The Online Gaming (Promotion and Regulation) Act, 2025 adopts a prohibitory model towards real-money gaming, going beyond mere regulation.
The statute bars the offering, advertising or facilitation of online money games, which are defined as games involving stakes or monetary rewards, regardless of whether they are based on skill or chance.
In effect, the law draws a hard line: while promoting e-sports and online social gaming, it outlaws real-money gaming as a category, shifting the sector from a fragmented state-regulated regime to a centralised prohibition backed by enforcement powers.
