President Draupadi Murmu has also given the green signal after the Parliament was approved on the bill that banned online money gaming, after which this law has now been made. Under this law, all online money gaming services will be banned and there is a provision of imprisonment of up to three years and a fine of up to Rs 1 crore to those who provide such games.

Online money gaming platform fined to promote

In the new law, there is a provision of imprisonment of up to two years and a fine of up to Rs 50 lakh for promoting online money gaming platform. Online Gaming Promotion and Regulation Bill 2025 was earlier passed from both the Houses of Parliament, Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. The Rajya Sabha passed this bill in 26 minutes and the Lok Sabha passed it in seven minutes.

Online money gaming social evil- Ashwini Vaishnav

Union Electronics and Information Technology Minister Ashwini Vaishnav told in Parliament that people are losing their lives in online money gaming. He said in Rajya Sabha, “From time to time, society struggles with evils. In such a situation, it is the duty of the government and Parliament to investigate them and make laws to control them.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that this bill will encourage e-sports and protect the society from the harmful effects of online games.

Several online gaming platforms will work

Since the passage of the bill, many online gaming platforms including Dream 11 and Winzo have announced that they will stop operating. IT Secretary S. before the President was approved by the President. Krishnan said, “This is not a law that we can allow to remain implemented. We are considering whether it is possible to implement restrictions before other sections, because the bill has not made any specific rules for this section.”

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