US EditionOnline Gaming Bill 2025: Companies warn of massive job cuts, closures — a look at industry size, impact
The bill bans all real-money online games, potentially causing closure of 400+ companies, loss of over 200,000 jobs, and pushing users toward illegal gambling, industry warns.
- The Union Cabinet cleared the Promotion & Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, and the Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha where the Lower House passed it.
- The Bill also proposes a national regulatory framework that outlaws money-based online games, bans advertising, and bars banks and payment gateways from processing related transactions.
- Market data show India's online gaming market is valued at $3.7 billion and projected to reach $9.1 billion by 2029, with nearly 86% of revenue from real-money formats.
- Industry bodies warn the Bill threatens 400,000 jobs and $6 B investments, noting more than $3 B has been invested to date in the real-money gaming space.
- Industry federations cautioned the Bill could push millions of gamers toward illegal gambling networks and offshore operators, and shrink sports sponsorships involving the Board of Control for Cricket in India and Dream11's $44 million team rights.
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Online Gaming Bill 2025: Companies warn of massive job cuts, closures — a look at industry size, impact
The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 seeks to prohibit real-money online games, raising concerns over mental health impacts. The ban could lead to significant job losses and financial strain on the gaming industry, with potential imprisonment for non-compliance.
·New Delhi, India
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Game over for money-based online gaming? Industry in shock over proposed ban
If passed in Parliament, the bill will outlaw all money-based online games (irrespective of whether they involve skill or chance), ban advertisements promoting such platforms, and bar banks and financial institutions from processing related transactions.
·India
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