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The Enforcement Directorate’s Bengaluru office has provisionally attached movable and immovable property worth about Rs 442.35 crore in its money-laundering investigation linked to Gameskraft Technologies and the RummyCulture app. News reports in late September 2026 put the running total of assets attached, frozen or seized in the case at about Rs 2,843 crore.

The companies named in the probe operated rummy and tournament apps under brands including RummyCulture, RummyPrime, Playship and RummyTime. The agency has said the platforms had a large user base, including players in Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, where paid online gaming was already restricted.

The allegation that has drawn the most attention is about automated opponents. Investigators say the companies told users the tables were fair and free of bots, while bots were placed against players without disclosure. The ED has also said users were first allowed small wins and withdrawals, then faced automated accounts after stakes rose. Those are allegations. Gameskraft has not, in the reports reviewed for this article, accepted them as fact.

The money trail described by the agency runs through commissions. Reports cite a charge of roughly 10 to 15 percent on amounts users put in for staking, and promotional spending said to be above Rs 1,000 crore. The ED says proceeds were then moved through dividends, trusts and property. Attachment is a provisional step in a PMLA case. It is not a conviction.

This sits next to a separate rule change. The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, and the 2026 rules, came into force on 1 May 2026. Public legal notices describe a ban on online money games, whether the operator calls them skill or chance. In July 2026, the Online Gaming Authority of India told app stores, payment firms and advertisers to stop enabling those games and to keep internal checks. That advisory does not say every rummy app must install an AI fraud monitor.

For a reader, the useful distinction is simple. A listing or a news item is not a finding that an app is safe, and an agency press line is not a court judgment. Withdrawals, KYC and account disputes still belong to the operator. Rummy Guide does not handle them.