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Dilsher Malhi

Founder & CEO, Zupee · 1 appearance on the record.

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Dilsher Malhi is an Indian entrepreneur and angel investor. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Zupee, an online skill-based casual gaming company.

10statements → 6claims → 5claims resolved → 60%fully supported → 3.6/5average certainty → 2.2/5average debate potential →

3 supported 1 partly supported 1 contradicted 1 not checkable as stated how the 6 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

1 prediction · 5 assertions · 1 opinion · 2 insights · 1 disclosure · every statement was checked. The prediction and assertions are the 6 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 5 are resolved, and 1 names no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

What the tape says about how Dilsher argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Assertion Supported
Malhi estimates India has 500 million to 600 million gamers
“So as per my estimate There will be 500 to six hundred million gamers in India.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 2:12 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show

Their most notable contradicted claim

Assertion Contradicted
Malhi: Indian gaming sector employs 500,000 people directly or indirectly
“So, like, even right now, I think the seg, the total gaming segment would employ five lakh people directly or indirectly, but these are the top jobs.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 23:52 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Dilsher Malhi said on the Neon Show that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Insight
Malhi: Skill games require learning curves, persistence, and statistically improbable win rates
“One is that in any game of skill, there is a learning curve. That is, the more time you spend on the game, your skill should improve. So that is, again all of these has to be static correlated. Second is persistence of skill. That is, if you've played enough n…”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 8:23 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Disclosure
Malhi: Zupee has 100M users, raised $130M, and remains profitable post-GST
“So we would have a hundred million registered users. So in the casual gaming pay to play segment, we will by far the market leaders. So we have raised around hundred thirty million dollars profitable even. Post the GST 28% shift because we have built very fund…”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 34:51 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Opinion
Malhi: India's engineering culture limits global B2C success beyond Bollywood
“We are country of engineers are great at what and how of it, but why? So that's why you won't see many B to C. Okay. I'll say vitamin business that I come out of India that has worked at a global level. No, Bollywood is that one example of vitamin that has wor…”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 38:11 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Assertion Supported
Malhi estimates India has 500 million to 600 million gamers
“So as per my estimate There will be 500 to six hundred million gamers in India.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 2:12 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Insight
Malhi: Ad rates reflect attention value driven by GDP per capita
“See, add rates are directly proportional to what your attention is worth. In any place where there is lower GDP or capital, where there are a lot of you, your attention is not going to be worth a lot of money that's why ad rates are not as high as in india”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 2:57 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Assertion Supported
Malhi: 150M-200M annual fantasy sports users and 40M-50M card game users
“As per my estimate in fantasy sports, you will have anywhere between one 50 to two hundred million users. Playing annually in card, I'll say maybe 40 to fifty million users playing on an annual basis.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 4:52 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Malhi: 95% of Zupee Users Pay Under 7 Rupees Entry Fee
“If I remember correctly, 95% of our users engage in average entry fee, not more than seven rupees”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 15:23 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Assertion Partly supported
Malhi: Zupee Pioneered Blockchain System to Prevent Algorithm Tampering
“You can have a blockchain-based solution, which we have pioneered to ensure fair play, that there's no tempering going on behind the scenes of algorithm, RNGs, bots, nothing like that.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 19:06 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Assertion Contradicted
Malhi: Indian gaming sector employs 500,000 people directly or indirectly
“So, like, even right now, I think the seg, the total gaming segment would employ five lakh people directly or indirectly, but these are the top jobs.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 23:52 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show
Prediction Held up
Malhi: AI will soon generate game mechanics and games from text
“It's not gonna be very far away from text. You can create game mechanics and actual games.”
Dilsher Malhi Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 33:07 Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Real Money Gaming Business Explained By Zupee Founder Dilsher Malhi | Neon Show Jun 28, 2024 30m
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