GAMING
A ‘MEGA’ DISRUPTER ENTERS INDIAN REAL-MONEY GAMING
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ast month, a gaming app made big news when comedian and YouTuber Tanmay Bhat received a ‘tip’ of GBP 500 or approximately INR 50,000 at the app’s unique launch event. The plan was to invite fans with the highest tip, ranging from INR 20 to INR 10,000 to play
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a game of carrom with him while he streamed it live on his channel. However, some of his Indian fans managed to override the superchat cut-offs by asking their friends in the UK to tip Tanmay. The name of the app was GetMega, a startup founded by Mayank Kumar and Lokesh Jangid,
serial entrepreneurs from Bengaluru. While no one knew of the app’s existence until mid-March, the duo had been working behind the scenes for almost two years to create a unique proposition in the world of gaming–a social real-money gaming platform. India already has 300 Million registered GUTSHOT
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