Winzo launched Zo TV, a subscription-based short video platform focused on micro dramas, while suspending its real-money games after a government blanket ban. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, labelled many titles as "games of chance," prompting affected providers to remove them; Winzo currently offers a free-to-play Ludo app in India. Simultaneously, Winzo expanded into the US, aiming to bring over 100 e-sports and social games across 15 languages. The US expansion leverages live streaming, a real-time game engine, an AI-powered companion, and AI-driven cybersecurity, and uses a plug-and-launch distribution model for developers.
Winzo, an Indian gaming platform, launched a short video platform on Sunday, just days after shutting down its real-money games amid the Indian government's blanket ban. The company also announced its foray into the US market and said that it will bring Indian gaming innovation to global audiences. Interestingly, Winzo plans to bring its entire catalogue of e-sports and social games to the US, given that the country does not ban real-money games. On the other hand, its short video platform Zo TV will reportedly be a subscription-based offering focused on micro dramas.
Last week, the Government passed The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, bringing a blanket ban to all real-money games that do not qualify as "games of skill," and are instead labelled as "games of chance." In the following days, various companies that offered games that violated the Bill began taking them down. Winzo was also among them, and currently, it only offers its free-to-play Ludo app on Google Play.
On Sunday, the company announced two new moves in a press release, likely aimed at offsetting the limitations set by the Indian government. The first was its expansion to the US. Notably, the US expansion comes two years after the company expanded to Brazil. Winzo claims the expansion also paves the way for its Indian game developers to reach "one of the most mature and lucrative gaming markets." It is offering the developers the same plug-and-launch distribution model that was available in India.
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