{"id":236642,"date":"2023-04-07T19:26:58","date_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=236642"},"modified":"2023-04-07T19:26:58","modified_gmt":"2023-04-07T13:56:58","slug":"govt-amends-rules-regulating-online-real-money-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/govt-amends-rules-regulating-online-real-money-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Govt. amends rules regulating online real money gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The post is based on the article<\/span><b> \u201c<\/b><b>Govt. amends rules regulating online real money gaming<\/b><b>\u201d <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">published in<strong> T<\/strong><\/span><b>he Hindu <\/b>on <b>6th April 2023<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the News?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified rules regarding online gaming under the Information Technology Rules,2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>How do the new rules define an online game?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new rules define an \u2018online game\u2019 as \u201ca game that is offered on the internet and is accessible by a user through a computer resource or an intermediary\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are self-regulatory organizations (SROs)?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As per the rules, the government will appoint multiple self-regulatory organizations (SROs) comprising industry representatives, educationists and other experts such as child experts, psychology experts, and so on. To begin with, the government will notify three SROs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SROs will be responsible for declaring online games permissible on the basis of whether games allow wagers. The SRO can declare online real money games as permissible if it is satisfied that \u201cthe online real money game does not involve wagering on any outcome\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What are the games banned?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The new rules for online gaming prohibit any game that involves betting and wagering. Permissibility will be determined with the simple principle of whether wagering is involved<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SRO can declare online real money games as permissible if it is satisfied that the online real money game does not involve wagering on any outcome.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What do the rules say about the role of intermediaries?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The rules \u200b\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">make it obligatory on the part of intermediaries to make a reasonable effort to not host, publish or share any online game that can cause the user harm, or that has not been verified as a permissible online game by an online gaming self-regulatory body\/bodies designated by the Central Government.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The intermediary will also have to ensure that no advertisement or surrogate advertisement or promotion of an online game that is not a permissible online game, is hosted on its platform.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>What is the significance of these rules?<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The uniform legal framework provided by these rules will boost investor confidence. This will also help reduce regulatory fragmentation at the state level as also, create a more stable business environment and weed out gambling platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: The post is based on the article \u201cGovt. amends rules regulating online real money gaming\u201d published in The Hindu on 6th April 2023 What is the News? The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has notified rules regarding online gaming under the Information Technology Rules,2021. 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