Mireille Brassard — Editor of the India Edition

Why the India edition reads differently

The main edition of this site explains how to sign up and stay safe on a gambling account. The India edition cannot do that in good conscience, because since 1 May 2026 online money games are prohibited in India under the Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act 2025. Mireille Brassard rewrote every page here with one rule: describe the brand accurately, explain the law plainly, and never nudge a reader towards staking money. You can see the result on the India home page and in the brand overview.

Readers still search for Cosmos by name, for mirror links and for app files. Ignoring those searches would leave the field to pages that promise "working links" and "safe deposits". A clear explanation of what the law says, what a mirror really is and how phishing copies operate is more useful than silence.

Sources behind these pages

The legal pages on this edition rely on published summaries and commentary on the Act — its sections on offering, advertising and payment facilitation, its penalties, and its application to services run from outside India — together with public information about its enforcement date and the pending Supreme Court challenges. Mireille does not quote the Act's primary text where it could not be opened, and she marks open questions as open: for example, whether a player personally commits an offence is not settled in the sources used, so the site does not claim it either way.

Brand details come from what the operator itself publishes. Where a detail such as a return rate, a studio name or a limit cannot be confirmed, it is left out rather than estimated.

Areas of focus

• The Online Gaming Act 2025 and what it means for international brands
• Blocking, mirrors and why a new domain does not change the law
• Phishing pages, fake apps and "account recovery" scams
• Closing old accounts and protecting personal data
• Free help: Tele MANAS, Gambling Therapy and Gamblers Anonymous

Editorial standards

cosmoscasino.biz is independent of the operator and is paid through partner links, as described on the affiliate disclosure page. That arrangement never changes what these pages say about the law or about risk. Mireille is not a lawyer, and nothing on this edition is legal advice; if your situation involves a notice, a blocked payment or a dispute, an advocate is the right person to ask.

About the author

Mireille writes for adults who want straight answers. On the India edition that means stating the ban in the first paragraph rather than the last, keeping penalty figures exactly as the Act sets them — up to ₹1 crore for offering money games or facilitating their payments — and putting help within reach: Tele MANAS answers free and 24/7 at 14416, and Gambling Therapy offers gambling-specific support online.

Found a mistake, or has the law moved on? Write via the details on the about page. If gambling has become hard to stop, start with the responsible gambling page.