The arrests were made in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
India.- Police in Karnataka have reportedly arrested 18 people in Bengaluru for alleged betting on cricket. Officers seized Rs 4,68,200 in cash and 17 mobile phones. Further investigation is underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Last month, the Central Crime Bureau (CCB) had arrested a 35-year-old man for allegedly betting on a T20 World Cup match between India and Australia. According to The Hindustan Times, \u20b93.06 lakh in cash and a mobile phone were confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Elsewhere, police arrested four people<\/a> for allegedly taking bets on the cricket T20 World Cup first-round match between West Indies and Zimbabwe. The accused were charged under the Gaming Act. Arrests for cricket betting are fairly common in India. So far this year, Police in Delhi<\/a> have arrested 3,502 people <\/strong>in 1,489 raids related to illegal gambling. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The arrests were made in Bengaluru.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18986,"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 Karnataka, India, have arrested 18 individuals in Bengaluru for alleged cricket betting, seizing cash and mobile phones. This follows other recent arrests across India, including a 35-year-old man for T20 World Cup betting and four others for similar offenses, with Delhi police reporting 3,502 arrests in 1,489 raids this year related to illegal gambling.","focusai_entities":"Central Crime Bureau (CCB)","focusai_location":"India, Karnataka, Bengaluru, Delhi, West Indies, Zimbabwe","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Impact","query":"What is the estimated economic impact of these widespread illegal betting operations on potential GGR for a future regulated Indian iGaming market?"},{"label":"Enforcement Efficacy","query":"How do these consistent enforcement actions, such as the 3,502 arrests in Delhi, influence the long-term viability and operational models of persistent illegal betting networks in India?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34902","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\/34902","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=34902"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34902\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34922,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34902\/revisions\/34922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34902"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34902"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34902"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}