{"id":16983,"date":"2021-04-19T15:26:40","date_gmt":"2021-04-19T15:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=16983"},"modified":"2026-04-23T20:16:31","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T23:16:31","slug":"india-3-more-arrested-for-illegal-cricket-betting-in-pune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-more-arrested-for-illegal-cricket-betting-in-pune","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 more arrested for illegal cricket betting in Pune"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three more people have been arrested on charges of receiving digital wagers for the Indian Premier League cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.- Police in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, have arrested <strong>three men for illegally taking online bets<\/strong>\u00a0during an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police say the men tried to escape when police attempted to arrest them Friday<strong>.<\/strong> Officers are searching for a fourth man. According to local media,<strong>\u00a0the main illegal bookie, from Chembur in Mumbai, is still on the run<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March, police\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-more-arrests-over-cricket-betting-operation-in-pune\">arrested 33 people for alleged betting on cricket<\/a>during the last India-England cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The new head of the Anti-Corruption Unit of the Board of Control for Cricket in India recently argued that <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-cricket-chief-against-legalisation-of-sports-betting\">the legalisation of sports betting<\/a> would encourage match-fixing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Three more people have been arrested on charges of receiving digital wagers for the Indian Premier League cricket match.<\/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":"Indian authorities in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, have arrested three individuals for illegal online wagering on Indian Premier League cricket matches, with a fourth suspect at large. This incident follows previous arrests for similar illicit betting activities and occurs amidst an ongoing debate regarding the legalization of sports betting in India, with the BCCI's Anti-Corruption Unit expressing concerns about potential match-fixing.","focusai_entities":"Indian Premier League, Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)","focusai_location":"India, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune, Chembur, Mumbai","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Betting Legalization?","query":"What are the current legislative prospects for sports betting legalization in India, and how might these enforcement actions influence policy decisions?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Impact?","query":"How do these ongoing arrests for illegal wagering impact the perceived market integrity and the potential for match-fixing within Indian cricket, particularly in the context of a potential regulated market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229,23911,23935],"class_list":["post-16983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/16983","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=16983"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17004,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16983\/revisions\/17004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}