India bans money-based on-line video games: How gaming platforms reacted

Several on-line gaming platforms, together with Dream11, My11Circle, WinZO, Zupee, and Nazara Technologies-backed PokerBaazi, have halted their real-money on-line gaming choices after the Online Gaming Bill was cleared by the Parliament.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill was cleared by the Parliament on August 21 and obtained President Droupadi Murmu’s assent on August 22.

The regulation prohibits all on-line cash gaming companies, imposing penalties of as much as three years imprisonment and fines reaching ₹1 crore for facilitators. Advertising such platforms carries sentences of as much as two years and fines of ₹50 lakh.

How the business reacted

Online fantasy recreation My11Circle, owned and operated by Play Games24x7 Pvt Ltd, in a social media submit, stated it’s suspending all gaming companies that contain actual cash.

Popular fantasy sports activities platform Dream11 additionally introduced that it has shut its store.

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“As per The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, cash games and contests have been discontinued on Dream11,” the corporate’s web site stated.

In a submit on X, the corporate stated it has at all times been a law-abiding compay and have carried out enterprise in compliance with the legal guidelines.

“We have always been and always will be a law-abiding company, and have conducted our business in compliance with the laws,” Dream11 stated in a submit on X, previously Twitter.

“While we believe that progressive regulations would have been the right way forward, we will respect the law and will fully comply with ‘The Promotion & Regulation of Online Gaming Law, 2025’.”

PokerBaazi, in a submit on X, stated person funds stay utterly secure and shall be accessible for withdrawals.

“With a very heavy heart, we announce that PokerBaazi will be pausing its operations in compliance with The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. Effective immediately, no real money games will be offered on our platform,” it stated.

WinZO, which held a portfolio of over 100 actual cash video games, stated it’s “responsibly withdrawing impacted offerings” in full compliance with the regulation of the land, efficient instantly.

Its actual cash gaming portfolio consists of video games like Rummy, Solitaire, Dehla Pakad, Fantasy Cricket, and Poker.

Mobile Premier League (MPL) has additionally suspended all of its real-money gaming choices in India.

“Effective immediately, we are suspending all gaming offerings involving money on the MPL platform in India.

“Our foremost precedence is our customers. While new deposits will not be accepted, clients will be capable to withdraw their balances seamlessly. However, on-line cash video games won’t be obtainable on the MPL platform anymore,” it stated in a LinkedIn submit on Thursday.

According to PTI, MPL has over 120 million registered customers throughout Asia, Europe, and North America.