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India's listed casino operator has now provided ₹4.44 billion for historical GST, a fraction of the ₹168 billion first demanded in 2023, and this quarter's charge covers demands it says it has strong grounds to contest. Casino revenue fell 13.4% in a quarter without King Casino and the Sikkim property.

Tax officers have recalculated three of the largest GST demands in Indian gaming on the deposit-based method the Supreme Court set out in May, cutting the principal sought by about three-quarters. What remains falls on companies that no longer run the games that generated it.

Five months after India's online gaming law took effect, the regulator it created had granted no registrations by 1 September and had received 201 complaints, the IT ministry told the country's information commission.

Forensic work on more than 400 seized devices has turned an illegal online gambling investigation into an organised crime case spanning continents. Court documents allege contact with senior politicians, police and immigration officials. Nobody in those categories has been named or charged.

Having clamped down on real-money gaming, India is now taking a lighter touch with social and skill-based games. The shift toward risk-based regulation could significantly reduce compliance burdens for a large segment of the country's gaming industry.

Thailand immigration police have detained five Indian nationals in Pattaya following a raid on a condominium suspected of being used as a base for illegal

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), India's economic intelligence agency, intensified its crackdown on the online gaming sector on Wednesday with continued

Philippines relaunches e-visa system for Chinese nationals in Nov 2025 to boost tourism recovery. Policy aims to restore key market after 2023 suspension.

Gameskraft, once one of the giants of India's real-money gaming scene, has been hit with a regulatory penalty for a major administrative breach. However, the

City of Dreams Sri Lanka, the newly opened and first integrated resort in South Asia, has equipped its casino floor with a suite of advanced cash-handling and

The Indian government's swift passage of a new bill to prohibit all real-money online gaming has been met with a storm of criticism, with industry leaders and

The global esports betting market is on a trajectory for explosive growth over the next decade, with a new report from Business Research Insights forecasting

India's government has passed a transformative new law that fundamentally reshapes its entire online gaming landscape, in a move that simultaneously champions

Probo, a prominent Indian opinion trading platform, has become the first major casualty of the country's new national online gaming law, announcing the

A youth wing president for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in the Indian state of Gujarat has been arrested on illegal gambling charges, in an incident that has

The government of Karnataka, a key technology and gaming hub in India, has confirmed it will formulate a new policy for the online gaming sector based on the

Nepal is rapidly emerging as a key gaming destination in South Asia, with market analysts projecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.7% between

India's primary economic intelligence agency, the Enforcement Directorate (ED), has expanded its sweeping investigation into illegal online betting, with

In a move with significant implications for India's vast real-money gaming (RMG) market, Google has submitted a proposal to the Competition Commission of

The future regulatory framework for India's massive online gaming industry is currently being debated in the nation's Supreme Court, which has begun hearing a

A significant legal dispute is unfolding in the Delhi High Court, where a prominent Indian online gaming platform, WinZO Games, is challenging Google LLC over

U.S. President Donald Trump has reported more than $600 million in income from a diverse portfolio of ventures, including cryptocurrency, golf clubs, and

India's esports governing body, the Esports Federation of India (ESFI), has launched the National Esports Championship 2025 (NESC25). This event will serve as

A legal case aiming to resurrect the long-dormant Maharashtra Casinos Act of 1976 has been advanced to India’s Supreme Court. This development follows the