Real cash gaming corporations wind down operations

President Droupadi Murmu signed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 into legislation 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 cash video games (RMGs) comes into impact in India. Even because the breakneck enactment was accomplished within the area of three days, from Cabinet approval to clearing each Houses of Parliament, RMG corporations mentioned they’d wind down.

Firms’ reactions mirror, not less than for the second, a collectively non-confrontational stance in direction of the ban.  “In compliance with the brand new legislation, we’re responsibly withdrawing impacted choices w.e.f twenty second August 2025,” WinZO, which says it has over 25 crore customers, mentioned in a press release. IT Ministry officers informed reporters that however a quick interval the place customers would be capable of withdraw cash they’ve deposited, the Act can be notified as quickly as potential.

“As per The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, money video games and contests have been discontinued,” Dream11 mentioned in a press release on its web site. “PokerBaazi has paused actual cash gaming in compliance with the Act, PokerBaazi mentioned. “Your funds are 100% protected and accessible for withdrawal.” 

“While this chapter pauses right here, we stay hopeful that the long run will as soon as once more permit us to have a good time the sport all of us love,” the PokerBaazi assertion added. Adda52, the opposite main poker platform in India, equally mentioned that “money video games and deposits are not accessible on our platform.” “In compliance with legislation, no money video games can be found on MPL,” the Dream11 competitor mentioned in a press release. RummyCircle additionally “discontinued” all money video games.