Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) is going to host its flagship event, the ASEAN Gaming Summit at the Conrad Manila in Philippines from 19th-21st March, 2019. According...
The Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) hosted the second edition of GamePlan sports gaming conference at Four Seasons Hotel in Mumbai today. Based on the...
Season 1 of the India edition of Global Poker League (GPL) will be aired on Colors Infinity and Colors Infinity HD television channels from 9th March...
Poker website PokerBaazi hosted one of the biggest online poker tournaments in the country Game Changer with a total of 3777 entries and a total prize...
The Strategic Platform for iGaming Conference and Exhibition (SPiCE) 2019, organised by Hong Kong-based events company, Eventus International from 25th-27th February, 2019 was a tour de...
International gaming software company Enterra Soft has announced that it has partnered with the parent company of PokerHigh, QuantumSkill Gaming & Tech Pvt. Ltd., to launch...
Sachiko Gaming operated PokerStars India has announced that it has onboarded popular Bollywood actor Nawazuddin Siddiqui as its brand ambassador, who would be starring in a...
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising of Acting Chief Justice Anant S. Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav dismissed Indian Poker Association (IPA) Secretary...
Kolkata based 11Wickets, the fastest growing fantasy cricket platform of India, has pulled out from the sponsorship of Pakistan Super League. This has been decided in...
Leading online fantasy sports portal Dream11 has declared that it has crossed the landmark of 5 crore (50 million) registered users on its platform, making it...
Industry body Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) has announced the second edition of its gaming summit and expo, Gaming for Tomorrow (GATO) on 24th...
Fantasy sport websites like Dream11, LeagueAdda, BalleBaazi and StarPick have discontinued offering fantasy game contests of Pakistan Super League (PSL) matches on their platform due to...
Fantasy sports industry body, the Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG), has announced that it will be hosting the second edition of its flagship event ‘GamePlan...
Discovery Group’s DSport television channel has announced that it has roped in Jaipur-based real money fantasy sports platform, MyTeam11, as the official broadcast co-presenting partner for...
Legendary Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne has come out strongly in support of legalising gambling and betting in India. Speaking to The Times of India in an...
Exclusive The central government did not give a clear answer on the legality of fantasy sports and proposal to regulate it, in response to an unstarred question...
Aurangabad-based religious organisation, the Numanida Council, has demanded that the central government block websites that are detrimental to the security and development of the country. As...
The letters patent appeals pertaining to the legality of poker were once again adjourned by the Gujarat High Court without any hearing. On 7th February, a...
Ace stock market investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala has predicted that gambling and casinos will soon be legalised in almost all states in the country. Speaking at the...
Dhaval Mudgal, the winner of WPT Vietnam and one of India’s top poker players, recently gave an interesting interview to Raj Juneja, the host of Poker...
The upcoming draft tourism master plan does not envision new casinos in Goa, Tourism Minister Manohar ‘Babu’ Ajgaonkar told the state legislative assembly on Wednesday. In...
Leading international betting exchange Betfair has stopped accepting players from India effective 28th January, 2019. In an email sent to its Indian users, the online betting...
Play Games24x7 Private Limited, the parent company of online rummy market leader RummyCircle, has launched a new fantasy sports portal called ‘My11Circle’. The My11Circle platform is...
SPiCE or Strategic Platform for iGaming Conference and Exhibition 2019 by Eventus International is being held during 25th-27th February, 2019 at the Goa Marriott Resort &...
“Friendship is never anything but sharing!” And love only grows by sharing! This year, give some cheer and receive maximum as cash back! Refer your friends,...
As part of its Coprorate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiative, online poker website PokerBaazi hosted a social welfare event with a renowned boxer and PokerBaazi brand ambassador Vijender...
Delta Corp Ltd. has announced the Deltin Poker Tournament (DPT) schedule for the first quarter of 2019. The first DPT tournament of the year will be...
The Meghalaya government is exploring the possibility of permitting licensed casinos in the state, as per a news report in local daily The Shillong Times. As...
As reported by us earlier, the GST Council in its meeting on 10th January has recommended the formation of a Group of Ministers (GoM) panel to...
Lottery conglomerate Sugal & Damani Group has launched a new fantasy sports portal called ‘KhelChamps’ that will operate under the brand ‘Khel Group’. The diversified conglomerate...
Essel Group-backed Zen Cruises Private Limited has confirmed that they would be starting their first premium brand of leisure cruises with a fully equipped casino under...
The Goods and Services Tax Council could not take a decision on rationalisation or reduction of tax on state lotteries marketed and sold through private distributors....
The picturesque island of Bahamas hosted a poker tournament organised by online poker leader PokerStars. The world’s leading online poker company hosted the ‘PokerStars Caribbean Adventure...
ASEAN Gaming Summit, organised by Asia Gaming Brief is ready to host its third summit during 19-21 March, 2019, at the Conrad Manila in Philippines. This...
What happens when your love for fantasy cricket games matches with Sunny Leone’s? Simple, you can get a chance to meet her and discuss your game...
Congress Member of Parliament (MP) Shashi Tharoor introduced a private member’s bill, namely, the Sports (Online Gaming & Prevention of Fraud) Bill, 2018 in the Lok...
Sports fan and IT industry veteran Anand Ramachandran started Fantain, a fan engagement analytics company in 2012. Eventually, he converted Fantain into a free-to-play fantasy sports...
The draft tourism policy prepared by the Goa government has suggested creating an international gaming cluster to relocate existing offshore casinos and a slew of other...
Online gaming website PokerBaazi has announced the details of its much awaited ‘Game Changer’ poker tournament, an event that is touted as one of the biggest...
The GST Council, a constitutional body comprising of representatives from the central and state governments, is set to discuss the reduction and rationalisation of Goods and...
Consolidation of the online gaming industry was the trend in 2018 and the year saw quite a few M&A transactions happening, particularly in the online skill...
Kolkata headquartered gaming company Ability Games Pvt. Ltd., which operates poker and fantasy sports websites, has signed an agreement with payment services provider Amazon Pay for...
As scheduled, senior Congress MP Dr. Shashi Tharoor introduced the Sports (Online Gaming & Prevention of Fraud) Bill, 2018 in the Lok Sabha yesterday. The Bill,...
Exclusive Thiruvananthapuram MP and senior Congress leader Dr. Shashi Tharoor is going to introduce a Private Member’s Bill to regulate sports betting and penalise match-fixing in the...
The Mumbai police raided a Carter Road-based lottery centre yesterday and arrested its owner, Rajesh Jaiswal, for allegedly evading Goods and Services Tax (GST) on lottery...
Bengaluru-based poker startup Pocket52 has raised an undisclosed sum in a seed funding round led by early-stage venture capital firm Speciale Invest. As per the poker...
Former Infosys director and member of Goa’s IT Advisory Committee, T.V. Mohandas Pai supported casinos in Goa and suggested that they are important contributors to the...
A division bench of the Gujarat High Court comprising of Acting Chief Justice Anant S. Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav could not hear a letters patent...
Online fantasy sports platform Dream11, signed a three-year partnership agreement with and KFC Big Bash League (BBL), the Australian professional Twenty20 league established in 2011 by...
Viaan Industries Ltd. promoted by entrepreneur Raj Kundra and actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra telecasted India’s first ever match poker league, Match IPL, on MTV. The season...
The Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 recently passed by the Lok Sabha provides for modernising and updating the consumer protection legislation in light of technological advancement. The...
India is breaking trends in the gaming industry by ranking fifth among top markets for mobile gaming in terms of users. India has, so far, not...
The Nepalese cabinet’s recent decision to ban the use of all Indian currency notes above Rs. 100 is expected to severely affect the tourism and casino...
Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty promoted Viaan Industries Ltd. issued a press release on 12th December stating that they have signed a strategic distribution deal with Chandigarh...
There is much debate about poker being a gambling game or a skill sport. An Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kozhikode assistant professor, Deepak Dhayanithy, has...
The central government has tabled a statement in parliament in reply to Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh’s query on legalising gambling and betting. Union Minister of...
Seven online lottery centres were raided at different locations in central Mumbai for alleged evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST) as per a PTI report....
Daman Hospitality Private Limited, a subsidiary of listed gaming company Delta Corp Limited, has filed a writ petition in the Bombay High Court today seeking a...
Exclusive Independent Rajya Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) and former Samajwadi Party General Secretary Amar Singh has raised a starred question on legalisation of gambling and betting...
Navneet Makharia, CEO of Kolkata-based Ability Games Pvt. Ltd. decided to foray into the skill gaming industry a year ago, after dabbling in the medicine and...
Fantasy sports lobby group the Indian Federation of Sports Gaming (IFSG) launched its athlete support programme ‘Stars of Tomorrow’ at the Trident Hotel in Mumbai yesterday....
The Nepal government is mooting new legislative measures that would give it powers to attach the personal properties of casino operators who default in paying royalties...
Delta Corp Ltd., India’s only listed gaming and casino company celebrated its tenth anniversary at its various properties and casinos in Goa, including its flagship Deltin...
Australian gaming and betting company PlayUp has launched DraftStars.in, an India-based fantasy sports website that will offer real money fantasy games to Indian residents. As per...
Hippo52.com, a website run by Delhi-based Ultimate Gaming Technologies Pvt. Ltd. has merged with Quatumskill Gaming and Tech Pvt. Ltd., the company that operates the poker...
Avid poker player Aditya Sardana noticed an opportunity in 2013 to supply quality chips, playing cards, poker tables and other gaming accessories. He founded the firm...
Online poker website Adda52, a subsidiary of Delta Corp Ltd. successfully organised the second edition of the World Poker Tournament (WPT) India at the Deltin Royale...
Raj Kundra and Shilpa Shetty promoted Viaan Industries’ recently launched new online poker website Poker Raj has announced that popular actresses Anita Hassanandani Reddy has been...
Exclusive The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) investigate and take action against offshore betting...
The India Cruise Lines Association (INCLA), backed by Rajya Sabha MP and Essel Group Chairman Subhash Chandra, has approached the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) demanding several...
Dream11, India’s biggest fantasy sports website has signed an exclusive 5-year partnership with the International Cricket Council (ICC), cricket’s apex governing body. As per an email...
Venture capital firm Sequoia Capital has led a US$5 million (around Rs. 35.1 crore) Series A funding round in Galactus Funware Technology Pvt. Ltd., the company...
The Mumbai police conducted a surprise raid at the Sea Princess Hotel in Juhu in the early hours of 6th November and arrested around 135 people,...
Sharren Haskel, a member of the Israeli parliament ‘Knesset’ has introduced a new bill in the legislature that seeks to permit and regulate poker tournaments in...
After the release of the schedule of a flagship gaming focused event ‘SPiCE’ in Goa in February 2019, Hong Kong-based specialist event management company, Eventus International,...
Along with patakas/ firecrackers and puja/ religious ceremonies, there’s one more thing that Diwali revellers dig big time: online poker. As Diwali is just around the...
The letters patent appeal against a single judge’s order ruling poker to be gambling is now set to be heard by a new division bench of...
Exclusive A criminal writ petition filed by poker player Karan Mutha in the Delhi High Court seeking recognition for the card game as one that involves skill...
Esports startup GamingMonk Entertainment Pvt. Ltd. has raised Rs. 4 crores in a fresh funding round led by Japan-based Incubate Fund. Other investors who participated in...
Lottery conglomerate Sugal & Damani Group will be launching a new mobile app called ‘Luckykhel’ over the next few days, as per a report in the...
The second edition of the premier gaming conclave of India, namely the Strategic Platform for iGaming Conference & Exhibition (SPiCE), organised by Eventus International, is set to...
Online poker website Adda52 organised an event for renowned poker players on 24th October at a banquet hall in Mumbai. The purpose of the event was...
Raj Kundra-promoted Viaan Industries Limited and Switzerland-based International Federation of Match Poker (IFMP) hosted the third edition of the Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL) tournament...
A single judge bench of the Calcutta High Court rejected lottery operator M/s. Teesta Distributors writ petition to exempt lotteries from the ambit of the Goods...
Exclusive Goa Lions, one of the teams participating in Viaan Industries promoted Match Indian Poker League (Match IPL), has alleged that the league is not fulfilling...
Popular social gaming and e-sports company Nazara Technologies Limited is likely to acquire multiple companies in the real money gaming space in the Indian and African...
Popular Bollywood actress and co-owner of the Kings XI Punjab franchise in the Indian Premier League (IPL), Preity Zinta, suggested that betting should be legalised as...
President of India, Ram Nath Kovind has approved a new law passed by the Telangana legislature that inter alia includes offences under the Telangana Gaming Act, 1974 (which after...
Gaming industry body All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) participated in an interactive session on ‘Internet, Technology and New Age Games’ at a conference hosted by Delhi...
Exclusive Weeks after Glaws exclusively reported that Play Games24x7 Pvt. Ltd., the parent company of leading online rummy website RummyCircle had decided to launch TurfBets.com, a portal...
