{"id":30041,"date":"2022-05-23T04:18:58","date_gmt":"2022-05-23T07:18:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30041"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:31:16","slug":"india-6-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-6-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-matches","title":{"rendered":"India: 6 arrested for betting on cricket matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Police in Delhi have arrested six people who allegedly connected to an illegal cricket betting racket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.-\u00a0Six people were arrested\u00a0in a raid carried out by Delhi Police in Chander Vihar, Phase-III, Nihal Vihar on Sunday. According to authorities, those arrested were illegallly betting on cricket matches through laptops and other electronic devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
During the raid,\u00a0police seized money, 10 mobile phones, two laptops, three internet routers<\/strong>, two LED TVs, voice recorders, call-merge microphones, two laptops with gambling records and a computer with a gambling machine. Police also found a suitcase with five mobile phones for gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In recent weeks, several operations in India have targeted illegal betting on cricket matches.\u00a0Six people were arrested in Vadodara<\/a>\u00a0for being allegedly connected to an illegal cricket betting racket and police in New Delhi arrested\u00a0three people who were allegedly betting online<\/a>\u00a0on a match between Rajasthan Royals and Royal Challengers Bangalore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n According to a Times of India report, so far this year, there have been more than\u00a01,000 cases<\/strong>, resulting in 2,300 arrests. According to the report,\u00a0almost 200 cases were registered in the northwestern district,<\/strong>\u00a0followed by more than 150 abroad and almost 100 in the west. <\/p>\n\n\n\n More than 375 players were arrested by police in the Outer District, 340 in the Northwest, and more than 200 in the West, Southwest, and Southeast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Police in Delhi have arrested six people who allegedly connected to an illegal cricket betting racket.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Delhi Police have arrested six individuals in Chander Vihar for operating an illegal cricket betting racket, seizing significant electronic equipment and cash. This incident is part of a broader enforcement trend in India, with over 1,000 cases and 2,300 arrests related to illegal cricket betting reported this year across various districts.","focusai_entities":"Delhi Police, Rajasthan Royals, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Times of India","focusai_location":"India, Delhi, Chander Vihar, Nihal Vihar, Vadodara, New Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Future?","query":"Given the extensive enforcement actions against illegal cricket betting, what are the long-term implications for the potential regulation and B2B\/B2C licensing of iGaming operations in India, and how might this impact GGR projections?"},{"label":"Impact on Legal Operators?","query":"How does the continued prevalence and aggressive policing of illegal betting rackets in India affect the market entry strategies and competitive landscape for prospective B2C iGaming operators considering the region?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,233],"class_list":["post-30041","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\/30041","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=30041"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30060,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30041\/revisions\/30060"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}