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From May 1, India’s online gaming sector enters a new regime: money-based games are prohibited, while e-sports and social gaming face tighter oversight. A central regulator, payment curbs and compliance rules aim to end years of legal ambiguity

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is investigating the FairPlay betting app for illegally streaming IPL matches and laundering money. The investigation revealed that approximately Rs 13,000 crore was sent abroad under the guise of import payments through four firms. Celebrities endorsed the app, and a payment gateway processed Rs 3,000 crore in transactions.

The Enforcement Directorate has apprehended Chirag Shah and Chintan Shah in the FairPlay app money laundering case. The app is accused of unauthorized IPL match broadcasts for betting and using illicit financial services. The case involves significant financial misconduct impacting Viacom18, with the ED and Maharashtra cyber police conducting parallel investigations.

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple firms, including payment aggregators in Delhi and other areas, linked to the Fairplay App money laundering case. Fairplay, linked with the Mahadev group, is accused of illegal IPL match broadcasting and betting, diverting the earnings abroad via shell companies. Several celebrities who promoted Fairplay are also under investigation.

Illegal online betting ads of rummy and other card games are flooding the Metro stations despite clear advisory against it by the Centre.

A TOI investigation reveals that seemingly isolated cricket betting hubs in India are part of a larger offshore network, primarily licensed in Curaçao. This Dutch Caribbean island has become a key licensing base for betting platforms targeting Indian users, with a recurring pattern of offshore hubs and similar money-movement architectures behind multiple illegal apps.

The minister told the media at the Indian Aviation airshow that at this stage his ministry was not taking notice of the deal.

Advocate general Subodh Kantak told the high court of Bombay at Goa that the June 19 meeting between casino operators and the Captain of Ports had failed to reach a consensus.

Fairplay regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of over Rs 8 crore on three entities of cable TV service operator Fast Way Group for abusing its dominant position in Punjab and Chandigarh.