{"id":777008004,"date":"2023-08-08T08:32:45","date_gmt":"2023-08-08T11:32:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777008004"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:16:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T22:16:20","slug":"india-22-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-22-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling","title":{"rendered":"India: 22 arrested for alleged illegal gambling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Ludhiana conducted 22 raids in connection with illegal lottery ticketing, betting and other gambling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Ludhiana have arrested <strong>28 people<\/strong> in one day in<strong> 22 separate operations <\/strong>targeting illegal gambling, betting and lottery sales. Police seized \u20b950,215 in cash, mobile phones, playing cards and other materials. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Hindustan Times, five people are still being sought and the police have warned that they will continue to monitor illegal gambling. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in India, police in Raipur,\u00a0<strong>Chhattisgarh<\/strong>, have arrested\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-nightclub-director-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-gambling\" target=\"_blank\">the director of a nightclub<\/a>\u00a0in Ama Seoni for allegedly operating illegal online betting with the Mahadev Book and Anna Reddy betting platforms. Police received a tip-off via Whatsapp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Ludhiana conducted 22 raids in connection with illegal lottery ticketing, betting and other gambling.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":26852,"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 Ludhiana and Raipur, India, conducted extensive raids, arresting 28 individuals involved in illegal lottery, betting, and gambling operations, seizing cash and materials. This enforcement action targeted both street-level activities and online platforms like Mahadev Book and Anna Reddy, underscoring ongoing efforts to combat illicit gaming.","focusai_entities":"Ludhiana Police, Raipur Police, Mahadev Book, Anna Reddy","focusai_location":"India, Ludhiana, Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Ama Seoni","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.95), operator_casino (0.9), payments_fraud_aml (0.95), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Impact","query":"What are the long-term implications of these enforcement actions on the potential for a regulated iGaming market in India, particularly concerning B2B and B2C licensing frameworks?"},{"label":"Illicit Market Scale","query":"How do these arrests and seizures reflect the estimated scale and operational sophistication of the illicit gambling market in India, and what governance frameworks are being considered to counter it?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[23911],"class_list":["post-777008004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-gambling-regulation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008004","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=777008004"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777008019,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777008004\/revisions\/777008019"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777008004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777008004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777008004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}