Trends

Money Gaming Banned: UPI Transactions Go Down!

The central cabinet recently took the big decision of imposing a ban on all the gaming applications that involve real money. Subsequently, several online gaming sites that involve real money have shut down their operations.

In this context, something very interesting is happening as it is being primarily established that the volume of the UPA transactions have gone down marginally after the ban on money oriented gaming sites.

Reportedly the UPA transaction volume went down by ₹2500 crore in August after the central Cabinet imposed a ban on money oriented gaming sites.

The Rs 2,500 crore dip in UPI transaction value in August 2025 is attributed to the ban on online real-money gaming, causing a 25% drop in gaming transactions. To put that into perspective, the total UPI value was Rs 24.85 lakh crore in August, which is down slightly from July’s Rs 25.08 lakh crore.  

It appears that the volume of the money that was being transferred to these online gaming sites has been pretty significant and the margin dip in the transaction volume is clearly implying the same. This perhaps also shows the kind of addiction that gamers had towards these platforms.

This post was last modified on 9 September 2025 6:19 am

Share
Show comments
Published by
Tags: UPI

Recent Posts

Akhanda 2 – It Now Gets Tougher in Overseas

Nandamuri Balakrishna's crazy sequel Akhanda 2 couldn't release this Friday owing to a legal dispute…

10 minutes ago

Bhumi Pednekar Turns Up Heat In Stunning Black

Bhumi Pednekar didn’t enter films the fancy way. She started off behind the scenes, sitting…

14 minutes ago

Varanasi Treat With Avatar 3?

Filmmaker SS Rajamouli often quotes Hollywood director James Cameron as one of his inspirations. Already,…

1 hour ago

US Brings Major Change to Immigrant Work Permit Duration

The Trump administration continues to tighten the immigration procedures. In a latest move, it has…

2 hours ago

Somireddy Blasts Jagan for ‘Insulting’ Srivari Hundi

TDP senior leader and MLA Somireddy strongly criticised Jagan Mohan Reddy for his remarks on…

3 hours ago

IndiGo Accepts Its Mistake in Crew Planning!

IndiGo has finally admitted that it misjudged its crew planning under the new FDTL rules,…

3 hours ago