2025 India Online Gaming Ban: Who’s Shutting Down First?

India 2025 Gaming Ban has pushed online platforms into survival mode. Which giant faces the fastest collapse? What’s the latest twist in A23’s Supreme Court battle? And how are other players trying to stay afloat? Here’s the full breakdown.

India Gaming Ban - Final Shutdown Risk Ranking 2025

We built a survival ranking of India’s biggest online gaming platforms after the 2025 Bill. The score is called Death Score.

This final risk ranking shows you who is in the danger zone and who still has time to survive:

This is the IPL table no one wants to top. Tracks shutdown risk from revenue dependency, financial stress, brand pressure, and adaptability. A higher score means closer to collapse.

Why We Scored Them This Way? The Risks They Face 

We broke shutdown risk into four dimensions. Some companies burn cash faster than a T20 chase gone wrong. Some pinned all their hopes on rummy or fantasy sports.

And a few still kept a backup plan. Let’s break them down, one by one.👇

Cash Burn and Survival Pressure

Dream11, MPL and A23 are almost bursting under financial stress. With revenue cut off, their shutdown risk is no longer about if, it is only about when.

Dream11 made ₹6,384 crore in FY23 with a profit of ₹188 crore, but the ban wiped out 95 percent overnight. (Entrackr, Jan 2024)

That’s like scoring a century in the first innings and then realizing the match got abandoned by rain.

MPL laid off 60 percent of staff, nearly 300 people. Imagine firing your whole batting lineup and expecting the 12th man to carry the team. Survival pressure is real, and cash flow is running like a leaking tap. (Reuters, Aug 2025)

A23 is in even deeper trouble. Fighting a constitutional case means bleeding lawyer fees every day, with cash flowing out faster than it comes in.

The Revenue Trap

Dream11 and RummyCircle are the clearest cases of revenue dependency, almost fully living on fantasy and rummy. Once the Bill struck, their lifeline snapped instantly.

RummyCircle earned ₹1,988 crore in FY23, but almost all from rummy cash tables. Once the ban hit, it was like pulling the chair out from under them. (Entrackr, Jun 2024)

Big Names, Bigger Trouble

Dream11 and MPL are household names, but fame cuts both ways. Regulators and the public eye are always on them.

Dream11’s sponsorship agreement with the BCCI was valued at ₹3.6 billion and was slated to run through 2026, then the ban hit and the deal vanished on the spot.(Reuters, Sep 2025)。
MPL cut staff, got memed to death, and went from “India’s gaming pride” to “India’s gaming joke.” The small fry? They folded quietly, nobody even blinked.

Who Still Has a Plan B?

Not everyone is waiting to die, bro. A few platforms are showing adaptability, testing different survival routes.

🟢 WinZO: Diversified markets. Smart, like hedging your IPL fantasy team.
🟢 Junglee Rummy: Backed by a global daddy. Pulled out of the India cash play.
🟢 MPL: Betting on e-sports in the US, chasing overseas players.
🟢 RummyCulture (Gameskraft): No layoffs. Prepaid staff salaries. Playing the long game with vibes intact.

Platform Survival Status After the 2025 Ban

Dream11 and MPL are bleeding, Probo and A23 are cornered, while WinZO and RummyCulture still have air left.

The 2025 Bill flipped India’s gaming board like a bad carrom break. For players, this means the Local app may vanish overnight.

High-Risk Five

Dream11

Death Score: 9/10

FY23 revenue hit ₹6,384 crore (YoY +66%) with a net profit of ₹188 crore, but once the 2025 Bill kicked in, over 95% of that income vanished overnight.

MPL

Death Score: 9/10

Laid off around 60% of its staff in India (nearly 300 employees) and is now pivoting hard toward free-to-play markets in the US, Europe, and Brazil.

Probo

Death Score: 8.5/10

Probo got hit harder, its assets frozen and user withdrawals locked. It’s basically living like a zombie platform right now.

A23

Death Score: 8.5/10

The only platform to file a constitutional challenge against the Bill, but legal battles burn cash fast, adding even more financial stress.

RummyCircle

Death Score: 8/10

Posted FY23 revenue of ₹1,988 crore, but the bulk still comes from rummy cash tables, with no real signs of a pivot yet.

Moderate-Risk Five

PokerBaazi

Death Score: 7.5/10

Relatively stable thanks to its poker focus, but growth numbers remain underwhelming.

Zupee

Death Score: 6/10

Shifting toward free casual gaming and overseas markets, giving it just enough runway to survive.

WinZO

Death Score: 5.5/10

Expanded into Indonesia and Pakistan, betting on diverse revenue streams to reduce its India dependency.

Junglee Rummy

Death Score: 5/10

Exited India’s real-money vertical and is leaning on its parent company’s global ecosystem for support.

RummyCulture

Death Score: 4.5/10

No layoffs — instead, it prepaid three months’ salary to staff, signaling a “retain talent, then pivot” survival strategy.

If you are still grinding on these high-risk platforms, you are basically betting that hope will pay out.
Hope is not a withdrawal slip, Bro, and one morning you might wake up with nothing left to cash.

In India 2025, gaming hope is fragile. Play safe on licensed platforms. The ban won’t eat your bankroll while you sleep.