Nightmare on Dream Street: India bans money-based online games

Welcome to The SportBusiness Podcast, getting you informed on the biggest stories in the global sports industry.  This week, Matthew Williams and Jonathan Rest join the podcast to discuss the Indian government’s ban of all money-based online games – including pay-to-play fantasy games like Dream 11 – and how that will impact not just the BCCI and the IPL but other leagues and sports in India and abroad, with one observer saying it will leave a “massive void”. Jon then looks at how ‘hockey met football’ at the San Siro in Milan last weekend, as the NHL launched its new internationalisation strategy with Italy’s Lega Serie A – and what it hopes to achieve.  We also discuss YouTube’s big week coming up – with its exclusive global coverage of the NFL’s 2025 International Games season opener in São Paulo, while Brazilian broadcaster Globo launches its own YouTube channel with NFL games, national team qualifiers and more.  You can subscribe to The SportBusiness Podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube.Enter SBPODCAST30 at checkout for monthly and annual SportBusiness.com subscriptions for a 30-per-cent discount here. Host: Catherine Davies Contributors: Matthew Williams and Jonathan Rest Editor: Lumi Lehmuskallio  Sources: 1. Dream11’s BCCI deal ends, more agreements in doubt2. FanCode parent in $50m play for Times Internet pair3. The Global Cricket Report4. Serie A pact kicks off NHL global growth plan5. NHL recruits de Boer to Zurich-based rights role6. YouTube gets global free-to-view rights to NFL game Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.