{"id":777010124,"date":"2023-10-13T08:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T11:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010124"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:10:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:10:12","slug":"india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-cricket-world-cup-betting-in-goa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-cricket-world-cup-betting-in-goa","title":{"rendered":"India: 3 arrested for alleged illegal Cricket World Cup betting in Goa"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Police in Goa made the arrests for alleged betting during the India vs. Afghanistan match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Goa have arrested three people for alleged illegal betting activities during the World Cup cricket match between India and Afghanistan. Superintendent of police (North Goa) Nidhin Valsan said a raid was carried out on Wednesday (October 11) at a private bungalow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the raid, police seized mobile phones, a laptop, a Wi-Fi router and other articles valued at Rs 1,00,000. Those arrested face charges under sections 3 and 4 of the Goa Daman and Diu Public Gambling Act.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week,\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-2-arrested-for-placing-bets-on-cricket-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\">Delhi Police arrested two people<\/a>\u00a0for allegedly placing bets on the Sri Lanka versus South Africa Cricket World Cup match that took place on October 7.\u00a0According to The Deccan Herald, authorities seized a laptop and six mobile phones. The operation followed a tip-off received by KN Katju Marg police station.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police in Goa made the arrests for alleged betting during the India vs. Afghanistan match.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":17582,"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 Goa, India, arrested three individuals for alleged illegal betting during a Cricket World Cup match, seizing assets valued at Rs 1,00,000. This follows a separate incident in Delhi where two individuals were arrested for similar illicit activities. These actions highlight ongoing regulatory enforcement against unregulated gambling operations within the Indian market.","focusai_entities":"Nidhin Valsan, The Deccan Herald, KN Katju Marg police station","focusai_location":"Goa, India, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.85), regulator (0.95), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.75), payments_fraud_aml (0.7), investor_analyst (0.85), journalist_researcher (0.95)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on India's iGaming policy?","query":"What are the broader implications of these enforcement actions for the ongoing discussions and potential frameworks for iGaming regulation in India?"},{"label":"Black market's economic footprint?","query":"How do these arrests quantify or indicate the scale and economic impact of the unregulated betting market in India, and what is its competitive threat to potential licensed operators?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777010124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-sports-betting"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010124","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=777010124"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010124\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041147,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010124\/revisions\/777041147"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777010124"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010124"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010124"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}