{"id":34499,"date":"2022-10-17T10:06:49","date_gmt":"2022-10-17T13:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34499"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:53:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:53:04","slug":"india-police-arrest-37-for-alleged-illegal-bookmaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-arrest-37-for-alleged-illegal-bookmaking","title":{"rendered":"India: Police arrest 37 for alleged illegal bookmaking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Those arrested were allegedly operating at the Sawai Mansingh cricket stadium in Jaipur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Jaipur claim to have arrested <strong>37 suspected bookmakers<\/strong> who were operating at the Sawai Mansingh cricket ground in Jaipur, Rajasthan.&nbsp;They allegedly took bets on live cricket matches using a telecast that was running 30 seconds in advance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They are believed to have been operating in other states, including UP, Delhi and Haryana. More than 70 mobile phones have ben seized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A week ago, police in India&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-arrest-man-over-cricket-betting\" target=\"_blank\">made another arrest<\/a>&nbsp;related to betting on cricket. Officers in Pune arrested a man who was allegedly taking bets on India vs Pakistan.&nbsp;<strong>Shripad Yadav<\/strong>, 24, is reported to be a resident of Akurdi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Police also 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those arrested were allegedly operating at the Sawai Mansingh cricket stadium in Jaipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":33583,"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 arrests across Jaipur, Pune, and Panchkula, dismantling several illegal cricket betting operations. These operations allegedly exploited delayed telecasts to facilitate in-play betting and spanned across various states. Authorities seized numerous mobile phones, laptops, and cash, highlighting ongoing efforts to combat illicit gambling activities.","focusai_entities":"Shripad Yadav","focusai_location":"India, Jaipur, Delhi, Pune, Panchkula, London","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.7), gambler_consumer (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Enforcement Impact","query":"What specific regulatory and technological countermeasures are being considered by Indian authorities to mitigate the exploitation of broadcast delays in live sports betting, and how might this influence future B2B\/B2C licensing frameworks for legal operators?"},{"label":"Market Integrity Implications","query":"How do these high-profile arrests of illegal betting syndicates impact the investment climate and market integrity for prospective licensed iGaming operators seeking to enter or expand within the Indian subcontinent, particularly concerning GGR potential and regulatory compliance costs?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-34499","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\/34499","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=34499"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34506,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34499\/revisions\/34506"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}