Overview
- WinZO suspended real-money gaming in India on August 22 in compliance with the new law and said all user balances and service-provider dues will be honored and refunded.
- ZO TV is a short‑form video offering housed inside the existing WinZO app rather than a standalone platform.
- With the US entry and its 2023 Brazil launch, WinZO now operates across three of the world’s four largest mobile gaming markets and plans to use a plug‑and‑launch model to distribute Indian games in the US.
- India’s Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025 imposes a blanket ban on online money games, related advertising, and facilitating payments, attaching significant penalties.
- Rivals are also pivoting, with Dream11 winding down paid fantasy sports and piloting a personal finance app as others like MPL and Zupee shift to free‑to‑play offerings while regulatory implementation details are still being worked out.