{"id":33263,"date":"2022-09-06T04:12:58","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T07:12:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=33263"},"modified":"2026-04-23T05:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:11:07","slug":"india-police-arrest-man-over-cricket-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-arrest-man-over-cricket-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: police arrest man over cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Pune have arrested a man who was allegedly offering betting on the weekend&#8217;s India-Pakistan cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in India have made another arrest related to betting on cricket. Officers in Pune have arrested a man who was allegedly taking bets on the weekend&#8217;s India vs Pakistan cricket match. <strong>Shripad Yadav<\/strong>, 24, is reported to be a resident of Akurdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Hindustan Times, police said officers patrolling the Kothrud area on Sunday received a tip-off that the accused was taking bets on the Asian Cup match at the Demora bar. The man had reportedly been arrested for taking bets in the past in the Pimpri-Chinchwad area<\/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\n\n\n<p>A week ago, police claimed to have dismantled an&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-4-arrested-over-illegal-cricket-betting\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">illegal online cricket betting operation in Panchkula<\/a>&nbsp;with the arrest of four people. Officers seized 26 mobile phones, six laptops and \u20b935,000 that had allegedly been bet on the outcome of the London cricket series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In July,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-bust-fake-cricket-league-betting-racket\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">police in the state of Gujarat<\/a>&nbsp;also arrested four people in a raid targeting an illegal betting operation that apparently broadcast fake cricket matches to raise bets.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Pune have arrested a man who was allegedly offering betting on the weekend&#8217;s India-Pakistan cricket match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26497,"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 India have made multiple arrests related to illegal cricket betting, highlighting the nation's substantial underground market, estimated between US$45bn and US$150bn annually. Recent operations in Pune, Panchkula, and Gujarat targeted individuals and online networks facilitating illicit wagers on cricket matches, which accounts for approximately 80% of India's illegal sports betting activity. These enforcement actions underscore ongoing challenges in regulatory compliance and market oversight within the region.","focusai_entities":"Shripad Yadav, The Hindustan Times, Police","focusai_location":"India, Pune, Akurdi, Kothrud, Pimpri-Chinchwad, Panchkula, Gujarat","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Path?","query":"What specific legislative or policy initiatives are currently under consideration by Indian authorities to transition a portion of this substantial illegal betting market into a regulated, taxable framework?"},{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"How much potential Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) is currently being lost to the state and legitimate operators due to the estimated US$45bn-$150bn illegal cricket betting market in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-33263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33263","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=33263"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33263\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33279,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33263\/revisions\/33279"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}