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Games24x7 shifts focus to tech platform, plans sector-agnostic investments

Amid new GST regime, Games24x7 eyes growth through diverse tech solutions and innovation

Bhavin Pandya, CEO Games 247
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Aryaman Gupta New Delhi

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At a time when the Indian real-money gaming (RMG) industry is grappling with the new 28 per cent goods and services tax (GST) regime, gaming unicorn Games24x7 is looking to branch out and establish itself as a “technology platform” through sector-agnostic investments in companies developing innovative technology solutions.

“We are no longer trying to typecast ourselves as a gaming company that uses technology. We want to move away from that because a lot of the problems that we're solving—such as understanding consumer behaviour, our responsible product initiatives, or fraud detection—are not problems unique to us,” Bhavin Pandya, co-founder,

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