{"id":15058,"date":"2021-02-22T15:26:45","date_gmt":"2021-02-22T15:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=15058"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:37:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T00:37:49","slug":"delhi-police-arrested-6291-for-illegal-gambling-in-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-police-arrested-6291-for-illegal-gambling-in-2020","title":{"rendered":"Delhi police arrested 6,291 for illegal gambling in 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police arrested 6,291 people in more than 2,400 cases of illegal gambling in 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.- According to data released by the Delhi police, 6,291 people were arrested in 2,414 cases related to gambling in the Indian capital last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With most forms of gambling are illegal in India, <strong>police carry out raids on a regular basis.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In one of the largest incidents last year, 58 people were arrested after police busted illegal casinos which were being run in hotels in Vasant Kunj.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police also took actions against gambling rackets being run in houses. According to the figures,  <strong>22 people were arrested while gambling at Model Town area<\/strong> while 21 were arrested in Greater Kailash and 11 in the area of Tilak Naga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, others states in India, such as<strong> <em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-kerala-must-decide-on-legality-of-online-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Kerala, are debating whether to declare online betting and gambling illegal<\/a><\/em>. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police arrested 6,291 people in more than 2,400 cases of illegal gambling in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Delhi police reported 6,291 arrests across 2,414 cases of illegal gambling in 2020, including significant busts of illicit casino operations in hotels. This enforcement activity underscores India's stringent gambling prohibitions, even as states like Kerala debate the legality of online betting, highlighting the complex regulatory landscape for iGaming stakeholders.","focusai_entities":"Delhi police","focusai_location":"India, Delhi, Vasant Kunj, Model Town, Greater Kailash, Tilak Naga, Kerala","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India iGaming Outlook","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions on the potential for a regulated iGaming market development in India, particularly concerning B2B and B2C licensing frameworks and GGR projections?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Impact","query":"How do these arrests and ongoing debates in states like Kerala impact the risk assessment and governance frameworks for international iGaming operators considering future market entry into India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-15058","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15058","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15058"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15058\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15083,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15058\/revisions\/15083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15058"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15058"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15058"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}