last month about banning online rummy in Andhra Pradesh, an MLA belonging to the ruling YSR Congress Party raised the issue of onl… Read More

Newly appointed Goa Ports and Waste Management Minister Michael Lobo told the vidhan sabha that the state government is not averse to shifting offshore casinos, currently housed in the Rive… Read More

Legislators in the Goa assembly discussed reservation for locals in casinos and other industrial units in the state, as per local media reports. The issue was raised in the house by Nati… Read More

The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) and the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) jointly hosted a knowledge session for government officials, sports federation… Read More

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant told the legislative assembly today that a new casino policy is under consideration of the government. Sawant gave the response in reply to a starred que… Read More

Real money skill gaming platform, WinZo, which just last week announced a US$1.5 million fund to encourage local game developers, has announced that it has secured US$5 million in a Series… Read More

Three professional chess players won the top three positions in Mobile Premier League’s recently concluded MPL Chess Mahayudh, that saw participation of over 90,000 players and a tota… Read More

Last week saw adjournments in key matters relating to the legality of rummy and poker by the Kerala and Gujarat High Courts respectively, leading to possibility of a further delay of at lea… Read More

Gurugram-based esports and real money gaming platform WinZo has announced a US$1.5 million (Rs. 10 crore) fund to support and groom local Indian game developers. The games produced by th… Read More

The biggest poker tournament in the world, the World Series of Poker (WSOP) hosted its 50th Annual Event from  28th May to 16th July 2019, with the event bringing a bracelet winner for… Read More

Leading online gaming news portal Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) has announced that the ‘Mekong Gaming Summit’ will be held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 10th and 11th September, 2019 to… Read More

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, in a written response given to the legislative assembly today stated that the issue of bringing out a casino policy for Goa and appointment of a Gaming Com… Read More

Leading esports and digital gaming platform Mobile Premier League (MPL) announced the launch of India’s biggest chess tournament on its platform, christened as ‘MPL Chess Mahayu… Read More

Online game publisher Nazara Technologies Limited is reportedly on the verge of closing a Rs. 36 crore deal to gain majority stake in Absolute Sports Private Limited, the parent company of… Read More

According to a report in the Times of India today, casino operators in Goa and Sikkim are said to have evaded Goods and Services Tax (GST) to the tune of a whopping Rs. 6,500 crore. Acco… Read More

A local district court in Rupandehi in Nepal has issued a temporary injunction against selling or building anything on the plot where Tiger Palace Resort, Bhairawaha stands, pending a full… Read More

After Adda52 announced the responsible gaming feature on its website last month, online poker website 9stacks has also announced a similar initiative, with an aim to protecting users from t… Read More

The Nepal government has relaxed location requirements for setting up casinos and electronic gaming operations along the international border. According to local media reports, the Nepa… Read More

At least three online rummy companies, including Play Games 24×7 Private Limited (RummyCircle), Head Digital Works Private Limited (Ace2Three) and Junglee Games India Private Limited… Read More

The Andhra Pradesh government may bring a new legislation to ban online rummy and gaming in the forthcoming session of the legislative assembly, as per reports in the local press last week… Read More

Union Minister for Law & Justice and Electronics & Information Technology Ravi Shankar Prasad tabled a reply to BJP MP Sudheer Gupta’s unstarred question in the Lok Sabha on w… Read More

India fantasy sports industry has over sixty platforms, at present. These platforms are catering to about 20 million fantasy sports players in India, as per an IFSG-KPMG report. By the e… Read More

BJP leader and Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Vijay Goel demanded a nationwide ban on all forms of lotteries in a zero hour mention in the upper house of parliament yesterday. Wh… Read More

Exclusive Sudheer Gupta, the BJP MP from Mandsaur (Madhya Pradesh) has raised an unstarred question in the Lok Sabha on whether the central government proposes to ban online betting website… Read More

Leading online poker site PokerBaazi has announced that it will be operating a poker room in partnership with the Pride Group of casinos. The new card room, christened as the ‘PokerBa… Read More

A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed in the Delhi High Court by social activist Avinash Mehrotra last month, seeking banning of offshore online betting and Indian online poker websites… Read More

The Goods and Services Tax Council (GST) in its 35th meeting held on 21st June, 2019 once again failed to arrive at a consensus on whether a standard rate of GST should be charged on state… Read More

After the successful culmination of the second edition of the Strategic Partnership for iGaming Conference & Exhibition (SPiCE) in Goa in February this year, Hong Kong-based events spec… Read More

Delta Corp owned online poker website Adda52 has announced that it has launched a new ‘Responsible Gaming’ feature on their website and mobile app. In line with the responsi… Read More

A division bench of the Bombay High Court comprising of Justices Bharati H. Dangre and Ranjit More in a recent Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by one Gurdeep Singh Sachar, ruled tha… Read More

A blast from the past to understand the value of casino & sports betting regulation LeoVegas Casino & Sports is a Swedish online gambling operator founded in 2012. Now, seven yea… Read More

The Kerala legislative assembly passed a unanimous resolution urging the Central Government to withdraw the move to bring uniform Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate on state-run lottery and… Read More

Paytm-backed real money gaming platform Gamepind has decided to rebrand itself to FirstGames, as per a report in the Economic Times. Gamepind, which is a joint venture between Paytm&rsqu&helli…Read More

Days after announcing bidding an emotional adieu to competitive cricket, legendary cricketer Yuvraj Singh has announced that he would be endorsing fantasy sports website BalleBaazi. Comm… Read More

This is a guest post by Dibyojyoti Mainak, Consultant General Counsel of esports and online skill gaming company Mobile Premier League (MPL). Operating an online games of skill platform… Read More

Former Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev launched a new daily fantasy sports portal ‘Apne11’ at a ceremony held at The Lalit Hotel in New Delhi yesterday. The new fantasy spor… Read More

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant defended the inclusion of casinos in the state government’s official tourism promotion video. Sawant while interacting with the local press after a… Read More

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has told media houses that the proposed Casino Policy and appointment of a Gaming Commission are in the final stages of consideration and will be decided in… Read More

Delta Corp Limited has announced that it, through its subsidiary, Gaussian Software Private Limited, has entered into an agreement to make an investment of US$10 million in Jalesh Cruises Ma… Read More

The Goa cabinet has decided to grant yet another six month extension to offshore casinos in the state to shift from the River Mandovi, where they are currently situated. The decision was tak… Read More

The Sri Lankan government has announced a drastic increase in annual license fees and taxes for casinos. The announcement of the steep hike was made by the country’s finance minister M… Read More

Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) is going to host its flagship event, the ASEAN Gaming Summit at the Conrad Manila in Philippines from 19th-21st March, 2019. According to the organisers, the 201… Read More

India’s only listed gaming and hospitality company, Delta Corp Ltd., has announced that it has Rs. 15.50 crores in Halaplay Technologies Pvt. Ltd., the company that operates fantasy ga… Read More

The Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) hosted the second edition of GamePlan sports gaming conference at Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai today. Based on the overall theme of ‘The E… Read More

London-based alternative asset manager Steadview Capital is set to invest US$100 million (around Rs. 710 crores) in India’s largest fantasy sports website, Dream11, as per an exclusive… Read More

Season 1 of the India edition of Global Poker League (GPL) will be aired on Colors Infinity and Colors Infinity HD television channels from 9th March onwards over a four week period, as per… Read More

Poker website PokerBaazi hosted one of the biggest online poker tournaments in the country Game Changer with a total of 3777 entries and a total prize pool of Rs. 3.77 crores. The event, hav… Read More

The Turf Authorities of India (TAI), an apex body of the six racing clubs in India made a representation to Union Minister Piyush Goyal on 14th February, 2019 requesting for a change in the… Read More