{"id":31933,"date":"2022-07-20T05:36:48","date_gmt":"2022-07-20T08:36:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=31933"},"modified":"2026-04-23T06:41:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T09:41:44","slug":"india-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 8 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in India have arrested eight people who were allegedly involved in illegal gambling activities in Srinagar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have carried out a raid in the Baba Demb area of Srinagar and\u00a0<strong>arrested eight people<\/strong>\u00a0who were allegedly involved in illegal gambling activities.\u00a0Four of the men were allegedly gambling. The other four are said to have initially escaped but were later arrested. Police <strong>seized money and playing cards<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police issued a statement saying: &#8220;Persons found indulging in criminal activities shall be dealt with as per law. Community members are requested to share information regarding the crimes in their neighbourhood with the local police units.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A few days ago, a raid was carried out in Meerut.\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-43-arrested-for-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Police arrested 43 people<\/a>, including nine women after founding an alleged illegal casino in a house in the city of Partapur. Police also seized cash. Local police also discovered\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-bust-fake-cricket-league-betting-racket\" target=\"_blank\">an illegal gambling operation<\/a> that faked cricket matches to broadcast them online. Four people have been arrested.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in India have arrested eight people who were allegedly involved in illegal gambling activities in Srinagar.<\/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":"Indian police have conducted multiple raids in Srinagar and Meerut, arresting over 50 individuals involved in illegal gambling operations, including an alleged illicit casino and a fake cricket match betting ring. These enforcement actions highlight ongoing efforts to combat unregulated gaming activities across the country.","focusai_entities":"Police","focusai_location":"India, Srinagar, Meerut, Partapur","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.75), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.85), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"GGR Leakage Impact?","query":"What is the estimated GGR leakage to illegal gambling operations in India, and how does this impact the potential for a regulated iGaming market?"},{"label":"Regulatory Compliance Strategy?","query":"How do these enforcement actions align with broader regulatory compliance strategies for combating illicit gambling and protecting consumers in emerging markets?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[229],"class_list":["post-31933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31933","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=31933"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31933\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31942,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31933\/revisions\/31942"}],"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=31933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}