(Reuters) -Shares of Nazara Tech slumped over 21% in two sessions and were headed for their steepest two-day fall on Thursday, after India’s lower house of parliament passed a bill banning online games involving monetary stakes, which analysts warned could make the sector “infeasible”.

The gaming platform operator’s stock fell 9.5% on the day, extending losses after a 13% slide on Wednesday, and hitting a 15-week low of 1,125.1 rupees.

The bill, which now awaits review in parliament’s upper house, says that no person “shall offer, aid, abet, induce or otherwise indulge or engage in” offering online money games and related services.

Violations could result in a jail term of up to three years and a fine, as per the bill.

ICICI Securities said the move would make real-money gaming “infeas

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