New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Online Gaming Bill introduced in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday encourages e-sports and online social games while prohibiting harmful online money gaming services, advertisements, and financial transactions related to them.

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025 also proposes to outlaw all online betting and gambling (Satta and Jua) activities - from online fantasy sports to online gambling (like Poker, Rummy and other card games) and online lotteries, the Ministry of Electronics and IT said in a statement, minutes after introduction of the Bill.

The Bill seeks to completely ban on offering, operating, or facilitating online money games, irrespective of whether based on skill, chance, or both, the...