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Centre Releases Draft Online Gaming Rules, Proposes New Regulator: Key Takeaways
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025, bans real money gaming platforms such as online poker, rummy and fantasy sports.
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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Said to Have Met Real Money Gaming Firms to Discuss Transition After Ban
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and government officials reportedly met representatives from firms impacted by the new Online Gaming Bill on Monday. The minister held discussions with the firms over "orderly transition" and compliance with the ban on real money games.
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Online Money Games Ban Faces First Legal Challenge From Rummy, Poker Games Firm A23
In a court filing at the High Court of Karnataka in southwestern India, A23, which offers rummy and poker games, said the law "criminalises the legitimate business of playing online games of skill, which would result in the closure of various gaming companies overnight".
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India Faces First Legal Challenge Against Online Money Games Ban: Report
Gaming company A23 has challenged the government's ban on online money-based games, a legal filing shows, in the first case against a law that led to the sudden shutdown of popular contests and has thrown the industry's future into doubt.
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Astro Bot, Balatro, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and More: Gadgets 360's Best Games of 2024
This year was supposed to be a slow year for games, a gap year for major releases, before 2025 brought out the big guns. But in hindsight, 2024 has been a bountiful year for video games, with some standout titles on all platforms.
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Poker And Rummy Are Games Of Skill, Not Gambling: Allahabad High Court
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court held that poker and rummy are games of skill, not gambling.
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"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Doyle Brunson, "Godfather Of Poker", Dies At 89
Born in Texas, Doyle Brunson played basketball at university but a knee injury ended his hopes of going professional.
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Failed Silicon Valley Bank Was Everything, All At Once For Tech Startups
Conceived over a poker game between two of its founders nearly 40 years ago, Silicon Valley Bank grew into the single most critical financial institution for the nascent tech scene.
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
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E-Gaming Federation To Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ban On Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday.
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E-Gaming Federation Announces to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday. E-gaming Federation (EGF), whose members include Games24x7, MPL, and Junglee Games, cited Supreme Court order which, according to the industry body, has...
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ED Files Charge Sheet Against Two People for Operating PP Poker Online Gaming App
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint/charge sheet against two people for allegedly operating "PP Poker Online Gaming App" and placing illegal bets and gambling, ED said on Wednesday.
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"Disproportionate": Court Strikes Down Ban On Online Gaming With Stakes
The Madras High Court today struck down a recent amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online gaming of rummy and poker with stakes.
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2 Year Imprisonment, Fine For Online Gambling In Tamil Nadu
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday seeking to replace an ordinance banning cyberspace gambling.
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Centre Releases Draft Online Gaming Rules, Proposes New Regulator: Key Takeaways
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming (PROG) Act, 2025, bans real money gaming platforms such as online poker, rummy and fantasy sports.
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IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw Said to Have Met Real Money Gaming Firms to Discuss Transition After Ban
IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw and government officials reportedly met representatives from firms impacted by the new Online Gaming Bill on Monday. The minister held discussions with the firms over "orderly transition" and compliance with the ban on real money games.
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Online Money Games Ban Faces First Legal Challenge From Rummy, Poker Games Firm A23
In a court filing at the High Court of Karnataka in southwestern India, A23, which offers rummy and poker games, said the law "criminalises the legitimate business of playing online games of skill, which would result in the closure of various gaming companies overnight".
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India Faces First Legal Challenge Against Online Money Games Ban: Report
Gaming company A23 has challenged the government's ban on online money-based games, a legal filing shows, in the first case against a law that led to the sudden shutdown of popular contests and has thrown the industry's future into doubt.
-
Astro Bot, Balatro, Prince of Persia: The Lost Crown and More: Gadgets 360's Best Games of 2024
This year was supposed to be a slow year for games, a gap year for major releases, before 2025 brought out the big guns. But in hindsight, 2024 has been a bountiful year for video games, with some standout titles on all platforms.
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Poker And Rummy Are Games Of Skill, Not Gambling: Allahabad High Court
In a significant ruling, the Allahabad High Court held that poker and rummy are games of skill, not gambling.
-
"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Doyle Brunson, "Godfather Of Poker", Dies At 89
Born in Texas, Doyle Brunson played basketball at university but a knee injury ended his hopes of going professional.
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Failed Silicon Valley Bank Was Everything, All At Once For Tech Startups
Conceived over a poker game between two of its founders nearly 40 years ago, Silicon Valley Bank grew into the single most critical financial institution for the nascent tech scene.
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
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E-Gaming Federation To Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ban On Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday.
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E-Gaming Federation Announces to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming
E-gaming Federation will challenge an ordinance issued by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online gaming as it categorises rummy and poker as games of chance, the industry body said on Wednesday. E-gaming Federation (EGF), whose members include Games24x7, MPL, and Junglee Games, cited Supreme Court order which, according to the industry body, has...
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ED Files Charge Sheet Against Two People for Operating PP Poker Online Gaming App
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint/charge sheet against two people for allegedly operating "PP Poker Online Gaming App" and placing illegal bets and gambling, ED said on Wednesday.
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"Disproportionate": Court Strikes Down Ban On Online Gaming With Stakes
The Madras High Court today struck down a recent amendment made to the Tamil Nadu Gaming Act, passed in 1930, which imposed a ban on online gaming of rummy and poker with stakes.
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2 Year Imprisonment, Fine For Online Gambling In Tamil Nadu
Online games like rummy and poker involving betting shall invite imprisonment up to two years or fine not exceeding Rs 10,000 or both, according to an amendment Bill introduced in the Tamil Nadu Assembly on Thursday seeking to replace an ordinance banning cyberspace gambling.
