Real Money Gaming

May 17, 2023 11:58 AM IST

Nazara Technologies joins AIGF, to lead industry body's game developer collective

Founder Nitish Mittersain had earlier told Moneycontrol they are eyeing a larger presence in the real-money gaming business, with regulatory clarity appearing to emerge in the space.

Nazara Technologies is looking to expand its real-money gaming business, affirms founder

Nazara Technologies is taking a three-pronged approach to grow its footprint in the burgeoning skill-gaming segment, said founder Nitish Mittersain.

India's draft online gaming rules: What real-money gaming startups and industry bodies are saying

The draft regulations are expected to shape the future of the burgeoning online gaming industry in the country. It comes amid unprecedented growth the sector has witnessed in recent years.

Google Play's pilot for fantasy and rummy apps gets mixed response from startup founders. Here's why

The move comes as a shot in the arm for these Indian apps as it will help them to smoothly reach a broader audience. However, it has caused a lot of heartburn among founders of skill-based gaming apps excluded from the pilot, who fear it will help entrenched players, discourage innovation and cause market distortion.

Game dev tools startup CloudFeather Games bags $1.25 million from Lumikai, others

CloudFeather Games is building a suite of competitive formats that aims to provide developers a new way of monetisation beyond in-app purchases and ads.

How Nazara Technologies is approaching skill-based real money gaming sector

India's first publicly listed gaming firm doesn't intend to invest a substantial amount of capital to gain market share in the segment.

MPL, Games24x7, AIGF approach Karnataka High Court against gambling ban

Expect more clarity in India's real-money gaming market in coming quarters: Nazara Tech CEO

South India is an important market for games like Rummy which has a good concentration in these states, although real money games like poker and fantasy games see equal distribution across the country.

FAU-G game | Haryana Police summons Vishal Gondal over Twitter post against real-money gaming

Vishal Gondal has been asked to appear before the station house officer of Sarai Khwaja Police Station on April 5.

Here's how an online article on real money gaming landed Vishal Gondal in legal soup

The whole saga started after Gondal wrote an article which was published by Medianama in January titled -- In The End, The House Always Wins: The State Of Real Money Gaming In India.

Here’s how a post on real money gaming landed GOQii & FAU-G fame Vishal Gondal in a legal soup

Goqii and FAU-G fame Vishal Gondal had never expected that writing an article on a digital media platform on the ills of online Rummy will shower him with legal notices from across the country. What's bizarre is the nature of these notices. Not just the pattern of most of them are similar, the allegations are outlandish. One person has alleged that he lost potential investors following Gondal's article and Tweets, while another one has claimed that he is being called anti-religious following the same. In an interaction with Moneycontrol, Gondal talks about the nature of these notices, his views on online Rummy at a time when he himself is running an online gaming startup and how he plans to tackle the situation.