Buoyed by the mad rush of fantasy gaming, the rapid rise of skill-based real-money gaming platforms, the mushrooming of interactive mobile gaming apps, and to top it all, the emergence of the first homegrown gaming unicorn, 2019 would arguably go down as the year gaming went mainstream in India.
In a separate report, the All India Gaming Federation (AIGF) projects that there will be 300 million online gamers by the end of 2019.
“The evolution of digital and online gaming models is leading to a surge in the number of online gaming players over the last couple of years,” AIGF explains.
This year, fantasy gaming received a fillip riding on twin extravaganzas – IPL 2019 followed by the ICC Cricket World Cup.
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