The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has commenced the process of issuing a red corner notice against the kingpins of Mahadev Book illegal betting app, Saurabh Chandrakar and his partner Ravi Uppal. Chandrakar and Uppal, natives of Bhilai, started out as local bookies but later moved to Dubai from where they operate one of the largest betting […]
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The Director of Esports Federation of India (ESFI) Lokesh Suji has been elected to the membership committee of the International Esports Federation (IESF) for a three-year term. This is the first time an Indian official has become a part of the membership committee of IESF. Notably, Suji is also currently serving as the Vice-President of […]
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Krafton India has upped its promotional marketing efforts by collaborating with Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh, appointing him as the brand ambassador for Battlegrounds Mobile India (BGMI). The announcement comes right after BGMI completed the three-month trial period after the unban, and received approval from the government for a permanent unban. With this partnership, the company […]
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Tabcorp, one of the largest gambling companies in Australia, has been fined A$1 million (US$646,000) by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) for failing to comply with the investigation into a major system outage which occurred in 2020. The penalty is not the largest ever imposed by the VGCCC. However, it is the […]
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The release of the upcoming India exclusive battle royale game Free Fire India by Garena has been postponed. The game’s initial release was planned for today, but has now been delayed by a “few more weeks”. The developers provided the reasoning, saying, “To ensure we can offer the best possible experience to all of our […]
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The appeals by Tamil Nadu and Karnataka governments in the Supreme Court on constitutionality of online gaming laws will be heard today by three judge bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose, Sanjay Kumar and SV Bhatti. The petitions filed by the State of Tamil Nadu and State of Karnataka assails the judgments passed by the respective High Courts striking […]
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Popular esports athlete Scout has teamed up with a new esports IP called ‘College Rivals’. This will feature multiple esports tournaments across popular gaming titles like FIFA 23, BGMI, Valorant, and CS: GO. Scout was recently spotted at Delhi Technological University with Ampverse’s College Rivals vehicle. At the event, the gamer was encouraging students to […]
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has established a federal authority that will reportedly manage the national lottery. It is described as “commercial gaming” which suggests that the country is potentially planning to permit gambling, opening itself up to casino operators. The authority is named as General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), as per national news […]
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Gaming and sports media company Nazara Technologies has raised Rs 100 crore from Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath’s firms through an equity share issue. Earlier this month, there were reports of Kamath making an investment in Nazara which have now turned out to be true. As per CNBC, Kamath’s firms M/S Kamath Associates and M/S NKSquared […]
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