{"id":34845,"date":"2022-10-27T05:43:43","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T08:43:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34845"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:31:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:31:37","slug":"india-17-arrested-on-suspicion-of-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-17-arrested-on-suspicion-of-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 17 arrested on suspicion of illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Police in Ludhiana have carried out a raid at a house in Sant Fateh Singh Nagar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Police have arrested 17 people<\/strong> for allegedly gambling at a house in Sant Fateh Singh Nagar in the Model Township area of \u200b\u200bLudhiana in the Punjab. Police seized Rs 12.50 lakh in cash was seized. A report was filed under section 13A\/3\/67 of the Gambling Act.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this week, police in Delhi arrested 29 people<\/a>, including seven women, for allegedly gambling at Hotel City West End. Police seized Rs 5.85 lakh and 10 decks of playing cards in an operation on Saturday. Elsewhere in India, officers in Pune arrested a man who was allegedly taking bets on cricket during India vs Pakistan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

India may block more than 220 offshore gaming sites<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Ministry of Information Technology is considering blocking the domains of more than 220 <\/strong>offshore online gambling operators of different sizes. According to G2G, authorities are also considering blocking new domains<\/strong> as soon they emerge in order to respond to operators who quickly change domain names to continue operating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the All India Gaming Federation<\/strong> (AIGF), offshore sites spend close to INR3,500 crore annually on advertising and promotion and an additional 500 crore on celebrity and influencer endorsements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting<\/strong> issued a new warning to TV channels, OTT (over-the-top) services and news websites, ordering them to stop broadcasting gambling advertisements<\/a>. It observed that some media were not complying with the regulations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Police in Ludhiana have carried out a raid at a house in Sant Fateh Singh Nagar.<\/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 authorities are intensifying efforts against illegal gambling, with multiple arrests in Ludhiana, Delhi, and Pune. Concurrently, the Ministry of Information Technology is considering blocking over 220 offshore online gambling domains and new emerging ones, while the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has reiterated warnings against broadcasting gambling advertisements, citing non-compliance.","focusai_entities":"Ministry of Information Technology, All India Gaming Federation, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting","focusai_location":"India, Ludhiana, Sant Fateh Singh Nagar, Model Township, Punjab, Delhi, Pune","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.98), operator_casino (0.95), affiliate_publisher (0.9), tech_data (0.75), marketing_crm (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.98)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Offshore Domain Blocking Efficacy?","query":"What specific technical and legal frameworks will the Ministry of Information Technology employ to effectively block offshore domains and prevent circumvention, and what is the projected timeline for implementation?"},{"label":"Impact on Domestic Market?","query":"How will the AIGF's reported advertising spend by offshore operators impact the domestic regulated market's growth and competitive positioning if these blocking measures are fully implemented?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34845","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=34845"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34867,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34845\/revisions\/34867"}],"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=34845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}