Junglee Games loses Supreme Court review bid
India’s Supreme Court has dismissed review petitions led by Junglee Games seeking reconsideration of its judgment on state restrictions on online games played for stakes. The order is dated October 15 and became public on October 26, before subsequent industry coverage of the decision.
The court’s published order records that Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan considered the petitions and connected documents. They rejected applications for an oral hearing and dismissed the review petitions after finding no merit in them. api.sci.gov.in
The review concerned the Supreme Court’s May 27 judgment involving state gambling restrictions. Other petitioners included Head Digital Works, Play Games 24×7 and the Federation of Indian Fantasy Sports, according to G2G News. The proceedings concerned restrictions affecting games offered for money, including games operators described as skill-based.
The decision concerns state restrictions rather than the separate national gaming-ban challenge
The underlying dispute followed amendments introduced in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in 2021. Operators argued that games such as rummy should receive different treatment from games of chance. Earlier High Court judgments had struck down the challenged provisions before the Supreme Court reversed those decisions in May 2026.
The dismissal leaves the earlier judgment undisturbed through the review process. It should be distinguished from the separate constitutional challenge to the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, which G2G News reported remained pending before another Supreme Court bench.
Junglee Games is owned by Flutter Entertainment, which acquired a majority interest in the business in 2021. SBC News reported that Flutter subsequently withdrew the brand from India following the national prohibition on real-money online gaming, while retaining its Hyderabad-based support operation for international brands.
