# Ananya Rathi Source: https://cricketin.org/authors/legal-writer Legal and Compliance Writer. [Editorial policy](/editorial-policy) 18+ Betting money on cricket carries a direct risk of financial loss, and it can become an addiction. Real-money online gaming is banned across India under the PROG Act 2025, which came into force on 1 May 2026. If betting is already costing you money you need, or sleep, or people close to you, the free Tele-MANAS helpline is **14416**, and it runs in 20 languages. Our [page on help for gambling harm](/guides/help-for-gambling-harm-india) lists what else exists. --- Writes the law, tax and advertising-rule explainers Ananya Rathi Legal and Compliance Writer, Cricketin Portrait is a line drawing, not a photograph. ## About Ananya Ananya reads the Act, the rules and the judgment, then writes down what they say for someone who is not a lawyer. Law and policy writing in Delhi since 2018, mostly on rules that reach ordinary consumers. Every legal claim on this site links to the primary text — the Act, the notification or the order — never to a summary of it. Law pages are read back by Rajeev Sathe, and dated so a reader can see how current they are. ## What this role covers - The PROG Act 2025 and state-level law - GST and TDS on winnings - Advertising rules and ASCI guidance - Court cases on online gaming ### Where the role stops Ananya is not a practising advocate, and no page here is legal advice on your own facts. Law also moves: each page carries the date it was last checked against the source. ## How a page with this name on it is checked Ananya does not publish alone. Every page is read back by a second person before it goes out, and the byline names both. The standard both work to is in our [editorial policy](/editorial-policy), and the method behind the numbers is set out in [how we test](/how-we-test). Sources are linked in the page itself, primary text first. Where something cannot be checked yet, the page says so instead of guessing. Anything found wrong after publication is logged on the [corrections page](/corrections) with the date and what changed. ## Pages Ananya signs ### Written by Ananya (11) - [Cookie Policy - What Cricketin Stores and Why](/cookies) - [Cricket ID and Agent Accounts - Why They Fail](/guides/cricket-id-and-agent-accounts) - [Online Gaming Law in India - The Legal Hub 2026](/legal) - [Online Gaming Ad Rules in India - ASCI and Law](/legal/advertising-rules-online-gaming) - [Offshore Betting Apps in India - Banned by the 2025 Act](/legal/offshore-betting-apps-india) - [Is Online Cricket Betting Legal in India - 2026 Answer](/legal/online-betting-law-india) - [PROG Act 2025 Explained - Sections and Penalties](/legal/prog-act-2025-explained) - [State Gambling Laws in India - Full 2026 Table](/legal/state-by-state) - [Supreme Court on Online Gaming - Case Tracker 2026](/legal/supreme-court-online-gaming-cases) - [Privacy Policy - How We Handle Your Data](/privacy-policy) - [Terms of Use - The Rules for Using Cricketin](/terms) ## The rest of the team Every page on this site is written by one of these people and checked by another. - [Rajeev Sathe](/authors/editor-in-chief) — Editor-in-Chief, sets the rules for the site and reads back what other people write - [Anjali Deshmukh](/authors/cricket-analyst) — Cricket Analyst, writes the cricket rules, formats and match-fact pages - [Nikhil Varma](/authors/betting-analyst) — Betting and Odds Analyst, explains odds, margin and probability without pushing an operator - [Farhan Qureshi](/authors/payments-expert) — Payments Expert, covers UPI, deposits, KYC and payment safety - [Neha Bhattacharya](/authors/responsible-gaming-officer) — Responsible Gaming Officer, checks the harm, limits and help-line pages - [Karthik Iyengar](/authors/data-editor) — Data Editor, checks the numbers, dates and tables, and reads back the site's own pages ## Contact and conflicts Questions about a page, a source or a correction go to the editorial desk through our [contact page](/contact). Name the page and the exact claim; a byline concern is handled the same way as a factual one. Nobody here is paid by an operator, and no payment on this site is tied to a conversion. How the site is funded is set out in the [affiliate disclosure](/affiliate-disclosure).