{"id":777004087,"date":"2023-04-06T12:44:22","date_gmt":"2023-04-06T15:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777004087"},"modified":"2026-04-22T23:04:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T02:04:48","slug":"india-25-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-cricket-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-25-arrested-for-allegedly-running-online-cricket-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: 25 arrested for allegedly running online cricket betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Delhi arrested 25 people during an IPL game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Delhi have <strong>arrested 25 people <\/strong>for alleged involvement in betting during an IPL match between the Delhi Capitals and Gujarat Titans.&nbsp;<strong>Sanjay Sain<\/strong>, DCP (Central) said those arrested were running an online betting operation through various sites and applications. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said they were taking advantage of the slight delay in broadcasts during over breaks to place rates of bets and constantly revised the rates. The suspects were apprehended by plainclothes police officers who deployed in the stadium. Officers seized 25 mobile phones, which they say were used to continually pass information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Those arrested are aged 25 and 40 and reportedly come from mainly upper-middle-class families. The operation is said to have been running for up to ten years. A case has been registered under sections of the Delhi Public Gambling Act, IT Act, and 419.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The police are investigating whether the suspects purchased tickets on their own or if someone had facilitated their entry. In 2022,&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/delhi-provides-update-on-number-of-arrests-related-to-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">Police in Delhi<\/a>&nbsp;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 Delhi arrested 25 people during an IPL game.<\/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":"Delhi Police arrested 25 individuals for operating an illegal online betting ring during an IPL match, exploiting broadcast delays to manipulate odds. This decade-long operation highlights the persistent challenge of illicit gambling in India, a market with significant enforcement actions against unregulated activities.","focusai_entities":"Delhi Police, Sanjay Sain, Delhi Capitals, Gujarat Titans, IPL","focusai_location":"India, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), tech_data (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.8), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India Betting Enforcement Impact","query":"What are the broader implications of these arrests for the potential future regulation of sports betting in India, particularly concerning market integrity and the viability of B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Black Market Sophistication","query":"How do illicit operations exploiting broadcast delays, as seen in this case, inform the development of real-time fraud detection and integrity monitoring systems for regulated sports betting platforms?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16333],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777004087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004087","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=777004087"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777004110,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777004087\/revisions\/777004110"}],"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=777004087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777004087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777004087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}