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IT Ministry releases draft online gaming rules, seeks feedback till October 31
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The Indian Express
The draft rules will operationalise the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which prohibits all forms of online money games such as poker and fantasy sports, while only allowing “online social games” and e-sports.
The draft rules propose to make violations a non-bailable offence and hold the entire company staff liable for facilitating any breach.
Story continues below this adThe proposed online gaming authority will have a chairperson and five other members from various government ministries.
The law, which received Presidential assent in August, was drafted amid security concerns over online gaming platforms and their potential societal harm.
The draft rules set up a three-tiered grievance redressal mechanism, starting with the registered online game service provider’s internal mechanism.