By ABP Live News
<p>The Karnataka High Court will take up a petition on August 30 filed by leading online gaming platform A23, which has challenged the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025. The matter was urgently mentioned before the court by senior advocates C Aryama Sundaram and Dhyan Chinnappa.</p>
<p>The new law, which received presidential assent on August 22 after being cleared by both houses of Parliament, enforces a blanket ban on all forms of online money gaming—irrespective of whether they are based on skill or chance, reported Live Law. This represents a major shift from earlier judicial interpretations that drew a line between games of skill, such as rummy and poker, and games of chance, like betting or lotteries.</p>
<p>Under the Act, offences linked to organising, facilitating, or participating in online money games are categorised as cognisable and non-bailable. The police are empowered to arrest without a warrant and search premises without prior approval