{"id":29651,"date":"2022-05-06T10:15:14","date_gmt":"2022-05-06T13:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=29651"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:55:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:55:57","slug":"india-8-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match","title":{"rendered":"India: 8 arrested for betting on cricket match"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Nerul arrested eight people during a cricket match after they were found to be betting through an app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Nerul have arrested eight people for allegedly betting illegally through an app during a Gujarat Titans and Punjab Kings Eleven cricket match on Tuesday. Those arrested are aged between 23 to 38.\u00a0Police seized mobile phones and other items worth Rs 2.9 lakhs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks, several operations have targeted illegal betting on cricket matches.\u00a0<strong>Police in Hyderabad city\u00a0<\/strong>arrested\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/goa-casino-owner-arrested-over-cricket-betting\" target=\"_blank\">five people who were allegedly involved in betting<\/a>, including the owner of a casino in Panjim, Goa who was said to be the main organiser.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously, police in New Delhi arrested <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match\" target=\"_blank\">three people who were allegedly betting online<\/a>\u00a0on a match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Nerul arrested eight people during a cricket match after they were found to be betting through an app.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":19187,"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 Nerul, India, arrested eight individuals for illegal online cricket betting via an app during a match. This incident follows similar enforcement actions in Hyderabad and New Delhi, underscoring the significant challenge posed by India's estimated US$45bn-$150bn annual underground cricket betting market, which accounts for 80% of the nation's illegal sports wagering.","focusai_entities":"Gujarat Titans, Punjab Kings Eleven, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore","focusai_location":"India, Nerul, Hyderabad, Panjim, Goa, New Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Legalization Outlook","query":"Given the estimated US$45bn-$150bn illegal cricket betting market, what specific policy shifts or governance frameworks are required for India to transition towards a regulated iGaming sector, and what are the projected NGR implications?"},{"label":"Enforcement Impact on Operators","query":"How do ongoing enforcement actions against illegal betting, including the arrest of a casino owner, influence the risk assessment and market entry strategies for international iGaming operators considering the Indian subcontinent?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,233],"class_list":["post-29651","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\/29651","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=29651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29663,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29651\/revisions\/29663"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}