{"id":24183,"date":"2021-11-03T13:52:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-03T16:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24183"},"modified":"2026-04-23T14:11:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T17:11:12","slug":"india-32-arrested-in-raid-on-illegal-casino-in-dwarka","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-32-arrested-in-raid-on-illegal-casino-in-dwarka","title":{"rendered":"India: 32 arrested in raid on illegal casino in Dwarka"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police in Delhi arrested 29 men and three women during a raid on an illegal casino in the city of Dwarka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">India.- Police have arrested 32 people for gambling at an illegal casino located in Dwarka. According to officers, three of the arrested are women and all of them were found inside a building&nbsp;where an illegal casino was operating. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During the raid, police found a large pool table and people gambling with cash, tokens and playing cards. Those involved tried to escape but were caught. NewsRoom reports that police seized cash, betting cards plastic tokens, cash counting machines and slips.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few days ago, police arrested&nbsp;<strong>25 people for allegedly gambling&nbsp;<\/strong>at a farmhouse on the outskirts of&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/25-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-at-the-farmhouse-of-an-indian-actor\">Hyderabad<\/a>. According to Times of India, the raid took place at a farmhouse owned by the<strong>&nbsp;famous Indian actor Naga Shaurya<\/strong>. People were found playing poker in the house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An investigation is underway and Shaurya\u2019s uncle is being questioned since he was managing the farmhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Delhi arrested 29 men and three women during a raid on an illegal casino in the city of Dwarka.<\/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 conducted two significant raids on illegal gambling operations, arresting 32 individuals in Dwarka, Delhi, and 25 in Hyderabad. These enforcement actions highlight ongoing challenges in combating illicit gaming verticals and underscore the imperative for robust regulatory frameworks to ensure market integrity and consumer protection.","focusai_entities":"Naga Shaurya, Times of India, NewsRoom","focusai_location":"India, Delhi, Dwarka, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Future?","query":"What are the implications of these enforcement actions for the potential acceleration or deceleration of a comprehensive, regulated iGaming framework in India, and how might this impact foreign direct investment in the sector?"},{"label":"Illicit Market Scale?","query":"Given these high-profile raids, what is the estimated GGR of the illicit gambling market in India, and what governance frameworks are being considered to transition these revenues into a regulated, taxable economy?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-24183","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183","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=24183"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24198,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24183\/revisions\/24198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24183"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24183"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}