New Delhi, Aug. 20 -- The Lok Sabha on Wednesday, August 20, passed a bill to ban the operating, facilitating and advertising of online games played with money, as the government looks to check rising instances of addiction, money laundering and financial fraud through such applications.

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw introduced the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, amid sloganeering by MPs belonging to opposition parties in protest against alleged irregularities in electoral roll revision in Bihar.

What does the online gaming bill offer

The bill seeks to prohibit advertisements related to online money games as well as bars banks and financial institutions from facilitating or transferring funds for any of such gam...