{"id":16591,"date":"2021-04-05T16:39:15","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T16:39:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16591"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:36:15","slug":"india-4-more-arrests-over-cricket-betting-operation-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-more-arrests-over-cricket-betting-operation-in-pune","title":{"rendered":"India: 4 more arrests over cricket betting operation in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Four more people have been arrested following allegations of cricket betting operations during India\u2019s recent test match against England.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, have arrested another four people <strong>for involvement in alleged betting on <strong>cricket<\/strong> <\/strong>during the last India-England cricket match. Officers had already arrested 33 people on the same charges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Krishna Prakash, commissioner of Pimpri-Chinchwad police,<strong> those arrested were found in various locations due to Covid-19 rules <\/strong>as they could not enter as spectators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said they were &#8220;<strong>generally people from the middle and upper-middle class<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police said <strong>12 betting apps<\/strong> had been used to place bets on the test match. They say they are searching for 24 more people thought to be involved in this case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is believed that the <strong>accused have links to international bookies.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-14-arrested-at-illegal-casino\"><em>police arrested fourteen people in New Delhi<\/em><\/a><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>concerning an <strong>alleged illegal casino that was functioning out of a hotel<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four more people have been arrested following allegations of cricket betting operations during India\u2019s recent test match against England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Police in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, have arrested an additional four individuals, bringing the total to 37, in connection with alleged illegal cricket betting during the recent India-England test match. Authorities are actively pursuing 24 more suspects, believed to be linked to international bookmaking operations, with 12 illicit betting applications identified in use. This incident underscores ongoing challenges in combating unregulated gambling activities within the Indian market.","focusai_entities":"Pimpri-Chinchwad Police, Krishna Prakash, international bookies","focusai_location":"India, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, New Delhi, England","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Regulated Market?","query":"What is the estimated GGR impact of such large-scale illegal betting operations on the potential regulated iGaming market in India, and how might this influence future licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Tech for Illicit Betting?","query":"What specific technological vulnerabilities or payment channels are being exploited by these illicit betting applications, and what countermeasures are being developed by B2B compliance solution providers?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229,23911,23935],"class_list":["post-16591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sportsbook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591","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=16591"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16614,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16591\/revisions\/16614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}