The President of India gave assent to the laws amending CGST and IGST Acts on Friday (August 18). The amendments are necessitated for implementing 28% GST on online gaming, casinos, and horse racing. With the proposed timeline of implementation (1 October) less than 45 days away, the assent of President marks a crucial step in […]
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iQOO has finally selected its Chief Gaming Officer after three months of extensive nationwide search involving several talented gamers. 23-year-old Shwetank Pandey grabs the title from Uttar Pradesh. In the official statement, the brand said, “Shwetank was the last man standing amongst 60,000+ applicants who applied to become one of India’s youngest Chief Gaming Officers […]
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A privacy researcher at Cracked Labs named Wolfie Christl has found a large dataset containing 650,000 international audience segments on Xandr, an advertising technology platform from Microsoft. In the database, there are several Australian residents, among others, listed who are grouped by their gambling habits or their interest in casinos. The data is made available […]
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Online gaming platform Roblox is facing another lawsuit as the company has been accused of facilitating child gambling on its platform by two mothers from California. Despite being an online gaming platform, Roblox also provides the option to create different gaming experiences, and it is no surprise that many of these are premium or have […]
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The ‘Potraja’ tribal community in Indapur of Pune District in Maharashtra has started protesting against online rummy ads. This is in connection to the celebrity endorsements for various online rummy and gaming sites. Joining the protest, a Shiv Sena member from Indapur, Ashok Devkar, has demanded imposing a permanent ban on the same. The protests […]
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The ongoing India vs Ireland ODI series is featuring a ton of illegal betting and gambling platforms even after multiple warnings and advisories from the government. Some of the main on-ground sponsors for the series include KHELOYAR, Khelraj, 1xBet, SportsX9 and Bet Bricks. These are all illegal websites who are operating through mirror domains after […]
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Online crypto gaming startup One World Nation (OWN) has announced a temporary halt to its services in India following the recent decision of the GST Council to tax all online real money gaming activities at 28% on full face value, reported Deal Street Asia. The company had raised $2 million in seed funding from big […]
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Spartan Poker, one of the biggest online poker platforms, has laid off 40% of its workforce (125 people) due to the recent changes in the GST rates on online real money gaming, as reported by Moneycontrol. The company has now joined the growing list of gaming firms impacted by the GST Council’s decision to levy […]
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The recent raid led by the Porvorim Police in Goa against bookies wanted in the Mahadev book illegal betting app case. According to oheraldo, the mastermind of the group was wanted by Raipur police. The police received information regarding the individual taking bets on sports activities like the current T20 cricket match between New Zealand […]
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The latest state cabinet meeting in Maharashtra has approved the proposal to repeal Maharashtra Casinos (Control & Tax) Act, 1976. With this, any plans for legalising casinos in the state have been halted for the time being. Notably, the Act will be repealed once assembly passes the Bill approved by cabinet regarding the same. The […]
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