President Droupadi Murmu signed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 into regulation on Friday (August 22, 2025), with only one extra step left — notification by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology — earlier than the prohibition of actual money video games (RMGs) comes into impact in India. Even because the breakneck enactment was accomplished within the house of three days, from Cabinet approval to clearing each Houses of Parliament, RMG firms stated they’d wind down.
Firms’ reactions mirror, a minimum of for the second, a collectively non-confrontational stance in direction of the ban. “In compliance with the new law, we are responsibly withdrawing impacted offerings w.e.f 22nd August 2025,” WinZO, which says it has over 25 crore customers, stated in an announcement. IT Ministry officers advised reporters that however a quick interval the place customers would have the ability to withdraw money they’ve deposited, the Act could be notified as quickly as attainable.
“As per The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, cash games and contests have been discontinued,” Dream11 stated in an announcement on its web site. “PokerBaazi has paused real money gaming in compliance with the Act, PokerBaazi said. “Your funds are 100% safe and available for withdrawal.”
“While this chapter pauses here, we remain hopeful that the future will once again allow us to celebrate the game we all love,” the PokerBaazi assertion added. Adda52, the opposite main poker platform in India, equally stated that “cash games and deposits are no longer available on our platform.” “In compliance with law, no cash games are available on MPL,” the Dream11 competitor stated in an announcement. RummyCircle additionally “discontinued” all money video games.
