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Vedanshu Singh

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The glow of growth just slammed into the wall of regulation โš–๏ธ "Gameskraft crosses โ‚น4,000 Cr but PAT sinks 25%." ๐Ÿ“‰ In FY25, Gameskraft raked in โ‚น3,896 Crโ€”up 12% ๐Ÿ“ˆ. But letโ€™s be real: โ‚น2,072 Cr blown on ads ๐Ÿ’ธ (a 58% jump) is less โ€œsmart scalingโ€ and more โ€œset fire to cash.โ€ Net profit fell to โ‚น706 Cr ๐Ÿชซ, partly thanks to a โ‚น231 Cr CFO fraud fiasco ๐Ÿšจ. Margins? Strong on paper (ROCE 45.7% โšก, EBITDA 24.9%)โ€”but paper doesnโ€™t survive a policy bonfire. Because August 2025 arrived. One ban. One Act. And suddenly RummyCulture, Pocket52, and โ€œAdd Cashโ€ vanished ๐Ÿ“ด. Overnight, the cash cow turned into a paper tiger. One lyrical truth: itโ€™s easy to brag about topline growth when your entire model depends on a format regulators can erase overnight ๐ŸŒŠ. 1๏ธโƒฃ 99% of revenue tied to real-money playโ€”no Plan B in sight. 2๏ธโƒฃ Chose compliance over fightโ€”safe, but surrendering control. 3๏ธโƒฃ Reinvention or irrelevanceโ€”casual gaming, ads, or die trying ๐Ÿš€. The roast? Gameskraft scaled brilliantly, but without reinvention, that โ‚น4,000 Cr run looks like a high-score nobody can play again ๐ŸŽฎ๐Ÿ”ฅ.

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