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UK To Limit Stakes For Online Games To Curb Gambling Addiction
The UK government announced Friday that it would introduce stake limits for online slot games in a toughening of regulations designed to help protect people from the dangers of gambling.
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"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Tamil Nadu Governor Clears Online Gaming Bill Hours After MK Stalin's Assembly Offensive
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi signed off on a proposed law to ban online gambling and to regulate internet games today, shortly after the MK Stalin government called him out for not clearing the bill nearly six months.
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New Online Gaming Rules to Spur Innovation, Boost Investor Confidence
The industry on Thursday said the new rules for online gaming will spur innovation, boost investor confidence and weed out gambling platforms while making the sector globally competitive. The norms are expected to help reduce regulatory fragmentation at the state level, and foster a more stable business environment, the industry said in one voice a...
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Microsoft Scrapped Redfall Development for PS5 After Bethesda Acquisition: Report
A PS5 version of Redfall was reportedly scrapped by Microsoft. In an interview with IGN France, game director Harvey Smith revealed that once the Microsoft-Bethesda deal went through, developer Arkane Austin was asked to solely focus on PC, Xbox, and Game Pass versions. The news comes amidst Microsoft’s ongoing attempts to convince regulators to ...
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China’s Online Gaming Regulator Grants Approval to 27 New Video Games, Including Tencent, NetEase Titles
Among the imported online games approved by the National Press and Publication Administration is at least one by Tencent, a game called Merge Mansion, according to a list the regulator released on Monday. NetEase secured approval for at least one mobile game named Audition: Everybody Party, while Bilibili received a licence for a game called Shanya...
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Tamil Nadu Cabinet Decides To Pass Bill Banning Online Gaming Again
The Governor had returned the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games, Bill, stating that it lacked legislative competence.
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Need Central Act Regulating Online Gaming, Gambling: Minister In Lok Sabha
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha that nine States and UTs have passed laws on online gaming adding that there is a need for a central act to regulate it.
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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Budget 2023: Online Gaming Industry Seeks Lower GST, Clarity On Regulation
The industry leaders have been pleading with the government to levy GST at 18% instead of raising it to 28% for online gaming
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Government Tax Panel Said to Be Unlikely to Reach Consensus on Taxing Online Gaming in December
A government panel of state finance ministers has not yet submitted its report on plans to tax the online gaming sector, according to a government official. The panel is yet to decide whether to talk the profits of these firms, or the value of the entire pool of money collected from game participants.
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Government Said to Plan Regulation of All Real-Money Online Games, to Include Games of Skill and Chance
The government is said to be planning to regulate all real-money games, including both games of skill and games of chance. The Prime Minister's Office is said to have overruled a proposal that would only allow the regulation of games of skill.
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Centre Plans Oversight Of All Real-Money Online Games: Report
The planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the PM Modi's office overruled a proposal to only regulate games of skill and leave out games of chance, according to a government document and three sources.
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China Has Resolved Its Youth Game Addiction Problem, Top Industry Body Claims
China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
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UK To Limit Stakes For Online Games To Curb Gambling Addiction
The UK government announced Friday that it would introduce stake limits for online slot games in a toughening of regulations designed to help protect people from the dangers of gambling.
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"Games Of Skill": Madras High Court Lifts Ban On Online Rummy, Poker
The Madras High Court on Thursday declined to declare the entire Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Act, 2022, as ultra vires the Constitution and held Rummy and Poker are 'games of skill.'
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Tamil Nadu Governor Clears Online Gaming Bill Hours After MK Stalin's Assembly Offensive
Tamil Nadu Governor RN Ravi signed off on a proposed law to ban online gambling and to regulate internet games today, shortly after the MK Stalin government called him out for not clearing the bill nearly six months.
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New Online Gaming Rules to Spur Innovation, Boost Investor Confidence
The industry on Thursday said the new rules for online gaming will spur innovation, boost investor confidence and weed out gambling platforms while making the sector globally competitive. The norms are expected to help reduce regulatory fragmentation at the state level, and foster a more stable business environment, the industry said in one voice a...
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Microsoft Scrapped Redfall Development for PS5 After Bethesda Acquisition: Report
A PS5 version of Redfall was reportedly scrapped by Microsoft. In an interview with IGN France, game director Harvey Smith revealed that once the Microsoft-Bethesda deal went through, developer Arkane Austin was asked to solely focus on PC, Xbox, and Game Pass versions. The news comes amidst Microsoft’s ongoing attempts to convince regulators to ...
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China’s Online Gaming Regulator Grants Approval to 27 New Video Games, Including Tencent, NetEase Titles
Among the imported online games approved by the National Press and Publication Administration is at least one by Tencent, a game called Merge Mansion, according to a list the regulator released on Monday. NetEase secured approval for at least one mobile game named Audition: Everybody Party, while Bilibili received a licence for a game called Shanya...
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Tamil Nadu Cabinet Decides To Pass Bill Banning Online Gaming Again
The Governor had returned the Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games, Bill, stating that it lacked legislative competence.
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Need Central Act Regulating Online Gaming, Gambling: Minister In Lok Sabha
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw informed the Lok Sabha that nine States and UTs have passed laws on online gaming adding that there is a need for a central act to regulate it.
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Government to Hold Discussions With Stakeholders on PIB Fact Checks for Social Media in February: MoS IT
The government will hold discussions with stakeholders before its controversial plan to give powers to its arm the Press Information Bureau (PIB) to police fake news on social media, according to Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar. The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has prop...
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Budget 2023: Online Gaming Industry Seeks Lower GST, Clarity On Regulation
The industry leaders have been pleading with the government to levy GST at 18% instead of raising it to 28% for online gaming
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Government Tax Panel Said to Be Unlikely to Reach Consensus on Taxing Online Gaming in December
A government panel of state finance ministers has not yet submitted its report on plans to tax the online gaming sector, according to a government official. The panel is yet to decide whether to talk the profits of these firms, or the value of the entire pool of money collected from game participants.
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Government Said to Plan Regulation of All Real-Money Online Games, to Include Games of Skill and Chance
The government is said to be planning to regulate all real-money games, including both games of skill and games of chance. The Prime Minister's Office is said to have overruled a proposal that would only allow the regulation of games of skill.
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Centre Plans Oversight Of All Real-Money Online Games: Report
The planned regulation of online gaming will apply to all real-money games after the PM Modi's office overruled a proposal to only regulate games of skill and leave out games of chance, according to a government document and three sources.
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China Has Resolved Its Youth Game Addiction Problem, Top Industry Body Claims
China has successfully resolved the problem of game addiction among its youth, the country's top gaming industry association said in a report. Last year, regulators introduced rules to curb game addiction, barring anyone under 18 from playing video games for more than three hours a week. The move came as part of a broad regulatory crackdown against...
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Online Gambling Ban: Tamil Nadu Ordinance Challenged in Madras High Court
The Tamil Nadu government ordinance banning online gambling has been challenged in the Madras High Court and is scheduled to be heard on November 16. A petition filed by the All India Gaming Federation states rummy and poker are games of skill, and would not fall under the ambit of "betting and gambling". The state government had passed the ordinan...
