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ACCORDING TO THE INDIA GAMING REPORT 2025, INDIA HOLDS 20 PER CENT OF THE WORLD'S GAMING USER BASE AND 15.1 PER CENT OF GLOBAL GAMING APP DOWNLOADS

- PRESS TRUST OF INDIA

Online gaming platforms WinZO and Nazara Technologies-backed Moonshine Technologies (PokerBaazi) Friday said that they have suspended their real-money online gaming operations in the wake of the Online Gaming Bill, 2025, passed in the Parliament Thursday.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, enforces a blanket ban on all forms of real-money online games, while encouraging the growth of e-sports and free-to-play social games.

In a regulatory filing, Nazara Technologies said that its associate company Moonshine Technologies Pvt Ltd, which owns and operates PokerBaazi, has suspended its real-money offerings in line with the new legislation.

“Pursuant to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, passed by the Parliament on August 21, 2025 and pending enactment, we wish to inform that, as a matter of abundant caution and in due respect of the government's mandate, Moonshine Technologies Private Limited, an associate company in which Nazara Technologies Limited holds a 46.07 per cent stake, has ceased offering real money online gaming operations," it said.