Govt releases new rules for online gaming, puts a ban on betting
Govt releases new rules for online gaming, puts a ban on betting The IT Ministry has passed the IT Rules, 2023 which mandates the establishment of a self-regulatory body for the registration & regulation of online gaming platforms as "intermediaries" which is defined as one that "offers one or more than one online game List of role The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) on Thursday released a set of new rules for online gaming, banning any game that involves betting and wagering. With the new rules, the Centre has prohibited any game that involves betting and wagering and entails a framework of multiple self-regulatory organizations (SROs). These SROs will be responsible for declaring online games permissible based on whether games offer to wager. The new rules define 'online game' as "a game that is offered on the internet and is accessible by a user through a computer resource or an intermediary". The IT Ministry h