Indian online gaming firm A23, on August 27, 2025, petitioned a legal challenge against the newly introduced Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, before the Karnataka High Court. This is the first official objection to the countrywide prohibition of real-money online games that include poker and rummy, which the Indian government has implemented to prevent addiction and financial offences. A23's parent company, Head Digital Works, reasons that the law is unfair in its criminalisation of skill-based games and endangers the lives of the more than 70 million users and thousands of game companies. The firm challenges the law as being unconstitutional and wants it annulled under the skill-based games. Other large platforms such as Dream11, MPL, and Zupee have stopped real-money games in the wake of the ban, but have not taken legal action. The attitude of the government is that the prohibition is required to shield users against online gaming addiction and associated social problems. The dispute between Head Digital Works (which operates A23) and the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Law, 2025, is pending in the Karnataka High Court. This is the initial official objection of a real-money gaming (RMG) operator to the new legislation. The High Court will hear it on August 30, 2025.