T.N. tightens regulations, bars minors from engaging with real money games
1 month, 1 week ago

T.N. tightens regulations, bars minors from engaging with real money games

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority has introduced a stringent set of rules to regulate online real money gaming, including a complete prohibition on minors participating in such games. Nasimuddin, was set up to regulate online gaming activities, issue registration certificates to local gaming providers, identify games of chance for government review, and oversee the functioning of online gaming platforms within the State. The regulations also mandate that a continuous caution message be displayed on the login page of real money gaming websites and applications, warning users of the addictive nature of these games. Additionally, to curb excessive gaming, the State has implemented ‘blank hours’ from midnight to 5 a.m., during which no logins to real money gaming platforms will be permitted.

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Online gaming companies question TNOGA’s imposition of Aadhaar verification, midnight ban
3 weeks, 2 days ago

Online gaming companies question TNOGA’s imposition of Aadhaar verification, midnight ban

The Hindu  

The Madras High Court on Wednesday refrained from passing any kind of interim order on a batch of cases questioning the restrictions imposed by the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority that real money games could not be played without Aadhaar verification through OTP and between 12 midnight and 5 a.m. Indian Standard Time. While Senior Counsel Mukul Rohatgi and Sajjan …

Madras HC declines interim relief to online gaming firms challenging regulations on real money games
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Madras HC declines interim relief to online gaming firms challenging regulations on real money games

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Madras High Court on Wednesday refused to pass any interim orders on the petitions filed by online gaming platforms challenging the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority’s newly introduced regulations on real money games. The petitions included Play Games 24x7 Private Limited, Head Digital Works Private Limited, Junglee Games India Private Limited. These companies have challenged the Tamil Nadu …

Pro Gamers, Players Welfare Association Challenge Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Regulations
3 weeks, 3 days ago

Pro Gamers, Players Welfare Association Challenge Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Regulations

Deccan Chronicle  

The Esports Players Welfare Association, along with a group of professional gamers from Tamil Nadu, has challenged the recently introduced Tamil Nadu Regulations on Real Money Gaming, 2025 in the Tamil Nadu High Court. The petition argues that the regulations infringe upon the fundamental rights of online gamers under the Indian Constitution under articles 14, 19 and 21, severely impacting …

TN’s online gambling regulation strong, but experts warn of practical issues and disputes without central law
3 weeks, 5 days ago

TN’s online gambling regulation strong, but experts warn of practical issues and disputes without central law

New Indian Express  

The robust set of regulations unveiled by the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority last week signals a new era of vigilance and accountability in the burgeoning online gaming and gambling industry. Industry consultants and legal experts, while appreciating Tamil Nadu’s move to tighten control over online real-money games within the state, warn that it could lead to numerous legal disputes …

Tamil Nadu introduces strict regulations for online real money gaming
1 month, 1 week ago

Tamil Nadu introduces strict regulations for online real money gaming

India Today  

The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority has introduced new regulations governing real money online games. The Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority Regulations, 2025, prohibits minors under 18 from playing online real money games. Online game providers must implement the KYC verification process and display pop-up caution messages if a player plays continuously for more than an hour. Caution messages on …

Tamil Nadu to create ‘white list’ on gaming apps
3 months ago

Tamil Nadu to create ‘white list’ on gaming apps

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu could become one of the first states to have a ‘white list’ on online gaming sites and apps after it brings out a framework to regulate pay-to-play gaming in the state. “Getting registered with the Tamil Nadu Online Gaming Authority is a kind of white list,” according to Md Nasimuddin, chairperson of TNOGA, which is coming out …

Evolving Legal Framework Of Online Skill-Based And Chance-Based Games
1 year, 6 months ago

Evolving Legal Framework Of Online Skill-Based And Chance-Based Games

Live Law  

In the realm of Indian law, a pivotal distinction exists between "Game of Skills" and "Game of Chance." Several Indian States, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, and Assam, adopted a strict stance, barring all involvement in real-money games of skill and chance. The Meghalaya and Nagaland legislations define "game of skill", as games where there is preponderance of …

Online gambling can earn you a jail term in Tamil Nadu, but what's next?
1 year, 11 months ago

Online gambling can earn you a jail term in Tamil Nadu, but what's next?

Live Mint  

NEW DELHI : Tamil Nadu has banned online gambling, rekindling a campaign against gaming firms in India that has raged for over a year-and-a-half. After much back-and-forth the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance was passed on 10 April. Since India’s constitution says that a Supreme Court ruling becomes law of the land, gaming …

Hosting online gambling services in Tamil Nadu can result in up to 3 years of jail time under new law
1 year, 11 months ago

Hosting online gambling services in Tamil Nadu can result in up to 3 years of jail time under new law

The Hindu  

With the State government notifying in the Gazette, ‘The Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022’, for which Governor R.N. The Act states that any person providing ‘online gambling service’ or ‘online game of chance’ shall be punished with imprisonment that ‘may extend to three years or with fine which may extend to 10 …

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming
1 year, 11 months ago

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming

India TV News  

Govt amends IT rules 2021, lays out norms for online gaming These rules address the twin challenges of catalyzing and expanding online gaming innovation and at the same time protecting citizens from illegal betting and wagering online. The government has notified amendments to the Information Technology rules, 2021 for an open, safe & trusted and accountable Internet and layout a …

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling
1 year, 11 months ago

Tamil Nadu Assembly re-adopts Bill against online gambling

The Hindu  

Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly on Thursday, March 23, 2023 re-adopted the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Bill, 2022 moved by Chief Minister M.K. The Chief Minister said he was moving the Bill with a heavy heart since “44 persons had died by suicide after incurring heavy financial loss in online gambling.” He also recalled …

Mint Explainer: Fixing the mess in India's online gaming
2 years, 2 months ago

Mint Explainer: Fixing the mess in India's online gaming

Live Mint  

The Centre has kicked off efforts to make clear rules for online gaming and e-sports, and has brought them under the Ministry of Electronics and IT and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, respectively. Minister of State for Electronics and IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar has taken note of the concerns about online gaming, referring to “violence abetting video games, addiction …

T.N. ordinance on online gambling may lapse on November 27, 2022
2 years, 3 months ago

T.N. ordinance on online gambling may lapse on November 27, 2022

The Hindu  

Time is running out for the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance, with Governor R. N. Ravi yet to give his assent to the related legislation, which was adopted by the Assembly last month. The ordinance will lapse on Sunday if the Governor does not give his assent to the Prohibition of Online Gambling …

E-Gaming Federation to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming
2 years, 5 months ago

E-Gaming Federation to Challenge Tamil Nadu's Ordinance to Ban Online Gaming

News 18  

New Delhi, Oct 19: 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. "Bringing rummy under the ambit of a game of chance is directly in violation of the Supreme Court judgments and the Madras High Court …

Federation to challenge the ban on online gaming
2 years, 5 months ago

Federation to challenge the ban on online gaming

The Hindu  

Taking action against the Tamil Nadu government’s ban on online gaming, the E-gaming Federation is set to challenge the new law citing that it categorizes rummy and poker as games of chance. In a statement, Sameer Barde, CEO of EGF, said: “After examining the Ordinance, we have decided to file a lawsuit as it categorises Rummy and Poker as games …

Kerala Looking To Amend Gaming Laws To Curb Online Rummy
2 years, 6 months ago

Kerala Looking To Amend Gaming Laws To Curb Online Rummy

ABP News  

Thiruvananthapuram: With celebrities promoting online rummy and massive Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has said in the state assembly that the government was considering bringing in the amendment subject to the outcome of its appeal in the Kerala High Court against a single judge order, quashing the ban on online rummy games played for money. The CM was responding to a …

Government invites inputs from stakeholders on online gaming
2 years, 7 months ago

Government invites inputs from stakeholders on online gaming

The Hindu  

The Tamil Nadu government has sought inputs from stakeholders such as members of the public, parents, teachers, students, youth, psychologists, social activists and online gaming service- providers on the proposed legislation to regulate online games. The need to ban or regulate online gambling has been brought to the government’s attention, and leaders of political parties, psychologists and social activists have …

Stricter limits on minors' online gaming
3 years, 6 months ago

Stricter limits on minors' online gaming

China Daily  

Companies ordered to give children access for only three hours a week The National Press and Publication Administration has tightened requirements for online game companies to limit service hours for minors and strictly implement rules that users register with real names, aiming to stop children overindulging and protect their health. In 2019, the administration said online game companies could provide …

Betting on games of skill and chance
3 years, 7 months ago

Betting on games of skill and chance

The Hindu  

Since 2018, S. Mahesh has lost a few lakh rupees playing rummy and cricket online. The judges pointed out that several States had either banned or regulated online games that involved gambling and hoped the Tamil Nadu government would take appropriate steps. The court also ordered notice to celebrities who endorsed online games in A batch of petitions was filed …

‘Threat To Children's Health': Karnataka Advocates' Group Seeks Ban On Online Gaming
3 years, 8 months ago

‘Threat To Children's Health': Karnataka Advocates' Group Seeks Ban On Online Gaming

ABP News  

Concerned about the growing tendency of children to become addicted to technology, particularly online gaming, a Bengaluru-based Advocates' Association has requested the Karnataka government to prohibit apps that pose a ‘threat to children's health'. As reported by The Hindu, the Advocates' Association President S Umesh in a plea to the government raised concerns over the internet gambling apps becoming more …

Tamil Nadu Govt Announces Ban on Online Gaming Involving Betting; Rs 5,000 Fine for Violators
4 years, 3 months ago

Tamil Nadu Govt Announces Ban on Online Gaming Involving Betting; Rs 5,000 Fine for Violators

News 18  

An ordinance to “ban online gaming” involving betting, has been promulgated by the Tamil Nadu government in the backdrop of suicides by gamers who allegedly lost money, and any violation would attract both fine and imprisonment, ranging up to two years. In order to avoid such incidents of suicide and protect the innocent people from the evils of online gaming,” …

Karnataka govt planning to ban online games that involve betting
4 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka govt planning to ban online games that involve betting

India Today  

After the decision taken by the Tamil Nadu government to ban online games played using money, now the Karnataka government is also thinking on similar lines. "Through online games, many families are losing their income and that's why the state government is seriously thinking about banning online games," he added. Dinesh Gundu Rao, Karnataka Congress leader and in-charge of Tamil …

Karnataka considering a ban on online gambling websites, apps: Know details
4 years, 4 months ago

Karnataka considering a ban on online gambling websites, apps: Know details

India TV News  

Karnataka is actively considering imposing a ban on online gaming sites and mobile applications in the state, state home minister, Basavaraj Bommai said here on Friday. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a programme to honour police personnel with CM's medal here, Bommai said, "Online games are ruining many lives in the state. The home minister added that the …

Tamil Nadu to ban online games involving money; those organising games to be jailed
4 years, 4 months ago

Tamil Nadu to ban online games involving money; those organising games to be jailed

India TV News  

Tamil Nadu to ban online games involving money; those organising games to be jailed The Tamil Nadu government is taking steps to ban online games involving money, Chief Minister K. Palaniswami said on Thursday. Talking to reporters in Coimbatore, Palaniswami said taking into account that many persons have committed suicide due to online rummy. The Tamil Nadu government is taking …

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