Srinagar, Aug. 2 -- In a written reply to the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Jitin Prasada said 1,524 such websites were blocked between 2022 and June 2025 under Section 69A of the Information Technology Act. These measures are part of a broader legal and enforcement framework aimed at making online gaming safer and more transparent.

Under the amended Information Technology Rules, 2021 - revised in April 2023 - online gaming intermediaries are required to register with Self-Regulatory Bodies (SRBs), which determine whether a game qualifies as a "permissible real money game."

To curb offshore and unregistered platforms, the government now allows blocking of gaming websites not registered under t...