- Online casino
- ProhibitedOnline play is prohibited; lotteries, state betting or land-based casinos exist.
- Regulator
- Online Gaming Authority of IndiaCurrent regime since 2026
- Legal basis
- Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025Knowledge base, 2026-10-08
- Research coverage
- 91% 10 of 11 applicable fields. How it is scored
Legal status by product
Baseline research contract v1.1| Product | Finding | State | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Online casino | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Sports betting | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Online poker | Prohibited | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Lottery | Set by states or provinces | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
| Land-based casino | Set by states or provinces | Reported | Research, Oct 2026 (2 sources) |
Regulation
- Governing law
- Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025Knowledge base, 2026-10-08
- Current regime since
- 2026Desk research, Oct 2026
Regulators covering India
No regulator in the knowledge base covers India yet.
Brands in the knowledge base holding each regulator's licence, as of 2026-10-15.
Enforcement and controls
How the prohibition is applied| Control | Finding | State | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Player liability | Not yet established. Research queued. | Unknown | None |
| Site blocking | The government can order blocking of online money game platforms. | Reported | Desk research, Oct 2026 |
| Payment blocking | Banks and payment systems may not process transactions for online money games. | Reported | Desk research, Oct 2026 |
| Advertising | Advertising online money games is an offence. | Reported | Desk research, Oct 2026 |
Offshore exposure
Knowledge base, as of 2026-10-15Online play is prohibited, so these figures describe offshore activity: brands that say they accept players from India, and offers marked as available there.
Brand access declarations for India, of 1,721 brands tracked
- Accept players from India58534.0%
- Exclude India in their terms38622.4%
- No declaration75043.6%
List India as a focus market84brands
Offers marked available76welcome offers
Population1409MIndian Rupee
Brands that accept players from India Licence status, access terms and offer history per brand
The brand list, licences and how access terms changed over time are in the enterprise dataset.
What would change this page
- A bill to license online casino or betting
- New blocking, payment or advertising enforcement against offshore sites
- Changes to the state lottery or betting monopoly
- A change in brand access declarations of more than 5% in a month
Other online prohibited markets
All restricted markets| Market | Region | Accept players | Exclude | Focus market | Offers |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | Asia | 585 34.0% | 386 | 84 | 76 |
| Bangladesh | Asia | 538 31.3% | 420 | 53 | 53 |
| Bhutan | Asia | 544 31.6% | 400 | 3 | 0 |
| Cambodia | Asia | 476 27.7% | 487 | 9 | 1 |
| China mainland | Asia | 478 27.8% | 592 | 11 | 6 |
| Iraq | Asia | 278 16.2% | 771 | 5 | 4 |
| Japan | Asia | 575 33.4% | 390 | 64 | 15 |
Not legal advice
This describes the law and its evidence. It does not tell anyone what they may do.
No commercial content
No operators are listed or promoted for India. Exposure data is published for research and compliance.
Gaps stay visible
Unknown and conflicting items stay on the page until a primary source resolves them.
Sources
- Identifier
- CR-JUR-IN
- Research depth
- Baseline
- Desk research
- Oct 2026
- Knowledge base snapshot
- 2026-10-15
- Sources
- 2 cited, high confidence