The Goa bench of the Bombay High Court directed the government to consider renewal of the offshore casino license of Gopal Kanda promoted GoldenGlobe Hotels Pvt....
Justice (retired) Balbir Singh Chauhan, the Chairman of the Law Commission of India visited the ICE Gaming Conference in London last month to understand gaming regulations...
Paavan Nanda, the co-founder of popular travel apps Zostel and Zo Rooms along with three other partners has launched a new real-money quiz and puzzle app...
The online rummy space is set to grow more competitive with an aggressive foray in the online rummy space by 6-7 new online rummy websites, who...
Essel Group has started its second poker website, mercurypoker.com in collaboration with Mojo Games Inc., a Canada based B2B gaming software provider. Mercurypoker will be a...
After Indian Poker Association (IPA) and Hotel Ramada in Ahmedabad, AAA Gaming Pvt. Ltd., a Surat-based company has now approached the Gujarat High Court, seeking court...
With the digital revolution growing in leaps and bounds, online skill gaming is one such vertical that has been growing in popularity. While the number of...
The Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday was expected to simplify the direct taxation system and reduce income tax in a big way....
Viaan Industries Limited, a listed entity promoted by businessman Raj Kundra and Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra has announced in a recent press release that it...
Exclusive The battle between two factions of Spartan Poker is set to get ugly, with the Pokerguru-faction led by Rajat Agarwal planning to file a lawsuit in...
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Delta Corp has announced the launch of its Casino Deltin Denzong in Hotel Denzong Regency in Gangtok on 14th January, 2017. The news was first announced...
The world’s largest gaming event, ICE, will be hosting a delegation from India on 8th February, 2017 at Excel London. ICE has partnered with Federation of...
Two months after Kizhakke Naduvath Suresh of the Indian Poker Association (IPA) filed a petition in the Gujarat High Court seeking an order directing the police to...
Amit Burman, entrepreneur and vice chairman of Dabur group of companies has announced the launch of ‘Poker Sports League’ (PSL), India’s first poker league, where city-based...
Exclusive Controversy’s favourite child, Ripu Sudan Kundra alias Raj Kundra, British businessman and husband of Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty Kundra does not seem to have any plans...
Horse-racing clubs in India has for the past few months been worried about the implications of the new Goods and Services Tax (GST). GST, touted to...
There was an interesting opinion piece in The New Indian Express yesterday by Vidushpat Singhania (someone whom I have known for long and featured on this website...
The ASEAN gaming summit, organised by Asia Gaming Brief (AGB) is set to be held in Manila,which will draw the regions leading operators and suppliers and...
As per news reports and a post on the Pokerhigh Facebook page, Quantumskill Gaming and Tech. Pvt. Ltd., which operates the online poker website pokerhigh.com has received...
Exclusive Just one day after the first online skill games license was awarded to K365 Web Assets Pvt. Ltd., the Nagaland government has issued the second license...
Clubs in Bangladesh have been offering various games for stakes using a loophole that gambling is illegal only when it is offered in places where public...
A contentious bill to legalise casinos was finally passed by both Houses of the Diet (Japanese Parliament), with the Upper House of the Parliament clearing it...
Exclusive The Nagaland government on Wednesday started the process of issuing online skill games license under the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games...
The Law Commission of India, a body that advises the government is examining gambling and betting related legislations. The Commission is also said to be discussing...
Spartan Poker, one of India’s prominent poker websites is in a legal tangle, with two rival promoter factions hurling accusations at the other. One faction is...
Have you ever wondered how it’s like to travel in style and have extreme fun with beautiful young women and champagne – all when you don’t...
Canada-based Amaya Gaming, which runs the world’s largest poker website, Pokerstars is looking to start an online poker website in India as per a report on...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s sudden and drastic announcement demonetising (except for emergency services) all 500 & 1000 rupee notes , i.e. around 85% of the currency in circulation,...
Online poker website Pokerbaazi has announced the acquisition of Phoenix poker room in Bengaluru and rebranded it ‘PokerBaazi LIVE’. Pokerbaazi in its press release noted as follows:...
The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) has announced a one-day study tour and panel discussion in Gangtok, Sikkim for its members and for delegates from India...
Since it is now clear that the Goods and Services Tax that would be introduced in April 2017 and will subsume all gaming, betting and lottery...
After successfully filing writ petitions in the Karantaka and Calcutta High Courts, the Indian Poker Association (IPA) has now moved to the Gujarat High Court alleging that...
The Goa government seems to have decided to revive a license issued for a sixth offshore casino in the state, since gaming company GoldenGlobe Hotels Private Limited (GGHPL)...
Kashinath Shetye, a self-styled social activist has filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Goa bench of the Bombay High Court asking for closure of...
Just weeks after the announcement of its plan to fully acquire leading poker website Adda52, Delta Corp is in advanced stages of discussions with Head Infotech...
Days after the media and the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) raised questions about the legality of stock exchange based games luring customers with...
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has exempted fantasy sports from the onerous requirement of obtaining a license under the country’s Remote Gaming Act and is looking to...
Exclusive After launching free to play and real money stock market games as well as freemium social games under the brand name ‘Viaan Studios’, businessman Raj Kundra...
In what could be termed as the biggest news in the gaming industry this year, Delta Corp Ltd., India’s largest gaming and hospitality company announced its...
Over the past few days, there has been lot of controversy in the media over the legality of games based on stock exchange or listed securities,...
The passage of the Constitution (122nd Amendment) Bill, 2016 by both the Houses of Parliament and the central government’s announcement of its intention to implement a uniform ‘one nation,...
The Shree Jalaram (Golden Gaming/Lottery) Group announced the opening of a new office of Golden Technology in Noida yesterday. The new company of the lottery conglomerate will...
The Goa government has notified revised license fees for onshore casinos to implement the hike in fees that were announced in the budget earlier this year....
The Nagaland government has issued its first Letter of Intent (LOI) to Club Empire Tech Pvt. Ltd., an online rummy website, as per the company press...
Hong Kong based casino operator Silver Heritage Group is set to offer its shares to the public through the Australian bourses, as per the company press...
Figures released by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs indicate that a total of 125494 cases under Gambling Acts of various states were registered in the...
Delta Corp, India’s largest and only listed gaming company in an announcement to the stock exchanges claimed that it had secured a provisional license to operate...
The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), a registered not-for-profit trade body to promote the gaming and sports industry in India has announced its launch event at...
The Supreme Court pronounced its order on the recommendations of the Lodha committee report today, asking the BCCI to implement a majority of the suggestions given by...
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar came out in strong support of casinos in the state and reiterated that casinos are an integral part of the state’s...
Just days after Puducherry Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy in an interview mooted the idea of permitting offshore casinos in the pristine Union Territory, Malladi Krishna Rao,...
Newly appointed Chief Minister of the Union Territory of Puducherry (Pondicherry), V. Narayanasamy has indicated that he is amenable to starting offshore casinos in the region by...
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM), the principal opposition party in Sikkim has claimed credit for the recent amendment in rules banning participation of locals in the state’s...
Exclusive The Sikkim government has amended the Sikkim Casinos (Control & Tax) Rules, 2007 to ban locals from entering casinos and playing in the live casinos as...
Exclusive The Nagaland government has notified the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Rules, 2016 (“Online Games of Skill Rules”)....
The All India Gaming Federation (AIGF), a not-for-profit organisation registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 and working towards promotion of sporting and gaming activities, has...
Exclusive The Kerala government has announced its decision to consider including poker and bridge in the category of games of skill by way of amending a hitherto...
NobleAces.com, one of the fastest emerging names in the field of online poker, has come out with a custom made software to provide its growing user...
Khelplay.com recently organized a panel discussion on ‘Recent Developments in the Skill Games Industry’- a seminar on legal, regulatory and tax updates for poker players and...
Media moghul and lottery baron Dr. Subhash Chandra, former chairman and promoter of multi-billion dollar business conglomerate Essel (Zee) Group is set to enter the Rajya...
Poker, rummy and fantasy sports players and operators in India face various problems. Several questions that the poker community faces includes questions about the legality of...
Multi-billion dollar business conglomerate Essel (Zee) Group has announced the launch of its new poker website, Pokernation.com through a press release. Essel group’s possible foray in...
Golden Gaming International Pvt. Ltd. (formerly Maarm International Pvt. Ltd.), one of the online gaming license holders in Sikkim launched the first sports betting and gaming...
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has told the Supreme Court that betting on cricket matches is not feasible unless a central law...
Exclusive On 21st April, Justice Indermeet Kaur of the Delhi High Court, allowed the parties to withdraw the civil revision petition filed in Gaussian Networks Pvt. Ltd....
Exclusive In what could be perceived as an anti-climax to the eagerly awaited Gaussian Networks v. Monica Lakhanpal & National Capital Territory of Delhi case, the Delhi High...
Exclusive Delta Corp, India’s largest and only publicly traded gaming and hospitality company is all set to operate a new casino in Sikkim in the next two...
Exclusive PB Acharya, the Governor of Nagaland has given his assent to the landmark Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Bill,...
The Laxmikant Parsekar headed Goa cabinet extended the deadline for shifting offshore casinos from River Mandovi by one year. In doing so, the cabinet has modified...
Lotteries organised by the Kerala government has grown exponentially in the past decade, as per data released by the state government. It is believed that the...
Exclusive As per latest reports from sources, the Nagaland legislative assembly has passed the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of Skill Bill,...
Goa Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar hiked the entertainment tax and license fees for onshore and offshore casinos in the state in his budget speech presented in...
After former Chief Justice of India (CJI) RM Lodha, former Chief Justice of the Punjab & Haryana Mukul Mudgal and Rajya Sabha MP KTS Tulsi, it...
Virginia became the first American state to regulate fantasy sports when Governor Terry McAluiffe signed a first-of-its-kind law, the Fantasy Contests Act last week. The Act...
Contrary to expectations and the first set of recommendations given by the Easwar committee, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley maintained status quo on the taxes from gaming...
The Parkash Singh Badal-led Punjab government is banking on revenues from lottery and horse-betting to improve the state’s financial condition and implement various social schemes. Some...
After the previous meeting of the skill games select committee scheduled on 10th February was adjourned, the Nagaland legislative assembly secretariat has indicated that the legislators are now...
FICCI and ICE hosted a special session on the Indian gaming industry at Excel Exhibition centre in London on 3rd February 2016. Albert Climent, gaming consultant...
As per local media reports, a meeting of the select committee constituted to examine the Nagaland Prohibition of Gambling and Promotion and Regulation of Online Games of...
ICE has released the revised agenda for the second FICCI-ICE ‘India Briefing’ to be held at Excel London on 3rd February 2016 from 10 am onwards....
Exclusive In response to a Right to Information (RTI) query filed by Jay Sayta, the founder of this website, the Goa department has disclosed that a total...
Exclusive A committee headed by Justice (retd.) RV Easwar has recommended increasing the threshold limit for Tax Deduction at Source on winnings from gambling, lottery, card games,...
Exclusive Amidst growing discussion on the element of skill involved in the game of poker, the Delhi High Court heard the high stakes matter, Gaussian Network Pvt....
Union Shipping & Road Transport Minister and former President of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Nitin Gadkari rejected the idea of having casinos in the...
Maharashtra is laying grounds to enforce the Maharashtra Casinos (Control & Tax) Act, 1976, a 40-year old landmark and farsighted legislation as per a report in the...
The Lodha committee report has rightly sparked a discussion on legalising gambling and sports betting in the country. Last week, editorials in all major newspapers and...
In the midst of the growing clamour to legalise sports betting in India in light of the Justice Lodha Committee recommendations, Union Law Minister DV Sadananda...
A committee headed by former Chief Justice of India RM Lodha, which was tasked with inter alia ‘recommending changes to prevent sporting frauds, conflict of interests, streamlining the...
The Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) and ICE, the world’s largest gaming events organiser have announced a special “India Briefing” to be...
