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Sunday, August 17, 2025
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Topic: online gaming

Terror groups using online gaming to recruit, move funds. FATF report flags looming threat

FAFT report cites analysis of in-game purchases to highlight link between terror financing & money laundering techniques used either to move or layer funds using gaming platforms.

Karnataka govt’s online betting ban draft bill skipped consultations with IT dept

Consultations for the proposed Karnataka Police (Amendment) Bill are yet to take place. Bill proposes to set up a regulatory authority to oversee online gaming.

Online gaming & gambling: Operating in regulatory vacuum, thriving in space between ‘skill & chance’

Public Gambling Act, 1867 prohibits operation of gambling houses. But the Act excludes “game of skill” from definition of gambling, giving states legal room to allow them.

Spotlight on online gaming amid fraud, money laundering cases. MHA, MeitY & ED to firm up regulations

The Centre is discussing steps to tighten loopholes in laws on online gaming amid rising concerns around user harm, financial fraud, and national security.

Tamil Nadu KYC for gaming apps is a good move. Here’s what I would change

These regulations are not intervention-based or focused on incentives. Instead, strategies such as counselling or voluntary game limits could promote long-term behaviour change.

Tamil Nadu govt is playing parent with new gaming restrictions. It’s misguided

The regulations don’t allow users to play online games from midnight to 5 am and require gaming apps to caution users indulging in uninterrupted play.

CCPA urges celebrities, influencers to refrain from promoting ‘online betting, gambling’

CCPA warns that anyone found to be in violation of norms will be subject to stringent measures, including manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, social media platforms, and endorsers.

Pixels turning into paychecks, as esports become a viable career option for young professionals

A new tribe of young gamers is turning passion into profession due to the booming Esports industry in India, which is expected to hit Rs 11-bn by FY2025 from Rs 3-bn in FY2021.

Bringing online betting under tax ambit timely. Now states should bring own laws

ThePrint view on the most important issues.

28% GST on gambling: Only on buy-in, not winnings, says Sitharaman amid concerns of double taxation

GST Council took its second-ever decision not based on consensus, on this matter, with Delhi, Goa, Sikkim and Tamil Nadu dissenting.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?