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NODWIN Gaming and Star Sports announce BGMS season 2 with Rooter as digital streaming partner

Prominent esports firm NODWIN Gaming by Nazara Technologies has announced the second season of BGMI Masters Series (BGMS) with official broadcasting and streaming partners Star Sports and Rooter, respectively. The second season will start from August 4 with 24 teams going head-to-head for a massive prize pool of Rs 2.1 crore. 14 teams out of […]
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28% GST likely to stop RMG companies to advertise during upcoming cricketing season

Recent announcement to levy GST on full face value have sent online real money gaming companies in a conundrum. Companies have cited that the tax will end several small startups as well as slow the growth of the gaming sector. Amidst all this, the ICC ODI World Cup 2023 is also about to begin, but […]
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Junglee Poker announces Abhay Deol as brand ambassador

Junglee Games India ropes in Abhay Deol as the brand ambassador for its newly launched poker brand Junglee Poker. The company already offers online rummy through its platform, Junglee Rummy. Junglee Games has released a digital campaign with Deol called “Everyone’s Game”, to help promote Junglee Poker. The campaign shows Deol entering the boardroom and […]
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28% GST is eminently justified, lower tax will incentivize ‘betting’: Karnataka Revenue Minister

Krishna Byre Gowda, Karnataka revenue minister and member of the GST Council, said that the 28% GST rate on online gaming is “eminently justified”. In fact, he even went on to say that there should been a cess, too, on all types of “betting” but the Council did not discuss it. Gowda said that the […]
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Turf Authorities of India pleads to reconsider GST rates on horse betting

Amid the struggle of online gaming companies trying to have the GST council reconsider the tax rate for online gaming, the Turf Authorities of India (TAI) has also put forward a plea to the council for reconsideration of GST rates on horse betting. The GST Council, according to TAI, has failed to recognize the unique […]
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‘This has become an existential issue’ – CrickPe’s Ashneer Grover explains unit economics behind GST on online gaming

Entrepreneur and co-founder of fantasy gaming app CrickPe Ashneer Grover on Thursday, July 20, made a post of his Twitter account. In the post, he was seen explaining the effect of the new GST rate on online gaming to the industry. Grover explains how the winner in a two-person game will have to pay double […]
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Sachin Tendulkar and JetSynthesys launch ‘Sachin Saga Pro Cricket’, a 3D simulated cricket mobile game

Digital entertainment and simulated cricket gaming franchise company, JetSynthesys, has announced the launch of the Sachin Saga Pro Cricket (SSPC) mobile game, building upon the success of the Sachin Saga Cricket Champions (Sachin Tendulkar’s official cricket game) with over 30 million downloads. Players across geographies can access the game, stepping into Sachin’s shoes and experience […]
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Goa: State govt collecting Rs 368.50 crore annually in casino license fee

According to the Goa government, the casinos operating in the state generated Rs 936.64 crore in revenue for the state treasury between April 1, 2019, and July 15, 2023. The revelation was made by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday during the monsoon session of the Goa Assembly, in response to a question posed by […]
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Tamil Nadu government has no authority to ban online games: Centre to Madras HC

Three Senior Advocates, representing online gaming companies, argued in the Madras High Court today that the state government’s ban on online skill games goes against the judgements of various courts including the division bench judgement of the same court. The trio also argued that the state’s claims of online rummy being different from physical rummy […]
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Gamer criticises GST Council’s decision in open letter to revenue secy, asks if they are ‘addicts’

A gamer named Deep Patel has criticized the recent decision taken by the GST Council to levy 28% tax on full face value on online gaming and called out revenue secretary Sanjay Malhotra for allegedly terming gamers as “addicts” and gaming as “betting”. In an open letter addressed to Malhotra, Patel claimed that the GST […]
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