Six bookies have been arrested after police allegedly discovered them betting on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- Police in Jalandhar have arrested six people on charges of betting during an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match. In a raid at the Urban Estate Phase I area, officers seized a suitcase having 19 mobiles, five laptops and chargers and three WiFi setups among other electronic items and Rs 1,300.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to The Tribune of India, a case was registered against the accused under Sections 13, 3 and 67 of the Gambling Act at police division number 7. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cricket remains India\u2019s most popular sport<\/strong>. There is a huge underground cricket betting market said to be worth between US$45bn and US$150bn a year. Around 80 per cent of illegal sports betting in India is on Cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A week ago, police in Rachakonda arrested seven people<\/a> who were allegedly involved in online cricket betting. On April 05, police in Dakshina Kannada also arrested three people<\/a> on charges of betting during a Lucknow SuperGiants and Sunrisers Hyderab match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Six bookies have been arrested after police allegedly discovered them betting on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18986,"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 Jalandhar, India, arrested six individuals for alleged illegal betting on an IPL cricket match, seizing electronic equipment. This incident underscores the significant scale of India's underground cricket betting market, estimated between US$45bn and US$150bn annually, with similar enforcement actions recently reported across the country.","focusai_entities":"The Tribune of India, Lucknow SuperGiants, Sunrisers Hyderab","focusai_location":"India, Jalandhar, Rachakonda, Dakshina Kannada","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.85), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Outlook India","query":"What are the strategic implications of these ongoing enforcement actions on the potential for a comprehensive regulatory framework for sports betting in India, and how might this impact future GGR capture?"},{"label":"Illegal Market Impact","query":"Given the estimated US$45bn-$150bn annual value of the illegal cricket betting market, what are the key challenges and opportunities for B2B and B2C operators considering future market entry, particularly regarding player migration and compliance?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-28900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28900","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=28900"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28920,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28900\/revisions\/28920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}