The ‘Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill’ has passed in the Lok Sabha. It can end online gaming platforms, which has a lot of popularity in Indian cricket. Its purpose is to completely ban real money games and batting apps. Although ESPORS and Social Games have received permission, strict steps will be taken against betting.

The online gaming bill aims to create a legal framework for the digital gaming sector and also to secure the possible threat of players. Experts associated with the sports world have raised doubts about its results. Reports said that cricket is very famous in India, there will be no shortage of sponsors for Indian cricket and its institutions. The reason for this online gaming bill is the lack of permission to sponsor individual fantasy gaming platforms.

The report said that will we continue to show advertisement of a fantasy game application, which includes real money? If the player has received money for an advertisement and allows him to use real money, then what will happen to the amount given for the advertisement?

Online gaming bill will also affect IPL?

The official fantasy sports partner of the Indian Premier League is ‘Dream 11’, it has made a new contract with the online gaming platform ‘My 11 Circle’. Dream 11 has taken the title sponsor of the Indian cricket team for about 44 million dollars (about 358 crores). At the same time, the fantasy gaming right of IPL has been bought for ‘My 11 Circle’ for 5 years for Rs 628 crore (about Rs 125 crore per year). Apart from this, India’s top cricketers (former cricketers and currently playing cricketers) have also made personal agreements with gaming platforms.

There may be 3 years in jail

3 -year jail or a fine of Rs 1 crore can be imposed for offering online money gaming or facilitating them. There is no ban on eSports and social games. However, there should be no transaction of any kind of money in it. The government said that it has been brought keeping in mind the safety and mental health of the youth.

Online Gaming: On Wednesday, the online gaming promotion and regulation Bill 2025 was passed in the Lok Sabha. It is proposed to ban Real Money Games (RMGS). Real Money Games call him, where players deposit a lot of money in the hope of winning the rewards. The bill also said that online money games and advertisements promoting them should also be banned.

This is the purpose of online gaming bill

The aim of the government is to promote betting under the guise of online gaming and tighten the companies involved in gambling. However, due to this, there are many Indian apps and gaming platforms prepared in real money format. This bill has passed in the Lok Sabha. Now it will be sent to Rajya Sabha for voting and debate. After this, the online gaming bill 2025 law can be made with the approval of the President. Let us see which Indian gaming apps will affect this online gaming bill.

Dream11- This is a fantasy sports platform, in which the user has to form its virtual team. In cricket, there are 11-11 total 22 players in cricket. Out of these 22 players, 11 players have to be selected and a team has to be formed.

Now during the real match, the player who performs like the player, the points are made accordingly. Finally, the one who has the most points wins the contest. It has been downloaded by more than 100 million people on Google Play Store and its rating is 4.5/5 stars.

During events like IPL, it flourishes and flourishes. One of India’s largest RMG platforms is also in crisis at the existence of Dream 11 as the bill refers to the ban on fantasy gaming apps running on ‘subscription model’, which contain money transactions.

My11Circle- This is also a fantasy sports app like Dream 11. In this too, users form teams and during the live match, the team scores the points on the basis of the players’ performance. If your team makes more points than the team formed by others, then your rank increases and you get a reward. This one

If your team makes more points than the team formed by other people, then your rank increases and you can win the money. This is a skill based gaming app. That is, if you know about sports like cricket, football and kabaddi or their players, then you can win a cash prize on My11CIRCLE.

It has 5 crores downloads on Google Play Store and has a rating of 4.3/5 stars. Since My11Circle’s business model is also similar to Dream 11. That is, it also costs entry fees and cash prizes are given, so with the enactment of law on the online bill, it will also be declared illegal, which can shut down the platform.

Winzo- This is a multi-game platform created by the tickets skills games. It is also based on real-money format. It gets a chance to win a cash reward by joining the contest through its card games, casual games and quiz. Winzo Ludo: Play Ludo Online game has more than 50 million downloads on Google Play Store and its rating is 4.1/5 stars.

Apart from these, howzat – Fantasy Cricket App, SG11 Fantasy, Junglee Games (Junglee Rummy, Junglee Poker), Games24x7 (My11CIRCLE, Rummycircle), Pokerbaazi, Nazara Technologies, The alarm bell is also hanging on gaming platforms like Gameskraft and MyTeam11.