{"id":29549,"date":"2022-05-04T09:28:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-04T12:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29549"},"modified":"2026-04-23T09:01:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T12:01:55","slug":"goa-casino-owner-arrested-over-cricket-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-casino-owner-arrested-over-cricket-betting","title":{"rendered":"Goa casino owner arrested over cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police have arrested five people who were allegedly involved in betting on cricket matches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0<strong>Police in Hyderabad city\u00a0<\/strong>have arrested five people who were allegedly involved in betting on cricket matches. Among them was Amit Niranjan Doshi, owner of a casino at Panjim in Goa. Police claim he was the main organiser of the cricket betting racket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Hindu,\u00a0Doshi had a <strong>network of bookies<\/strong>, agents and punters\u00a0across India and had been operating illegal gambling for the past four years. Those arrested were aged between 20 to 48. During the raid police seized money, mobile phones, a voice recorder, and a line connector instrument box.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate raid, police arrested eight people allegedly involved in cricket betting for ongoing IPL matches. Police also seized mobile phones and money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past month, police have carried out several raids linked to illegal sports betting around cricket matches. A week ago,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">three people were arrested in Vijay Vihar, New Delhi<\/a>, on charges of betting online on an Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket match.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Ani News,<strong>&nbsp;those arrested were aged between 24 to 39 years<\/strong>&nbsp;old and are accused of betting on a match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-police-bust-illegal-cricket-betting-gang\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police in Visakhapatnam also carried out a raid<\/a>&nbsp;that ended with the arrest of two people who were allegedly members of a cricket betting gang.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested five people who were allegedly involved in betting on cricket matches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":20111,"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 across several cities, leading to the arrest of over a dozen individuals involved in illegal cricket betting, including a casino owner identified as the alleged main organizer. These operations targeted rackets operating for years, seizing significant evidence and highlighting ongoing challenges in regulating sports wagering in the region.","focusai_entities":"Amit Niranjan Doshi, The Hindu, Ani News, IPL, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore","focusai_location":"India, Hyderabad, Panjim, Goa, Vijay Vihar, New Delhi, Visakhapatnam","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What specific regulatory or licensing reforms might the Indian government consider for both land-based casinos and online sports betting in response to these high-profile illegal betting arrests?"},{"label":"Operator Due Diligence","query":"How will the involvement of a licensed casino owner in an illegal betting racket influence the due diligence requirements and ongoing compliance monitoring for other legitimate iGaming operators in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,233],"class_list":["post-29549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29549","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=29549"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29549\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29565,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29549\/revisions\/29565"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}