Parliament on Thursday passed a bill to ban all forms of online money games and promote eSports and online social gaming, with the Rajya Sabha approving it without debate amid din. Piloting The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 in the ...

Speaking in Rajya Sabha today, Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said: "The government's objective is to promote online social and e-sports games, while it is necessary to impose st

Parliament has passed the Online Gaming Bill 2025, banning money-based games and imposing strict penalties, including fines up to Rs 2 crore and jail terms up to 5 years for offenders and repeat violators.

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said that the action follows thousands of complaints and grievances from across the country, with crores of families being devastated by online money games.

The online gaming bill also proposes creating a central regulatory authority to oversee compliance, ensure policy alignment, and foster innovation.

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Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Tuesday approved a bill to regulate online real-money gaming platforms, PTI reported, quoting sources."The Cabinet has approved the bill to regulate online gaming platforms that involve real money,