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EXCLUSIVE: PKL promoting offshore betting, gambling firms; RMG players complain to MIB

Parimatch is one of the notorious illegal betting and gambling platform operating in India.

The letter which is with Storyboard18 states that illegal betting and gambling platforms are conducting surrogate advertising by sponsoring PKL and participating teams.

Virat Kohli leads as top taxpayer among Indian sportspersons

Virat Kohli took the top spot due to his high ranking in parameters such as likeability, popularity, and consumer interest

The former Indian cricket captain paid Rs 66 crore in taxes for the 2023-24 financial year, topping the list of Indian athletes.

PM Modi’s I-Day speech spurs DPIIT to fast-track FDI policy for online gaming: EXCLUSIVE

DPIIT is accelerating the process of drafting a 100 percent Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) policy for online gaming.

DPIIT has written letter to MIB, MeitY, Niti Aayog seeking clarification on the definition of game of chance and game of skill for drafting a policy on 100 percent FDI for online gaming

India should adopt online gaming policies like UK, EU: GNLU

India's gaming industry is second-largest after China with the community comprising 500 million gamers

GNLU has also recommended that India should adopt a regulatory framework that mandates operators to incorporate limit-setting features for users

EXCLUSIVE: RMG players meet MIB, request quality seals for legitimate games

It’s important to note that for more than nine months now, policies surrounding the RMG industry have been on the back burner. With no developments on the regulatory front, RMG companies continue to struggle under the burden of additional taxes.

Esports awards 2024: S8UL wins content group award, Mortal loses

Game of the Year was awarded to Valorant, published by Riot Games.

Surprisingly, Naman Mathur, also known as Mortal from India, lost to several international talents like Tarik and Nadeshot.

Kerala police issues notice to Google, Meta over gambling advertisements

The investigation centers on a series of ad campaigns aimed at promoting Instagram, Meta's social media platform, to teenagers.

Storyboard18 broke the news on Tuesday about Meta’s policy to allow alcohol and gambling advertisements on their platform.

India’s AVGC industry faces a 2.3 mn talent gap

Karnataka aims to serve as the epicenter for innovation, research and development in the gaming sector. It will house state-of-the-art facilities such as high-performance computing clusters, simulation labs and testing zones to support all aspects of game development from concept to deployment. (Image source: Moneycontrol)

Currently, there are 260,000 AVGC professionals scattered across India, primarily clustered in about 11-12 cities.

EXCLUSIVE: E-Gaming Federation meets MHA, submits details of 34 companies for banning

In December last year, The Centre has blocked a total of 581 apps so far and out of these, there were 174 betting and gambling apps and 87 loan lending apps.

In past six months, the gaming federation has reported over 250 illegal gambling and betting websites and apps to the government