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Real money out, social gaming in this Diwali
Financial Express Kochi
|October 18, 2025
PLATFORMS SHIFT FOCUS FROM TRANSACTIONS TO EXPERIENCES
IF YOU'RE A card game enthusiast (even if you're not, considering it's Diwali), you'd have surely come across a banner put up across websites of some of the most popular online gaming platforms, be it RummyCircle, PokerBaazi orAdda52, saying, "Cash games and deposits have been discontinued/are no longer available".
However, you can still "play free tournaments" and "unlock special rewards".
The development - a fallout of The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which took effect from October 1 - may have come as a dampener to many, but Indian gaming companies are taking it in their stride to invest in free-to-play ecosystems, advertising-led models, and community tournaments that reward engagement more than cash.
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