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The centre on Friday notified 1st October as effective date for 28% tax rate for online gaming, casinos and horseracing. However, several states are yet to make corresponding amendments to the SGST Laws. This is probably the first time where the central government has notified changes to GST regime without there being corresponding amendments by […]
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The Vizag Cyber police in Visakhapatnam have arrested 11 individuals for taking illegal bets using an online betting platform. The police have also frozen 63 bank accounts that were used in the operations. Earlier in the year, there were arrests made relating to the Mahadev Book app in the city. Moreover, 10 more individuals were […]
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The decision to implement 28% GST on full face value of initial deposits on online gaming, casinos and horse racing was taken at the 51st GST Council meeting on August 2 with the date of implementation being finalized as October 1. Ever since that the states have been working to bring the necessary amendments to […]
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Counter Strike 2 is finally here with many changes including overhauled visuals, sound, utilities, new loadout system and to an extent the gun/game play too. Despite that, Valve kept the core gameplay for CS2 the same as CSGO. The update dropped directly over the CSGO servers on Thursday, September 28. The Steam page for CSGO […]
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The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is learnt to have put on hold plans to form Self Regulatory Bodies (SRBs) due to lack of “harmonisation” of views on the online gaming industry among several ministries – IT, Finance, Law and Home. A senior government official who spoke to The Economic Times said, “There […]
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The proposed 28% GST implementation for online gaming, casinos, and racecourses is all set to miss the stated deadline of 1st October for implementation. While the centre has passed relevant amendments to CGST Act and IGST Act and notified the relevant rules, the corresponding amendments by certain states are still pending. As of 26 September, […]
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