Introduction The online gaming industry in India has operated with the quiet confidence of an industry that believed it had already won its most important legal battle. The distinction between a game of skill and a game of chance had been litigated, argued, and settled in courtrooms across the country, and each time the verdict…
Balancing Trade, Public Health and Data Privacy: Madras HC On Tamil Nadu’s Online Gaming Law
- 2025-11-05
Introduction One of the rapidly expanding sectors of the digital economy, the online real-money gaming (hereinafter referred to as “RMG”) industry in India has been a matter of a severe legal reckoning in the state of Tamil Nadu. In a landmark case in Play Games 24×7 Private Limited and Ors. v. State of Tamil Nadu…
The 2025 Online Gaming Bill Explained
- 2025-08-22
INTRODUCTION The online gaming industry in India is growing at an unprecedented rate. It fulfills the criteria of a very dynamic branch of the digital economy. Affordable smartphones, cheap data plans, and youth with technology knowledge have converted casual plays into a full-fledged industry. Real-money platforms such as fantasy sports, poker, rummy, and other skillful…
