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ED attaches ₹442 crore more in Gameskraft probe

By Startup Enthusiast · 28 September 2026

What they do

Gameskraft ran real-money rummy apps including RummyCulture and RummyPrime, which had about three crore users across India

The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached about ₹442 crore of deposits, shops and homes on 25 September in its money-laundering case

Seized, frozen and attached assets now total about ₹2,843 crore; the allegations, including bot use against players, remain unproven in court

The Enforcement Directorate (ED, the agency that probes money laundering) attached assets worth about ₹442 crore linked to Gameskraft.
The order came from its Bengaluru office on 25 September under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
It covers fixed deposits, shops, a villa and homes held by family members, family trusts and shareholder-linked firms.
RummyTime Technologies is also named in the same case.
With this step, assets attached, frozen or seized in the probe add up to about ₹2,843 crore.
An earlier order had attached property worth about ₹1,906 crore, and ₹495 crore in other assets was frozen.

The ED says the apps earned from players in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where real-money gaming was banned.
It alleges some players faced bots (automated programs) without being told, leading to heavy losses.
It also questions about ₹1,035 crore spent on bonuses and referral offers to keep people playing.
Three directors were arrested in May; the Karnataka High Court called the arrests illegal on 16 June and freed them.
None of the allegations has been proven in court, and the investigation continues.

Gameskraft runs online skill games on web and mobile, mainly card and board games such as rummy.
Its first product was the RummyCulture app, launched in 2017.
Players are everyday gamers across India who play against each other for cash prizes.
Its main game is real-money rummy, where the platform earns from fees on the games played.
The company is based in Bengaluru and was started by a former grocery-delivery engineer, with a team of a few hundred people.