What the ministry will watch out for is the manner in which the winnings from e-sports are distributed among participants. Despite effectively banning online real money games in India, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) is stepping up vigil so that such entities don’t find their way back online by getting themselves categorised as an e-sport — a class of online game that India’s gaming law allows — with enhanced safeguards. ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW VIDEO “MeitY fears that e-sports is one potential way in which banned money games could seek a re-entry after making some tweaks to their models. The applications of such games will be scrutinised quite closely,” a senior government official told The Indian Express. Last year, the IT Ministry notified the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which banned online real money games of all types, shutting the door on popular apps such as Dream11, Mobile Premier League and Winzo.…