{"id":34949,"date":"2022-10-31T12:36:46","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T15:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=34949"},"modified":"2026-04-23T03:26:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T06:26:57","slug":"india-police-destroy-over-3160-lagao-khouba-items","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-police-destroy-over-3160-lagao-khouba-items","title":{"rendered":"India: police destroy over 3,160 lagao khouba items"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The gambling materials were seized in a series of raids against illegal gambling during the festive season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

India.- Police in Manipur’s Imphalsi district have destroyed more than 3,160 items of gambling materials worth over Rs 1m<\/strong>. The materials had been seized in a series of raids against illegal gambling on a dice game known locally as \u201clagao khouba\u201d during the Diwali and Ningol Chakouba festival period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The police departments that confiscated the most material have received awards<\/strong>. The Imphal police station was awarded Rs 20,000 after seizing 88 sets of lagao materials (528 pieces). Mayang Imphal police station received a cash award of Rs 15,000 for a haul of 53 lagao materials (318 pieces). Rs 10,000 was awarded to Sekmai police station for 50 sets (300 pieces).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elsewhere, police in Karnataka last week arrested 18 people<\/a> 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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The gambling materials were seized in a series of raids against illegal gambling during the festive season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"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 conducted raids against illegal gambling operations during the festive season, seizing over 3,160 items worth more than Rs 1m in Manipur and arresting 18 individuals for cricket betting in Karnataka. Several police stations received awards for their confiscation efforts, underscoring a concerted effort to curb illicit gaming activities.","focusai_entities":"Imphal police station, Mayang Imphal police station, Sekmai police station","focusai_location":"India, Manipur, Imphalsi, Karnataka, Bengaluru","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.85), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Future?","query":"What are the implications of these intensified enforcement actions on the potential for future regulated iGaming market frameworks and B2B\/B2C licensing in India?"},{"label":"Impact on GGR?","query":"How do these seizures and arrests impact the estimated Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR) lost to the black market, and what is the potential uplift for a future regulated sector's NGR?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-34949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","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\/34949","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=34949"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34963,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34949\/revisions\/34963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}