{"id":24439,"date":"2021-11-11T13:06:14","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T16:06:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=24439"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T16:55:16","slug":"india-10-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-10-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 10 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Rajkot have arrested 10 people during a raid at a hotel where an illegal casino was running.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have arrested 10 people for gambling at an<strong> illegal casino<\/strong> located in a hotel in Rajkot.\u00a0During the raid, police seized cash, 13 mobile handsets and two SUVs. According to officers,<strong>\u00a0those arrested, aged between 29 and 53 years old, were gambling in a room\u00a0<\/strong>that was given to them by the manager of the hotel<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Times of India reported that one of the gamblers asked for the room. However, it is unknown if the manager knew people were illegally gambling inside the hotel room.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, police arrested&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-32-arrested-in-raid-on-illegal-casino-in-dwarka\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">32 people for gambling at an illegal casino located in Dwarka<\/a>. According to officers, three of the arrested are women and all of them were found inside a building where an illegal casino was operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also arrested&nbsp;<strong>25 people for allegedly gambling&nbsp;<\/strong>at a farmhouse on the outskirts of&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/25-arrested-for-illegal-gambling-at-the-farmhouse-of-an-indian-actor\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hyderabad<\/a>. 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>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 Rajkot have arrested 10 people during a raid at a hotel where an illegal casino was running.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18381,"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 police have conducted multiple raids on illegal gambling operations across Rajkot, Dwarka, and Hyderabad, resulting in the arrest of 67 individuals and the seizure of significant assets. These enforcement actions highlight the persistent challenge of unregulated gaming verticals within the Indian market and the ongoing efforts by authorities to curb illicit gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Naga Shaurya, The Times of India","focusai_location":"India, Rajkot, Dwarka, Hyderabad","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (0.9), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Future","query":"What are the long-term implications of these persistent enforcement actions on the potential for a regulated iGaming market in India, and how might this influence B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Property Owner Liability","query":"What are the specific legal and governance frameworks in India that hold property owners, such as hotel managers or farmhouse proprietors, accountable for facilitating illegal gambling operations?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-24439","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24439","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=24439"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24462,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24439\/revisions\/24462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18381"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}