28% GST playing spoilsport for gaming platforms?

The proposed change in tax slab (18% to 28% GST) and retrospective tax imposition from the year 2017 has come as a double whammy for the real money gaming (RMG) platforms as their users have started flocking out of the games even as the rules are yet to be enforced.   Leading RMG players have witnessed a sharp decline in their users’ traffic, ranging from 30-70 per cent, even as the tax…