{"id":25321,"date":"2021-12-08T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-08T14:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=25321"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:07:28","slug":"mp-calls-for-regulation-of-online-gaming-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/mp-calls-for-regulation-of-online-gaming-in-india","title":{"rendered":"MP calls for regulation of online gaming in India"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sushil Kumar Modi has expressed his concerns on online gaming and claims the government should regulate the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- As online gaming continues to rocket in India, Sushil Kumar Modi<\/strong>, an MP at the upper house, Rajya Sabha, has said the government should regulate the industry. According to Modi,\u00a043 million people in India play online games<\/strong>\u00a0and the time spent on online gaming each week has increased by 60 per cent to four hours when compared to pre-pandemic figures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modi said India needs a regulatory framework and a uniform tax on online gaming. He also expressed concerns about young people being able to access online games as said it could lead to gambling-related harms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some Indian states have already tried to expressly ban online gambling. Karnataka announced in September that\u00a0it would amend its laws to prohibit all forms of betting gambling<\/strong>, including games of skill.\u00a0However,\u00a0several companies have criticised<\/a>\u00a0the amendment, arguing that it would damage the state\u2019s standing as a tech centre and start-up capital.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In September,\u00a0the Kerala High Court<\/a>\u00a0rejected the government\u2019s attempt to ban online Rummy, arguing that it was a skill-based game and therefore protected by the Indian Constitution.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A report entitled\u00a0\u201cIndia\u2019s $5bn market opportunity\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>from venture capital firm Sequoia Capital and management consulting firm BCG recently suggested that the\u00a0Indian mobile gaming industry will see revenue increase<\/a>\u00a0from $1.5bn in 2020 to\u00a0$5bn in 2025<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the report, 80 per cent of the $1.5bn generated by mobile games last year came from in-app purchases and real money gaming (RMG). There are currently\u00a0more than 300 million gamers in the country<\/strong>, and revenue from all gaming was up 500 per cent from 2016 to 2020.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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