{"id":344864,"date":"2025-08-21T16:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=344864"},"modified":"2025-08-21T16:03:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:33:07","slug":"promotion-and-regulation-of-online-gaming-bill-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/promotion-and-regulation-of-online-gaming-bill-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The Union government has taken a decisive step to regulate India&#8217;s fast-growing online gaming sector with the introduction of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025.<\/p>\n<h2>About Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_344865\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-344865\" style=\"width: 335px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-344865\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-ET-Now.jpg?resize=335%2C326&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"335\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-ET-Now.jpg?resize=300%2C292&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Source-ET-Now.jpg?w=708&amp;ssl=1 708w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 335px) 100vw, 335px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-344865\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; ET Now<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Bill seeks to <strong>promote e-sports and socially beneficial games<\/strong> while imposing a <strong>complete ban on money-based online games<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Nodal Ministry:<\/strong> Electronics and Information Technology<\/li>\n<li><strong>Objectives<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Encourage Positive Gaming:<\/strong> Promote e-sports and safe social or educational games.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ban Risky Money Games:<\/strong> Stop online gambling, betting, and real money games that can cause addiction or financial loss.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Protect Citizens and Security:<\/strong> Safeguard users, especially youth, from fraud, money laundering, and other online risks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Support Innovation:<\/strong> Provide rules and guidelines to grow India&#8217;s gaming industry responsibly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key features of Bill<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Definition:<\/strong> An <strong>online money game<\/strong> is defined as an online game that <strong>involves a user paying money<\/strong> or <strong>other stakes<\/strong> in <strong>expectation of receiving monetary<\/strong> or other enrichment.\n<ul>\n<li>This is <strong>irrespective<\/strong> of whether the game is based on <strong>skill, chance, or both<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Other stakes<\/strong> include <strong>credits, coins, and tokens<\/strong> equivalent or convertible to money.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Prohibition on online money games:<\/strong> The Bill <strong>prohibits offering or aiding online money<\/strong> <strong>games<\/strong> and related services.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Banning of advertisement:<\/strong> The Bill also <strong>prohibits<\/strong> <strong>advertising<\/strong>, and facilitating financial transactions for such games.\n<ul>\n<li>It empowers the <strong>central government to block any information<\/strong> related to online money gaming services from public access.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Promotion of e-sports and online social games:<\/strong> The Bill empowers the central government to take steps for <strong>recognition and development of e-sports and online social games.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Definition of E-sport<\/strong>: An online game that \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>is played as part of multi-sports events,<\/li>\n<li>is recognized under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025,<\/li>\n<li>has outcome determined solely by factors such as physical dexterity, mental agility, strategic thinking, or similar skills, and<\/li>\n<li>involves organised competitive events conducted in multiplayer format and governed by pre-defined rules.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Creation of a National Regulator<\/strong>: A <strong>National Online Gaming Authority<\/strong> will be set up to register and categorize online games, address grievances, and ensure compliance.\n<ul>\n<li>The body will also have the <strong>power to recommend blocking non-compliant platforms. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>An estimated <strong>\u20b950 crore<\/strong> has been earmarked for its initial setup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Heavy Penalties for Violations<\/strong>: The legislation prescribes stringent punishments:\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Operating or facilitating money-based games:<\/strong> up to three years in jail and a fine of \u20b91 crore.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Advertising banned games:<\/strong> up to two years in jail and a fine of \u20b950 lakh.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Financial facilitation:<\/strong> punishable with penalties similar to operators. Repeat offences can attract fines up to \u20b92 crore and imprisonment of up to five years.<\/li>\n<li>Most offences under the Bill will be <strong>cognizable and non-bailable<\/strong>, giving enforcement agencies wide-ranging powers to search, seize, and act against violators without warrant.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Union government has taken a decisive step to regulate India&#8217;s fast-growing online gaming sector with the introduction of the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025. About Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025 The Bill seeks to promote e-sports and socially beneficial games while imposing a complete ban on money-based&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/promotion-and-regulation-of-online-gaming-bill-2025\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill 2025<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,3127,1731,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-344864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-economy","category-bill-and-acts","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}