Sharukh Verma

A friend places a bet on a cricket match. His team won the last four times. He is confident. Same result, guaranteed, he says. He loses. He is surprised. But he should not be. This situation plays out every day…

Someone in your WhatsApp group just sent you an APK file. It claims to be a free cricket scoring app, or maybe a wallet top-up tool. You tap the file, and Android asks you to approve a list of permissions…

Watching someone you care about lose money to gambling can be deeply painful, especially when they don’t seem to see it themselves. You worry about their finances, their mood, their future. But every time you try to bring it up,…

Online gaming is growing fast in India. There are an estimated 45 crore online gamers in the country as of 2023, and that number keeps rising every year. With so many people playing games or placing bets on their phones,…

Every time you open a website and see a pop-up asking Allow this site to know your location? or Allow notifications?, you are being asked to make a privacy decision. Most people tap Allow quickly, just to get rid of…

You open an online gaming website for the first time. The homepage loads slowly, the registration form asks for your date of birth, phone number, email, PAN, and three other details just to create an account. You try to find…

Many Indian users open their browser, type in Lotus365, and land on the wrong page. There are dozens of sites using similar names and nearly identical layouts. Before you register or deposit any money, it helps to understand how the…

If you have just landed on the Lotus365 website for the first time, it can feel like a lot is happening at once. There are tabs, banners, links, and menus all competing for your attention. Understanding what each section is…

You open Lotus365, hit login, and instead of your account, you get a screen that says something like Checking your browser before accessing the site. It spins for a few seconds, and then… it starts all over again. The page…