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Dream11 Stops All Paid Contests, Goes Free After Govt’s Online Gaming Bill: ‘See You In Our Second Innings’

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Dream11 halts all real-money gaming contests and shifts to free-to-play online social games after the Parliament passes the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025.

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Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, cleared by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week, seeks to ban all forms of online money games. (File)

Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, cleared by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha this week, seeks to ban all forms of online money games. (File)

Dream11, one of India’s top real-money gaming (RMG) companies, on Friday announced to shut down all its real-money gaming contests and pivot its business to a free-to-play online social game, after the Parliament passed the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025.

In a statement issued by the company on its social media platforms, it said, “This morning, we stopped all paid contests on Dream11 and pivoted entirely to a free-to-play online social game.”

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