{"id":777010239,"date":"2023-10-18T08:27:34","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T11:27:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777010239"},"modified":"2026-04-22T17:01:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:01:43","slug":"india-new-arrests-for-alleged-cricket-world-cup-betting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-new-arrests-for-alleged-cricket-world-cup-betting","title":{"rendered":"India: new arrests for alleged Cricket World Cup betting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Mangaluru police arrested 11 people for their alleged betting on the Sri Lanka-Australia World Cup cricket match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.- Police in Mangaluru, Karnataka, have <strong>arrested 11 people in separate cases<\/strong> linked to alleged cricket betting.\u00a0The suspects are accused of using mobile phones to place bets on the <strong>Sri Lanka-Australia World Cup cricket match<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mangaluru City Police commissioner,\u00a0<strong>Anupam Agrawal<\/strong>, said arrests had been made across various police station jurisdictions. He said transactions were primarily conducted through Google Pay and PhonePe. Police seized mobile phones as evidence of their involvement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Elsewhere in India, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-3-arrested-for-alleged-illegal-cricket-world-cup-betting-in-goa\" target=\"_blank\">three people<\/a> were arrested in Goa for alleged illegal betting during the World Cup cricket match between India and Afghanistan and <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 match on October 7.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mangaluru police arrested 11 people for their alleged betting on the Sri Lanka-Australia World Cup cricket match.<\/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":"Police in India have conducted multiple arrests across Mangaluru, Goa, and Delhi, apprehending individuals allegedly involved in illegal cricket betting during recent World Cup matches. Suspects reportedly utilized mobile phones and digital payment platforms like Google Pay and PhonePe to facilitate these illicit transactions, leading to the seizure of evidence.","focusai_entities":"Anupam Agrawal, Google Pay, PhonePe","focusai_location":"India, Mangaluru, Goa, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.8), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.8), affiliate_publisher (0.7), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"India's Regulatory Future?","query":"What are the potential implications of these arrests for the ongoing discussions regarding a federal regulatory framework for iGaming in India, particularly concerning sports betting?"},{"label":"Payment Provider Liability?","query":"How are digital payment providers like Google Pay and PhonePe addressing the misuse of their platforms for illegal gambling transactions, and what enhanced AML\/KYC measures are being considered?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[233],"class_list":["post-777010239","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\/777010239","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=777010239"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777041119,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777010239\/revisions\/777041119"}],"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=777010239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777010239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777010239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}