{"id":30242,"date":"2022-05-30T02:13:42","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T05:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30242"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:19:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:19:14","slug":"delhi-provides-update-on-number-of-arrests-related-to-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-provides-update-on-number-of-arrests-related-to-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"Delhi provides update on number of arrests related to illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Some 3,502 people were arrested between January and May 15 for alleged links to illegal gambling activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-\u00a0So far this year, Police in Delhi have arrested<strong> 3,502 people <\/strong>in 1,489 raids related to illegal gambling. According to The Hindu, most of the arrests were linked to illegal gambling around IPL cricket. It comes after a drop in arrests in recent years. Some 5,776 people were 2020 and 8,009 in 2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the police, in most cases, the operators set up an illegal betting network around IPL matches, operating in different cities and states by raising bets through phones or computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, police in Kolkata\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-5-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match\" target=\"_blank\">arrested three people who were betting<\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>via their mobile phones on an IPL cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG). The arrests took place at\u00a0<strong>Eden Gardens<\/strong> cricket ground. Police later arrested two more people who were betting at a private guest house in the New Market area in central Kolkata.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Previously,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-dismantle-illegal-cricket-betting-gang-in-rahatani\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Rahatani Police<\/a>&nbsp;carried out a raid at a flat targeting a gang taking online bets on the<strong>&nbsp;Indian Premier League (IPL)&nbsp;<\/strong>cricket match between Mumbai Indians and Delhi Capitals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some 3,502 people were arrested between January and May 15 for alleged links to illegal gambling activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":22681,"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 law enforcement agencies have conducted 1,489 raids and arrested 3,502 individuals between January and May 15, 2024, for alleged involvement in illegal gambling activities, predominantly linked to IPL cricket betting. This surge in enforcement follows a decline in arrests in previous years, highlighting persistent challenges in combating illicit betting networks operating across multiple states.","focusai_entities":"Police in Delhi, The Hindu, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lucknow SuperGiants, Rahatani Police, Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals","focusai_location":"India, Delhi, Kolkata, New Market, Rahatani","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.85), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Illegal Market GGR?","query":"What is the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) of the illegal IPL betting market in India, and how does it compare to potential regulated market projections?"},{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How do these intensified enforcement actions against illegal gambling influence the timeline and feasibility of establishing a comprehensive regulated iGaming framework in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30242","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242","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=30242"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30279,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30242\/revisions\/30279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30242"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30242"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30242"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}