{"id":30439,"date":"2022-06-03T06:15:15","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T09:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30439"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:06:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:06:27","slug":"india-28-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-28-arrested-for-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 28 arrested for illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Bantwal have arrested 28 people who were allegedly gambling at a recreation club.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- More arrests for illegal gambling in India. In the city of Bantwal, Karnataka, police have arrested 28 people at a recreation club in the town of B Mooda. Police seized money and gambling cards. Police claim to have stopped several people who tried to escape with money that was being used for gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-bust-illegal-cricket-betting-racket-in-hyderabad\" target=\"_blank\">police in Nizampet<\/a>\u00a0near Hyderabad caught arrested gangs allegedly taking bets on an IPL cricket match between the Rajasthan Royals and Gujarat Titans. Police said they discovered bets being taken through apps and by phone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Several people were arrested and Rs 10.65 lakh in cash was confiscated. On the same night, police arrested an alleged bookmaker in a raid at Gokul Flats of Miyapur while another gambler was arrested at Dammaiguda of Jawaharnagar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-5-arrested-for-betting-on-cricket-match\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police in Kolkata<\/a>&nbsp;also&nbsp;<strong>arrested three people who were allegedly betting&nbsp;<\/strong>via their mobile phones on an IPL cricket match between Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) and Lucknow SuperGiants (LSG).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Bantwal have arrested 28 people who were allegedly gambling at a recreation club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26546,"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 authorities have conducted multiple raids across Karnataka, Telangana, and West Bengal, resulting in the arrest of numerous individuals involved in illegal gambling operations. Incidents include arrests at a recreation club in Bantwal and several instances of illicit betting on IPL cricket matches via mobile applications and phone calls, leading to significant cash seizures.","focusai_entities":"Rajasthan Royals, Gujarat Titans, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Lucknow SuperGiants","focusai_location":"India, Bantwal, Karnataka, B Mooda, Nizampet, Hyderabad, Miyapur, Dammaiguda, Jawaharnagar, Kolkata","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.8), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of these widespread enforcement actions on the potential for future iGaming regulatory frameworks in India?"},{"label":"Unregulated Market Risk","query":"How do these arrests of illegal operators and bettors impact the market entry strategies and risk assessments for licensed B2B and B2C entities considering the Indian market?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229,23911],"class_list":["post-30439","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\/30439","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=30439"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30443,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30439\/revisions\/30443"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}