{"id":777001623,"date":"2023-01-19T21:12:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-20T00:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777001623"},"modified":"2026-04-23T01:23:22","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T04:23:22","slug":"india-3-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-cricket-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-cricket-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 arrested for allegedly running online cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Madhya Pradesh have arrested three members of a gang for allegedly running an online cricket betting network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police have arrested three people who were allegedly running an online cricket betting network in Madhya Pradesh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officers, provided bookies with a means to place cricket bets and take their money in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (ADCP), Guru Prasad Parashar, said that police officers arrived at the scene after being alerted about a series of bets that a person was conducting through computers and cell phones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon arrival,<strong>&nbsp;the police discovered that the bets were being placed by a person named Vishal Solanki&nbsp;<\/strong>who turned out to be the leader of the gang.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to The Print, when questioned by the police,&nbsp;<strong>Solanki said that he worked with two other people&nbsp;<\/strong>and that they had set up a control room to handle the bets through a website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the operation, the police arrested Solanki&#8217;s two partners and seized 10 cell phones, two computers and other materials in the possession of the defendants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Arrests for cricket betting are fairly common in India. In 2022,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-provides-update-on-number-of-arrests-related-to-illegal-gambling\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police in Delhi<\/a>&nbsp;have arrested&nbsp;<strong>3,502 people&nbsp;<\/strong>in 1,489 raids related to illegal gambling.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Madhya Pradesh have arrested three members of a gang for allegedly running an online cricket betting network.<\/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":"Law enforcement in Madhya Pradesh, India, has apprehended three individuals implicated in operating an illicit online cricket betting network, leading to the seizure of digital assets. This incident highlights the ongoing regulatory challenges and enforcement efforts against unregulated gambling activities within the Indian market, a trend consistent with prior years.","focusai_entities":"Vishal Solanki, Madhya Pradesh Police, Delhi Police","focusai_location":"India, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regulatory Framework Impact?","query":"How do persistent enforcement actions against illegal online betting influence the political will and legislative timeline for establishing a comprehensive iGaming regulatory framework in India?"},{"label":"Illicit Payment Channels?","query":"What specific payment methodologies are commonly exploited by these illicit online betting networks, and what advanced fraud detection and AML strategies are being developed to counter them?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[23911,233],"class_list":["post-777001623","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\/777001623","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=777001623"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777001624,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777001623\/revisions\/777001624"}],"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=777001623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777001623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777001623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}