ndia’s leading fantasy and real money gaming platforms have suspended paid contests after the Online Gaming Bill 2025 came into effect, banning money-based games. The law imposes prison terms and hefty fines for offering, promoting, or sponsoring such games
India’s new Online Gaming Bill, 2025, has prompted WinZO and PokerBaazi to suspend real money gaming operations. The move follows similar decisions by Dream11 and My11Circle, signalling major disruption in the country’s fast-growing online gaming and fantasy sports sector
The guidelines also state that gaming advertisements cannot depict users under the age of 18 years as engaged in playing a game of “online gaming for real money winnings”.
