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The players of the Indian Cricket National Team, including the Kohli, Ms. Dhoni and Rohit Sharma, have to suffer a mass financial blow after the ban was imposed on real online money games.
With the fantasy sports companies that close their real games, Indian cricketers are likely to lose 150-200 INR crores in the year of these terminated contracts, according to a report to Cricbuzz.
The Indian government recently approved the promotion and regulation of online games, 2025, which prohibits all online money games, including fantasy sports platforms.
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The new law was passed in the two houses of Parliament and received presidential consent in August 2025. This new bill prohibits users to participate in the online games where money is deposited in the hope of possible gains, and any platform that violated these rules could face serious penalties, including up to three years in prison and fined up to € 1.
As this law came into force, real money game platforms such as Dream11 have been forced to close the payment competitions. Dream11, which was valued at USD $ 8 billion, has also been sponsored by the Title of Indian Cricket Team, ending his three -year -old Jersey sponsorship agreement.
Shot kohli, Rohit Sharma, Ms Dhoni and other Indian stars suffer a massive
Sports and fantasy games companies such as Dream 11, My11 Circle, MPL and Winzo had sponsored many Indian cricketers and spent a lot on advertising and endorsements.
Rohit Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah, Kl Rahul, Ris Habh Pant and Hardik Pandya were associated with Dream11, Shubman Gill, Mohammed Siraj, Yasasvi Jaiswal, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Ruturaj Gaikwad, Rinku Singh, Rutureravat ended with my circle.
Kohli shoted with MPL and Ms. Dhoni had an agreement with Winzo. However, with the new prohibition imposed, cricketers will be financially affected and will lose their sponsorship agreements.
Kohli had a contract worth 10-12 annual crores, while Rohit Sharma and Ms. Dhoni had signed INR contracts of 6-7 crore. The least popular cricketers had offers around 1 Crore INR and, collectively, it is likely that Indian cricketers will lose 150-200 crore a year.
The tent cricketers, however, have a diversified portfolio and will not be as affected as some not so popular cricketers that they trust fantasy platforms as sponsors.
The Premier League India (IPL) has also been affected, as it will lose the My11 Circle as an associate sponsor, which provided 125 Rs Crores a year.
Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), Lucknow Super Giants (LSG) and Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) associated with online game platforms and will be lost 10-20 crore a year.
In the meantime, industry experts said that the advertising industry will lose about 8,000-10,000 in a year after the Government action.
“In Terms of Overall Advertising Spends, These Gaming Companies Contribute Around 7-8 Percent of the Market. Nearly 80 Percent of That Will Vanish, Since Real Money Gaming Accoming for 75-80 Percent of the Overall Gaming Market. So that is one Big Impact. Roghly 7-8 percent of About 15-20 Percent of Digital Ad Spends Will Also Disappear, Because Their Share in Digital Auditoring is Higher, “Said Karan Taurani, Executive Vice President, Elara Capital, as Clicbuzz.
